Maharashtra ministry to be sworn in today

November 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan today held discussions with Congress President Sonia Gandhi, a day after the party sealed a deal with its ally, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to form a government in the state. Chavan is understood to have discussed the allocation of portfolios at the meeting.

November 6th, 2009 MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - The new Maharashtra cabinet will be sworn in Saturday, Chief Minister-elect Ashok Chavan said Friday, a day after the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) broke the deadlock over power sharing. Chavan and Deputy Chief Minister-designate Chhagan Bhujbal of the NCP would call on Governor S.C.

November 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Maharashtra chief minister-elect Ashok Chavan Friday staked formal claim to form the next government with the support of 170 legislators. The new Democratic Front ministry will be sworn-in here Saturday evening.

November 5th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have reportedly reached a broad understanding on the portfolio allocation in Maharashtra and a new government is expected to be sworn in tomorrow. This should put an end to the uncertainty that has prevailed since the declaration of the results on October 22.

November 5th, 2009 BANGALORE - Maharashtra may finally have a government on Friday or by Saturday, said Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel, adding that he is hopeful about the NCP and the Congress resolving their differences over portfolio allocation "in a day or two". Speaking at a function in Bangalore on Wednesday, Patel said he was hopeful about the impasse over the formation of a new government coming to an end after "amicably" settling all issues including portfolios.

November 2nd, 2009 ITANAGAR -In Arunachal Pradesh, 11 ministers of the newly elected Congress led Government will be sworn in a ceremony today. Earlier on October 25, Dorjee Khandu was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state.

October 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - A tussle between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) over the crucial home ministry is delaying the swearing-in of the new government in Maharashtra, party sources said Wednesday. While the Congress is desperate to have the home ministry in its kitty, the NCP is in no mood to oblige.

October 25th, 2009 MUMBAI/HARYANA/ITANAGAR - The Congress Party has decided to retain Ashok Chavan and Bhupinder Singh Hooda as the chief ministers of Maharashtra and Haryana respectively. A decision was taken by Congress President Sonia Gandhi after she held several rounds of consultations with senior party leaders.

October 11th, 2009 PUNE - Unidentified gunmen attempted to assassinate Shiv Sena candidate Ajay Bhosle on Sunday morning. The attack took place in Pune's Vadgaon locality near the Koregaon Park.

October 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi will address three rallies in Maharashtra today. Besides Mumbai, Gandhi will campaign in Kolhapur and Nagpur for Congress- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidates.

October 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday asked the people of Maharashtra to vote for the Congress-National Congress Party (NCP) alliance and said "strong connections" with the central government would help it get the benefits of national growth.

June 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ramesh Pokhriyal will be sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand today. The writer - journalist turned politician, will be the state's fifth chief minister.

June 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - The budget of Maharashtra for fiscal 2009-10 will be tabled in both the houses of the State Legislature today. State Finance Minister Dilip Valse Patil will present the budget in the Assembly this afternoon.

March 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After its failure to cobble a poll alliance with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar, the Congress party Monday stuck a deal over sharing of seats with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra. 'We will fight unitedly as alliance partners in Maharashtra.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress and its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Wednesday struck an alliance in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan told reporters that the two parties had arrived at a seat-sharing arrangement for 40 of the 48 seats in the state.