Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Tuesday appointed BJP MLA Kalidas Kolambkar as pro-tem Speaker of the Assembly.

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis  has resigned to his post, after Dy. CM Ajit Pawar submits resignation to his post and goes back to NCP.

Lucknow: The Sunni Central Waqf Board decided on Tuesday that it would not file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya case, but was yet to take a call on whether to accept a five-acre alternative plot for a mosque, its chairman Zufar Farooqi said.

Maharashtra: In a growing political tussle in Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar has quit as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

New Delhi: The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday wondered why the Supreme Court took three days to order a floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly when it could have issued the order on Sunday when it was hearing the matter for the first time.

Mumbai: With the Supreme Court ordering floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday, all newly elected BJP MLAs in the state have been asked to reach Mumbai to attend a meeting to be addressed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis here on Tuesday evening, a party leader said.

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took a dig at his successor Narendra Modi on Tuesday for his remarks hailing the Constitution, saying "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" and the way the Centre has behaved in Maharashtra it is not certain that constitutional norms are safe.

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday expressed confidence of a win in the Maharashtra Assembly floor test.