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lleged money laundering case | Shiv Sena leader & Maharasthra Minister Anil Parab appeared before ED. Anil Parab was questioned by ED for 11 hours, yesterday. (ANI)

No difficulties, everything will be alright. Govt will continue: Maharashtra Min & Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat when asked about Maharashtra political crisis & if Govt will continue for 5 yrs "No. No discussion is needed," on if political crisis was discussed in cabinet meet. (ANI)

CBI books Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan of DHFL in Rs 34,615-crore bank fraud case: Officials. (PTI)

Right now we have 46 MLAs with us, including 6-7 Independent MLAs. Rest of them are Shiv Sena MLAs. This number will rise in the time to come. As of now we have neither received any proposal from BJP nor are we holding any talks with them. As far as current political situation is concerned, I'd say that we are Balasaheb Thackeray's Shiv Sainiks and will continue to be Shiv Sainiks. As of now, we are not holding any talks with Shiv Sena or CM. We have not decided on the future course of action. : Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde.

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ED and such agencies don't affect me, even the officers who interrogated me understood that a leader of the Congress party can't be scared and suppressed: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

They are weakening the Army of the nation & they say they are nationalists. PM Narendra Modi will have to roll back the Agnipath Scheme. The young in India are aware that true patriotism is required to strengthen the nation. We'll make sure the scheme is repealed: Rahul Gandhi.

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Shiv Sena MLA Kailash Patil & Nitin Deshmukh returned from Eknath Shinde camp and expressed their support to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray. Deshmukh said that there was conspiracy by Gujarat police to kill him by giving poisonous injection in hospital. (New Indian Express)

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State cabinet meeting begins. CM Uddhav Thackeray joins via video conferencing: CMO. (ANI)

Mumbai | 41 MLAs out of 44 MLAs attended the meeting here while 3 are on the way. The politics BJP has started is of money & muscle power which is against the constitution. I have seen this a lot...Unity will prevail in Shiv Sena under Udhhav Thackeray: Congress leader Kamal Nath. (ANI)

They've made a joke of everything. They were hatching conspiracy & were targetting Maharashtra from the very beginning but now it has come to light. PM Modi and Amit Shah should not be arrogant & must run the country as per the constitution: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot in Delhi. (ANI)

Assam | Silchar town submerged with people commuting on boats due to inundated lanes. (ANI)

The kind of politics, that is driven by wealth, in states like Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh, is antithetical to the Constitution of India. The rise of such politics sets a dangerous precedent for the future: Kamal Nath, Congress Observer for Maharashtra. (ANI)

Congress had announced 'Bharat jodo yatra' from Kanniyakumari to Kashmir from Oct 2. What was BJP's & Modi govt's response? When Congress says 'Bharat jodo', PM-HM are attempting 'Rahul todo'. This is a conspiracy. 'Sonia Gandhi todo', 'Rahul todo', 'Congress todo': Jairam Ramesh. (ANI)

Kerala High Court grants anticipatory bail to Malayalam actor-producer Vijay Babu in the sexual assault case registered against him. (ANI)

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav leads the Opposition march from Bihar Assembly to Rajbhavan against the Agnipath Recruitment Scheme. (NDTV)

CBI arrests Sanjay Gupta, owner and promoter of Delhi based OPG Securities Pvt. Ltd, in connection with NSE Co-location scam in which brokers allegedly abused facility to make gains by getting early access to stock market: Officials. (PTI)

Rupee slips 4 paise to 78.17 against US dollar in early trade. (PTI)

Congress Legislative Party to meet today in Mumbai, AICC Observer Kamal Nath to be present. (NDTV)