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Stealing petroleum-based fuels affects economy: HC

Congress party office in Tilak Bhavan wears a forlorn look —Salman Ansari

Faulty deal no bar to deemed conveyance

The competent authority cannot reject applications for deemed conveyance on the grounds of legality and validity of agreements executed between the parties, the Bombay High Court has ruled.

Court slams 8-year delay in deciding maintenance case

The octogenarian couple are embroiled in a legal battle for 8 yrs; are residing in the same house in Jogeshwari

Stealing petroleum-based fuels affects economy: HC

The Bombay High Court has rejected the per-arrest bail plea of a man accused of stealing petrol from the pipeline of Indian Oil Tanking Limited at Nhava Sheva port, observing that stealing petroleum-based fuels adversely affects the country's economy.

Maaiya to the rescue

Hemant Soren in Jharkhand had his copycat version of Ladki Bahin yojna in the form of Maaiya Samman Yojana which helped him garner votes and return to power.

THE REVDIS HAVE WON

SURREAL BJP TRIUMPH | The Mahayuti Ladki Bahin scheme wins over homemakers and daily wagers, leaving the opposition in tatters. Ajit Pawar delivers a stunning blow to Sharad Pawar's NCP. Congress loses the Leader of the Opposition post in the state assembly. Shinde sheds his stooge image, emerging stronger against Thackerays

Development to divinity: BJP changes tack to sweep board

In cricket, a player going through a rough patch is often advised to stick to the basics.

BJP sweeps Mumbai

The voters of Mumbai delivered a resounding mandate to the BJP, electing 15 of its 18 candidates in the assembly election. With an impressive strike rate and substantial margins of victory, the BJP reinforced its dominance in the city.

'This is real essence of Shiv Sena, NCP'

In a joint media interaction at Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's official residence, he himself, and Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar attributed the overwhelming victory of the Mahayuti to the success of its pro-people initiatives, including the Ladki Bahin scheme.

Three reasons Mahayuti won big: Cash, caste & polarisation

\"When one alliance walks away with nearly 80% of the 288 seats on the wire, as the Mahayuti has done, there are two ways at least to parse the numbers:

Ladki Bahin was bird in hand that brought Mahayuti back to power

The biggest victor in the election is Raj Thackeray and the MNS, whose sole purpose was to eat into Opposition votes. In Mumbai lingo, he can be called the political supari killer

Strongholds shaken as prominent leaders face defeat

Balasaheb Thorat, Prithviraj Chavan, Dheeraj Deshmukh, Rohini Khadse were some of the big leaders who lost

Sweet victory for turncoats who joined Ajit's NCP

Heavyweights like Rajkumar Badole, Prataprao Chikhlikar, Shankar Mandekar dumped respective parties just before elections

MVA was expected to sweep Vidarbha, but fell flat on its face

The ruling alliance bags 53 out of 62 seats; NCP (SP) totally wiped out, top Congress leaders, Uddhav Sena tumble

BJP leaves rivals in the dust in twin-city

Mehta defeats Congress' Hussain; sitting independent MLA distant third

4 in a row: Sarnaik crushes it in Ovala

Shinde Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik retained the Ovala-Majiwada assembly seat number 146 for a straight fourth term by defeating the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) contestant Naresh Manera, who fought as a Sena (UBT) nominee.

Airoli reposes faith in Naik once again

The Airoli constituency, which was formed in 2009, has always been with the Naik family no matter from which party Ganesh Naik or his son, Sandeep, have fought the election.

Yesterday's men: Tough days ahead for Pawar and Uddhav

For the decimated Opposition, the immediate task now is to finalize their party leaders in the state legislature

Colaba and Malabar Hill stand behind BJP

South Mumbai's most affluent constituencies of Colaba and Malabar Hill gave a clear mandate to their incumbent MLAs, Rahul Narwekar and Mangal Prabhat Lodha of the BJP.

Thackeray scions face contrasting fate

The Thackerays have been a dominant force in Maharashtra politics for nearly half a century.

Vidya Thakur's people connect does it for her

The BJP's Vidya Jayaprakash Thakur triumphed in the Goregaon constituency, securing a commanding 79,284 votes against the Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Sameer Kamalakar Desai.

Amid landslide, Aslam holds on to Malad seat

While all the constituencies in North Mumbai gave a unanimous mandate to Mahayuti with a huge lead, Congress’ incumbent MLA Aslam Shaikh managed to hold Malad West.

Bhandup: Mahayuti has the last laugh

Bhandup has long been a stronghold of Shiv Sena. In 2014, Patil won the seat from undivided Shiv Sena

Politics of lies and deceit defeated

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday thanked the people of Maharashtra for giving BJP and its allies the third successive win in the Assembly elections, terming it \"a victory of development, good governance and truthful social justice.\"

FOR SHINDE, IT IS NOW OR NEVER

But Fadnavis remains frontrunner for CM's post

Juggernaut halts in Jharkhand

Maaiya to the rescue Hemant Soren in Jharkhand had his copycat version of Ladki Bahin yojna in the form of Maaiya Samman Yojana which helped him garner votes and return to power. Under this scheme, which empowers women with financial support, women receive Rs 12,000 annually, with Rs 1,000 credited directly to their bank accounts every month. Contd on nation

Yogi scripts unity win, turns caste on its head

The results of the Uttar Pradesh by-elections in nine assembly constituencies where the BJP and its allies secured seven seats have reinforced their dominance.

Ajit has the last word

\"Now that the senior leader (Sharad Pawar) has said he will not be contesting any election in future, who is going to take care of you? Who else is there apart from me?\"

Adani, nephew summoned

Gautam Adani, Adani group founder and chairman, and his nephew Sagar have been summoned by the US authorities to explain their stand on the allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of paying $265 million (Rs 2,200 crore) in bribes to secure lucrative solar power contracts.

CONG CLUELESS, LEADERS ADRIFT

The Congress urgently needs to overhaul its election strategy after the BJP-led Mahayutis landslide victory in Maharashtra.