Maharashtra Assembly Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar refused to apologise for his statement that Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj should be called 'Swarajya Rakshak' instead of 'Dharamveer'.
The Indian side will be led by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval while the French delegation will be led by Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron
In a bid to defend Maharashtra Leader of Opposition, Ajit Pawar's Friday remarks on Chhattrapati Sambhaji, Awhad brought up the Mughal ruler during his interaction with the media.
A Superintendent of Police (SP) sustained injuries after a group of tribals attacked him when they were stopped from vandalising a church in Bangla Para locality in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Monday.
Prior to this assignment, Saxena held the position of director for operations at RINL-Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant. He has 36 years' experience in steel sector with a wide experience in technical, operational and project management areas.
Maharashtra's Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Ajit Pawar, on Friday expressed his 'dissatisfaction' over Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's speech in the House on the last day of the Winter Session.
Maharashtra Assembly Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar on Thursday denied having any information regarding the Maha Vikas Aghadi legislators seeking to move a 'No-confidence motion' against Speaker Rahul Narvekar and said that he is not aware of any such developments.
In a major decision, the Defence Ministry has cleared the procurement of around 120 Pralay ballistic missiles for the Indian armed forces that will deploy them along the borders with China and Pakistan.
"It is surprising that ruling parties are creating a stir on non-issues. They should be ashamed of themselves for doing such nautanki," Pawar said on the repeated adjournment of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
The Opposition leaders of the Maharashtra legislative assembly on Thursday staged a walk-out after Speaker Rahul Narwekar denied a debate on the phone-tapping incident raised by Congress MLA Nana Patole.
The first day of the winter session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly began with an uproar by the opposition, with MLAs of the Mahavikas Aghadi holding placards protesting in the Vidhan Bhavan premises over the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute.
The opposition in the Maharashtra assembly will corner the Eknath Shinde government over the state losing investment projects and border row with Karnatak in the winter assembly scheduled to begin on December 19 in Nagpur, leader of the opposition Ajit Pawar said on Sunday.