NHatky (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
After Vilasrao Deshmukh was asked to step down from his Chief Minsterial post on Wednesday (December 3), decision on who will replace him will be taken today. The front runners for Deshmukh's post are Narayan Rane, Prithviraj Chavan, Ashok Chavan and Sushil Kumar Shinde.Team of observers from the Congress party are ...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
After three days of speculation, the Congress on Wednesday asked chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to step down, making him the third political casualty
NHatky (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Finally Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has been asked to step down from his post following last week's terrorist attack in Mumbai, Congress leader AK Antony said in New Delhi on Wednesday (December 3). "Deshmukh has been asked to resign," Defence Minister AK Antony, who is in charge of the ...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
Maharashtra was minus a Chief Minister tonight after the Congress leadership accepted the resignation of Vilasrao Deshmukh...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
New Delhi, Dec. 3: Rahul Gandhi has told A.K. Antony, the Congress general secretary in charge of Maharashtra, that chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh must go at the earliest.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Senior Congress leaders Pranab Mukherjee and A K Antony are leaving for Mumbai as central observers of the party to oversee the election of a successor to Vilasrao Deshmukh who has been asked to step down in the wake of the terror attacks in the metropolis
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
On Sunday, Ram Gopal Varma had accompanied him to the ravaged Taj Mahal hotel. On Wednesday, 'RDX' was waiting for Vilasrao Deshmukh at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bowing to the pressure of allies, high command accepted Vilasrao Deshmukh's resignation. Observers will meet tomorrow to decide on Maharashtra's next CM.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
Congress has accepted the resignation of Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh got another day's reprieve on Wednesday as the matter of finding his replacement for the state got delayed because of the Congresss leadership's preoccupation...
BJP (Free subscription) | yesterday
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has finally been asked to step down following last week’s terrorist attack in Mumbai, the Congress party said here Wedenesday, adding that a decision on ...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
The fate of Vilasrao Deshmukh hangs in balance as the Cong High Command grapples with the issue of leadership change in the state.
NHatky (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
NEW DELHI: After union home minister Shivraj Patil, Maharashtra deputy chief minister R R Patil quit on Monday in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks and now chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh also appears to be on the way out. "I offered to resign at the meeting of the Congress ...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | yesterday
The fate of Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who has offered to resign in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, hangs in balance.
Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Maharashtra's outgoing chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has told Congress leadership that he was being made the fall guy for failures of state home ministry.
