BJP deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde’s fate will be decided in the party’s meeting in Delhi on Saturday.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday demanded that the body of painter M.F. Husain be brought back to India and the final rites for him should be performed in Maharashtra.

In a joint rally on Thursday, leaders from the Shiv Sena, BJP and RPI vowed to end the Congress-NCP reign in Maharashtra, and claimed that their three-party alliance will last forever. Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray also severely criticised NCP leader and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

Farmers in the Pune district will now get arm licences at the tehsil offices for protecting their crops, as the tehsildars (executive magistrates) have been empowered to grant arm licences to farmers

The Congress on Monday started competing with its alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party in taking credit for the proposal to rename Dadar railway station to Chaityabhoomi. Moreover, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has taken a lead over the Shiv Sena by opposing the move.

On the eve of the Budget Session, Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan was as elusive and brief as he has been since he took over the reins of the state.

The Bombay high court on Monday confirmed the death sentence of lone surviving 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Aamir Kasab, saying it had no option but to confirm the death penalty awarded by the trial court. Any other sentence would be inadequate for the “rarest of rare” crime by the accused, who had no scope of reformation.

The Bombay high court on Monday is expected to decide the fate of the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, Ajmal Aamir Kasab along with Fahim Ansari and Sabauddin Ahmed.

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who is on a three-day visit to the state to boost the party’s membership drive, seems to be alienating the party’s old allies. His comment that the dalits don’t have any youth leaders to look forward to has slighted dalit organisations across the state. He said that those who claim to be dalit leaders are in the leadership position because they inherited the same from their families.

BJP senior leader L.K. Advani on Sunday called the NDA rally against inflation, corruption, a historic one. However, the speeches made by the leaders of the NDA barely failed to make any impression.