Rival Factions

Assembly polls in Maharashtra are less than three weeks away and the political temperature is rising as rivals trade barbs and take swipes.Now, NCP's Sharad Pawar faction leader Jitendra Awhad has launched an all-out attack on the rival camp

Trinamool Congress MLA Usharani Mondal and her husband were allegedly attacked on Thursday night while on their way home from a Kali Puja event.

Mumbai's annual Dussehra rally - traditionally a chance for political messaging, particularly in an election years like this - will be held today, with the rival Shiv Sena factions holding individual events.

Deep divisions will limit progress at reconciliation talks between Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah this month, but the meetings highlight that the Islamist group is likely to retain influence after Israel's war in Gaza.

The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has said in its manifesto that it supports the demand for a caste-based census, an issue pushed by rival Congress and side-stepped by NCP's ally BJP.

The Ajit Pawar group of the NCP has questioned the internal election process of the party, saying former minister Jayant Patil, who belongs to the rival faction led by Sharad Pawar, wasn't the elected but nominated president of the Maharashtra unit.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the decision taken by the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker to not disqualify 14 MLAs belonging to the rival faction headed by former CM Uddhav Thackeray.

Praful Patel, working president of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, on Thursday said it was a misconception that the two rival factions of the party would soon come together.

Two persons were killed in a gunfight between rival factions in a fresh round of violence in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Monday. The incident took place between Haraothel and Kobsha villages, police said.

Over 15,000 Mumbai police personnel will be on duty at venues of Dussehra rallies of rival Shiv Sena groups, for an ICC cricket World Cup match here on Tuesday and for overseeing immersion of Goddess Durga idols after the end of Navratri festival.

The Supreme Court Tuesday granted Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar a final opportunity to give it a realistic time frame for deciding the cross-petitions filed by the rival factions of the Shiv Sena.

The Election Commission has called for a hearing between the rival factions led by Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar regarding the party's name and symbol dispute.

The Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said legal action will be initiated against four Lok Sabha members of the rival faction for "defying" the party whip by remaining absent during voting on the women's reservati

The Election Commission has called rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for a personal hearing on October 6, sources said on Thursday.

Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday began hearing the disqualification petitions filed against each other by two rival Shiv Sena factions led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray.

Assembly polls in Maharashtra are less than three weeks away and the political temperature is rising as rivals trade barbs and take swipes.Now, NCP's Sharad Pawar faction leader Jitendra Awhad has launched an all-out attack on the rival camp

Trinamool Congress MLA Usharani Mondal and her husband were allegedly attacked on Thursday night while on their way home from a Kali Puja event.

Mumbai's annual Dussehra rally - traditionally a chance for political messaging, particularly in an election years like this - will be held today, with the rival Shiv Sena factions holding individual events.

Deep divisions will limit progress at reconciliation talks between Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah this month, but the meetings highlight that the Islamist group is likely to retain influence after Israel's war in Gaza.

The Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has said in its manifesto that it supports the demand for a caste-based census, an issue pushed by rival Congress and side-stepped by NCP's ally BJP.

The Ajit Pawar group of the NCP has questioned the internal election process of the party, saying former minister Jayant Patil, who belongs to the rival faction led by Sharad Pawar, wasn't the elected but nominated president of the Maharashtra unit.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the decision taken by the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker to not disqualify 14 MLAs belonging to the rival faction headed by former CM Uddhav Thackeray.

Praful Patel, working president of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, on Thursday said it was a misconception that the two rival factions of the party would soon come together.

Two persons were killed in a gunfight between rival factions in a fresh round of violence in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Monday. The incident took place between Haraothel and Kobsha villages, police said.

Over 15,000 Mumbai police personnel will be on duty at venues of Dussehra rallies of rival Shiv Sena groups, for an ICC cricket World Cup match here on Tuesday and for overseeing immersion of Goddess Durga idols after the end of Navratri festival.

The Supreme Court Tuesday granted Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar a final opportunity to give it a realistic time frame for deciding the cross-petitions filed by the rival factions of the Shiv Sena.

The Election Commission has called for a hearing between the rival factions led by Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar regarding the party's name and symbol dispute.

The Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said legal action will be initiated against four Lok Sabha members of the rival faction for "defying" the party whip by remaining absent during voting on the women's reservati

The Election Commission has called rival factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) for a personal hearing on October 6, sources said on Thursday.

Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Thursday began hearing the disqualification petitions filed against each other by two rival Shiv Sena factions led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray.