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Mumbai Confidential: Patole As Future CMSubscriber Only
The Assembly polls are still over a year away, but followers of Congress and NCP have already started projecting their leaders as next CM. Huge posters of Congress state president Nana Patole as the future CM have propped up across Nagpur.
Mumbai Confidential: Transfer SecrecySubscriber Only
Police transfers within Mumbai City has been a hush-hush affair this year, as per people in the know.
Mumbai Confidential: The person in the NorthSubscriber Only
CM EKNATH Shinde's close aide Sachin Joshi was allegedly under ED lens and after Shinde's rebellion against Uddhav Thackeray, nobody has heard anything about the case.
Mumbai Confidential: The Person In NorthSubscriber Only
In the chats between IRS officer Sameer Wankhede and actor Shah Rukh Khan that were part of the former's petition in the Cordelia drug bust case, apart from the pleas of a father seeking the well-being of his son, there were two chats that appeared to be indicative of something more.
Mumbai Confidential: Yagna For Shiv Sena’s SurvivalSubscriber Only
A seven-day yagna was organised at a resort near Murbad in Thane district, last week, ahead of Supreme Court’s order on the tussle between two factions of Shiv Sena.
Mumbai Confidential: All CluelessSubscriber Only
As the resignation saga of NCP chief Sharad Pawar unfolded, party leaders from different states rushed to meet him. A leader from Kerala barged into a room where Praful Patel was sitting and asked him what went wrong.
Mumbai Confidential: Pawar Scion Eyes BypollSubscriber Only
Amid the ongoing political uncertainty in Maharashtra, Congress and NCP may lock horns over the Pune LS bypoll, which is likely to be announced soon.
Mumbai Confidential: Ayodhya CallingSubscriber Only
The last-minute plan by Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis to join CM Eknath Shinde in Ayodhya is being seen by many as a way to share the limelight that Shinde is hogging at the national level.
Mumbai Confidential: Ayodhya CallingSubscriber Only
Initially, many raised eyebrows after BJP minister Girish Mahajan joined Shinde and then Fadnavis decided to join Shinde at the last minute.
Mumbai Confidential: Court To The RescueSubscriber Only
In a span of 24 hours, after HC issued a stay on disbursement of MLA fund and sought details of the earlier release, opposition MLAs reportedly received calls from the CMO asking them to submit details of works they wished to undertake with their MLA funds.
Mumbai Confidential: ‘Unsatisfactory’Subscriber Only
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has rapped the Maharashtra government for its 'unsatisfactory' delivery of public services to the citizens, under the Right to Service Act portal.
Mumbai Confidential: Unease Spills OutSubscriber Only
Shiv Sena and BJP have not only locked horns over seat sharing, but unease over the appointment of officials is spilling over. Maharashtra Legislature is undertaking construction projects estimated at several thousand crores in South Mumbai.
Mumbai Confidential: Missing In ActionSubscriber Only
A close associate of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who was recently appointed to a government body, is said to be missing in action from the state's power corridors in recent weeks and is said to have gone to USA on a 'forced' vacation.
Mumbai Confidential: Facing BacklashSubscriber Only
With no state minister in the Maharashtra Cabinet and no clarity on the expansion yet, another Cabinet minister will present the Budget in the legislative council and Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Devendra Fadnavis in the Assembly.
Mumbai Confidential: Assessing AngerSubscriber Only
Stung by the recent debacle in MLC elections in Nagpur, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has directed a team of senior party workers to start an assembly feedback drive to ascertain public anger, complaints from his own constituency Nagpur South West.
Mumbai Confidential: Fellowship TalkSubscriber Only
Maharashtra on January 20 restarted the Chief Minister Fellowship programme, with the government resolution (GR) being issued by the Planning Department, led by Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Mumbai Confidential: Not An OrderSubscriber Only
The state government’s recent decision to not consider ministers’ remarks on letters as order and asking the administration to check rules before going ahead puts a question mark on the authority of ministers of running their respective departments.
Mumbai Confidential: (Not) In ConfidenceSubscriber Only
Opposition leaders submitting a no-confidence motion against Assembly speaker Rahul Narvekar on Thursday has raised quite a few eyebrows in the political circles in the state.
Mumbai Confidential: Cornered By OppnSubscriber Only
Among those who targeted Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray in connection with the Disha Salian case was MP Rahul Shewale, who is affiliated with the Eknath Shinde camp.
Mumbai confidential: Election AttireSubscriber Only
In areas with a considerable Gujarati population, photographs of corporators on hoardings show them wearing saree in the Gujarati style with the pleats falling on the right side as against the Maharashtrian style.
Mumbai Confidential: Who’s The DriverSubscriber Only
Ever since the formation of a new government in Maharashtra, several decisions taken by the previous MVA government have been reversed. Decisions on projects like the bullet train, metro carshed and Dharavi redevelopment have a clear stamp of Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on it.
Mumbai Confidential: Under FireSubscriber Only
As Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has been on an overdrive to meet visitors, the Chief Secretary's Office in the state has received several verbal complaints against at least three senior IAS officers for allegedly refusing to attend visitors.
Mumbai Confidential: Praise For ThoratSubscriber Only
Congress legislative party leader Balasaheb Thorat has managed to justify the trust placed in him by the Gandhi family with the organisation of the Maharashtra leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Mumbai Confidential: Playing SafeSubscriber Only
With over 20 SP rank officers being recently transferred in Maharashtra, those officers who have been replaced are still awaiting their new postings. Usually, this waiting period is considered a good time for mid-career training at the National Police Academy at Hyderabad.
Mumbai Confidential: Actions Speak LouderSubscriber Only
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is going to great lengths to come across as a man of action. Saturday provided him one such opportunity in Nandurbar.
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