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Ramdas Athawale said the name of the chief minister could be announced on December 4. Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday claimed the BJP top brass offered the post of the chief of the Mahayuti alliance to Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde but he declined. Amid uncertainty over who would become the chief minister of Maharashtra, Ramdas Athawale said the Shiv Sena leader also declined the offer of becoming a minister in the central government. Athawale said the name of the new chief minister could be announced on December 4. He also said that the BJP communicated to Shinde that…

S Jaishankar said that recent military and diplomatic talks with China have resolved border issues, including the patrolling agreement for areas along the LAC. External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that India-China relations have improved, emphasising government’s commitment to engaging with China. He also said that recent military and diplomatic talks have resolved border issues, including the October patrolling agreement for areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The external affairs minister informed the House that India-China relations have been abnormal since 2020, following the disruption of peace and tranquillity in border areas due…

Exiting the hospital, Maharashtra caretaker CM Eknath Shinde responded to media queries on his health saying ‘badhiya hai [all good]’. Maharashtra Caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was rushed to a hospital in Maharashtra’s Thane after no improvement in his health, sources said on Tuesday. Doctors have advised full examination of his health. Shinde has been suffering from a throat infection and fever since last week. Exiting the hospital, Shinde responded to media queries on his health saying “badhiya hai [all good]”. The Shiv Sena leader had left for his native village in Satara district last Friday amid speculation that he…

Prithvi Shaw’s decline has made his childhood coach sad. Amid claims that Prithvi Shaw made ₹30 to 40 crore by the age of 23, the youngster’s first coach, Santosh Pingutkar, is sad to see how things have transpired for the player once called India’s ‘next Sachin Tendulkar’. Shaw, 25, has been out of the national reckoning for almost three years, but he endured a new low last week, going unsold at the IPL mega auction in Jeddah. Released by Delhi Capitals during the IPL retentions announced in October, Shaw did not find a single taker during the two-day event. His…

Arvind Kejriwal took to X, accusing Union home minister Amit Shah and the BJP of failing to provide security to Delhiites.Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday met the family of a man who was stabbed to death in the Narayana area of the national capital on Sunday. Manoj’s family had blocked the road on Sunday evening, demanding strict action against the accused and staging a protest, according to the police. Taking to X, Kejriwal pointed fingers at Union Home Minister Amit Shah, saying that the BJP hasn’t been able to provide security to Delhiites. Earlier, he had raised…

“Banerjee should keep his views before us and not give statements outside,” BJP MP Jagdambika Pal said. BJP MP Jagdambika Pal, who leads the parliamentary committee on the proposed Waqf Amendment Bill, on Monday lashed out at panel member Kalyan Banerjee for making statements “outside.” “Kalyan Banerjee is a member of the JPC (joint parliamentary committee) and he should keep his views before us and not give statements outside,” Pal. He was apparently referring to a viral video of the Trinamool Congress leader in which the latter, speaking in Bengali, allegedly says that “any location where Muslims offer namaz would…

Mamata Banerjee expressed concern and said that there was an urgent need to rescue and rehabilitate persecuted Indians on this side of the border. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the central government to seek the deployment of a peacekeeping mission by the Union Nations in Bangladesh to tackle the ongoing situation there. Banerjee also sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in bringing back the persecuted Indians from foreign soil. The Bengal CM further demanded that the Union minister of external affairs should inform the Parliament about India’s stance on the current situation in the neighbouring country.…

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani are the observers for Maharashtra legislature party meet. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday named two central observers for its legislature party meeting in Maharashtra to select its leader. The observers are Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani. The announcement comes amid ongoing suspense over Maharashtra’s next chief minister. Over a week after the BJP-led NDA, also called Mahayuti, secured a landslide win in the Maharashtra elections, the new government is yet to be sworn in. Devendra Fadnavis is expected to be…

The farmers had announced that they will march towards Delhi to demand a discussion on MSP. Farmers from Punjab, who announced that they will march towards Delhi to demand a discussion on Minimum Support Price (MSP), on Monday broke police barriers near the Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida and began moving towards Delhi. However, after holding talks with cops, the farmers left the protest site. Following this, police removed the barricades and saw the traffic movement’s return to normalcy. Joint CP Law and Order Noida, Shivhari Meena, “The farmers had announced the ‘Delhi Challo’ march today and we were continuously…

Five key takeaways for India from their practice tour match against Australian PM-XI in Canberra. India’s preparatory match against the Australian Prime Minister’s XI at the Manuka Oval in Canberra was something of a dress rehearsal for the touring team, with the performances and tactical decisions on show in the match providing a window into what shape fans might see in Adelaide next week. India managed to bowl out PM-XI for 240 runs, before putting up 257 runs in their allotted 46 overs to take home the honours from this tour match in confident fashion. With India finding plenty of…