New Delhi, July 17: Opposition parties announced Sunday that former Union minister and governor Margaret Alva is their candidate for the vice-presidential election scheduled to be held next month.
Legendary athlete P T Usha and music maestro Ilaiyaraaja were among prominent personalities nominated to Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Philanthropist and administrator of the Dharmasthala temple Veerendra Heggade and noted screen writer V Vijayendra Prasad were also nominated to the Upper House of Parliament.
Five days after he took oath as the Maharashtra Chief Minister following a rebellion in the Shiv Sena, Eknath Shinde today comfortably won the trust vote in the state Assembly with 164 votes being polled in his favour and 99 against him in the 288-member House.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde easily proved his government's majority in the Assembly today. This caps two weeks of political surprises that split the Shiv Sena and brought down the Uddhav Thackeray government.