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Lok Sabha gets 29 new entrants from Maharashtra

Last Updated: Saturday, May 17, 2014, 18:01

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Nitin Gadkari, late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan`s daughter Poonam, former Maharashtra Deputy CM Vijaysinh Mohite Patil are a few of the 29 new entrants to the 16th Lok Sabha among the 48 MPs from Maharashtra.

Five sitting MLAs make it to 16th LS from Maharashtra

Last Updated: Saturday, May 17, 2014, 16:20

Five sitting MLAs from Maharashtra, including former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, have made it to the 16th Lok Sabha from the state, which sends 48 members, the highest after Uttar Pradesh.

Cong-NCP get bitter poll lessons in Maharashtra`s sugar belt

Last Updated: Saturday, May 17, 2014, 13:02

The drubbing Congress got in its traditional citadel of Western Maharashtra, where it failed to open its account in this Lok Sabha election, and drastically reduced victory margins for NCP, points to the fading glory of the two allies who drew their political power from this influential sugar belt which has a network of cooperatives.

RSS` blue-eyed boy Nitin Gadkari wins debut LS election from Nagpur

Last Updated: Saturday, May 17, 2014, 00:15

Former BJP national president Nitin Gadkari is back in reckoning after he defeated veteran Congress leader Vilas Muttemwar in Nagpur, the seat of RSS headquarters, in his debut Lok Sabha election.

Over 4 lakh voters opted NOTA in Maharashtra

Last Updated: Friday, May 16, 2014, 23:24

A total of 4,31,992 people or 0.9 percent of the 60.42 percent electorate in Maharashtra have opted for None of the Above (NOTA) option in this elections.

Sushil Kumar Shinde loses in his Western Maharashtra bastion

Last Updated: Friday, May 16, 2014, 22:48

Facing a very tough battle to retain his seat for a fifth Lok Sabha term from Solapur, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was among the Congress stalwarts who succumbed to the Modi wave in Maharashtra, losing to BJP`s Sharad Bansode by about 1.5 lakh votes.

Resignation won`t serve any purpose:MPCC after Raut, Rane quit

Last Updated: Friday, May 16, 2014, 22:06

After a severe drubbing in Lok Sabha polls, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee today said resignations on moral grounds will not resolve problems faced by the party.

Vidarbha: stalwarts of Cong-NCP swept away in saffron wave

Last Updated: Friday, May 16, 2014, 20:31

Union Heavy Industries Minister and senior NCP leader Praful Patel, seven-time Congress MP Vilas Muttemwar and Congress general secretary Mukul Wasnik are among those who have bitten the dust in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha election.

Blame game begins on Congress` worst rout in Maharashtra

Last Updated: Friday, May 16, 2014, 17:20

The blame game has started in Maharashtra Congress over the party`s unprecedented defeat in the state.

Pawar erred by fielding ministers, says BJP leader Munde

Last Updated: Friday, May 16, 2014, 16:30

NCP chief Sharad Pawar made a "big mistake" by fielding several ministers of his party for the Lok Sabha polls as people got a chance to vent their anger against them and the party, senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde today said.