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The Supreme Court said the disqualification petitions have to be adjudicated expeditiously and posted the matter for hearing on October 30.

Mumbai police nab Harish Pant, an associate of drug kingpin Lalit Patil, from Uttarakhand. Patil and Pant remanded in police custody till Oct 30. Pune police suspends Assistant Police Inspector Savita Bhagwat for security lapses. Congress MLA Ravindra Dhangekar accuses Dr. Sanjeev Thakur of providing "five-star treatment" to Patil. Shiv…

Maharashtra Assembly Speaker consolidates cross-petitions filed by rival Shiv Sena factions seeking disqualification of each other's MLAs. SC granted Speaker final opportunity to provide realistic timeframe for deciding petitions. 40 MLAs of Shinde-led Sena & 14 of Thackeray faction issued notices. SC ruled Shinde to remain CM & EC allotted…

The police widened the net in their probe into the Lalit Patil drug case, with Pune police arresting two female accomplices of Patil, as a slanging match erupted on October 19 between the ruling Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Opposition Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena (UBT) over the case.

The PIL sought a direction to the CBI to probe Mr. Thackeray, a former Maharashtra Minister, and for a comprehensive report to be submitted.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on October 18 said constituents of the ‘Mahayuti’ (grand alliance) will now focus on winning 45 out of the total 48 Lok Sabha seats in the State, in the general elections due next year.

He said the opposition criticises Mr. Modi just to remain in the limelight and be noticed.

Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said that the SC had dealt Narwekar “a hammer blow” for his foot-dragging over the hearings on the disqualification petitions.

Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar to hear disqualification petitions of rival Shiv Sena factions on October 12 instead of October 13. Supreme Court had directed Narwekar to spell out timeline for adjudication.