Referring to Fadnavis’ statement after the formal announcement of alliance between the Thackeray cousins that the BJP does not wear the saffron shawl merely for votes, the Thackeray camp termed it as “the pinnacle of double standards"

Amid a heavy deployment of state police, RAF and central forces, Kabir, alongside visiting Islamic clerics, cut a ceremonial ribbon on a sprawling stage at Rejinagar, even as the actual mosque construction site was nearly a kilometre away from the venue