Congress MLA Nana Patole is the party's candidate for the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker's election, while the BJP on Saturday named Kisan Kathore as its nominee.

Election for the post will be held on Sunday.

"Nana Patole will be our candidate for the Speaker's election," a senior Congress leader said.

The three-party government under Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray won the trust vote on Saturday. While 169 MLAs voted in favor of the government, the BJP boycotted the proceedings of the headcount and members of MNS, MIM and CPM remained neutral.

The BJP had raised objections over the way the session was called in, the way oath was tak

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday attended the special assembly session of the state and pointed out that it violated the rules of the House as it began without 'Vande Mataram'.

Following weeks of a tussle over government formation in the state, a special two-day assembly session of Maharashtra beg

Residents of Delhi and its neighbouring areas - Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Noida - woke up to a sunny morning on Saturday as air quality improved marginally. The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi was 67, which falls in the 'satisfactory' category while in Gurugram and Noida, the same was recorded at 82 ('moderate') and 68

Two days after the brutal rape and murder of a veterinarian, locals of Shadnagar in Rangareddy district of Telangana staged a protest in front of the police station on Saturday demanding capital punishment for the four accused. The protests erupted as the cops geared up to shift the accused from Shadnagar police station to the local court.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said the lower GDP growth rate of 4.5 per cent was as predicted but warned that third quarter will be worse. India's economic growth slipped further to hit an over-six-year low of 4.5 per cent in the July-September quarter, according to official data released on Friday.

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A special session of the Maharashtra Assembly convened on Saturday where the 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' government led by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray is set to prove its majority in the 288-member House.

There was an uproar in the Maharashtra assembly after the BJP alleged that the special session was not convened as per rules.