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Shiv Sena leader Anil Parab has said his party will approach the Supreme Court if no action is taken on their disqualification plea against three MLCs who switched over to the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Mr. Parab said the party on July 21 moved a petition to disqualify members of legislative council Neelam Gorhe, the deputy …

Lok Sabha MP from Amravati, Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana on Saturday were arrested by Mumbai police for promoting enmity between different groups and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony. The couple had come to Mumbai after announcing that it will recite Hanuman Chalisa at Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s residence Matoshri. After arrest, the couple too …

When 28-year-old Viresh Borkar, the youngest legislator from Goa’s youngest political party, the Revolutionary Goans, reached the Legislative Assembly for his swearing-in earlier this week riding pillion on a motorbike, he signalled a definite change in the tenor of Goan politics. First-time MLA Mr. Borkar and the rider of the motorbike, RG party chief and ex-Aam Aadmi Party member Tukaram …

Fissures within the Shiv Sena’s top leadership emerged after senior Sena leader and former Minister Ramdas Kadam on Friday accused his party colleagues Anil Parab and Uday Samant of trying to finish off the party by colluding with the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party. Mr. Kadam urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to take note of the ‘conspiracy’ while charging Mr. …

With three of its senior leaders currently being probed by the Enforcement Directorate in different cases of alleged money laundering, Maharashtra’s ruling Shiv Sena finds itself cornered by the Central probe agency. Mr. Khan’s lawyer had argued in court of a political conspiracy behind the ED’s action, saying that action had been initiated due to a “different political colour”. Sources …