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The two UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh come into existence on Thursday; 86 days after the Indian Parliament had scrapped Article 370 of the Indian constitution that gave special status to J&K.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday reacted to Shiv Sena's claim on CM post in the state; he said, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) never agreed to '50-50' power sharing formula Shiv Sena is referring to.

Manohar Lal Khattar will be taking oath as Haryana Chief Minister on Sunday afternoon, beginning his second term in the state. He met the Governor on Saturday to stake claim of forming the government.

Manohar Lal Khattar is all set to begin his second term as the chief minister of Haryana, he has been scheduled to meet the governor Satyadev Narayan Arya in Chandigarh on Saturday to stake claim to form the government.

Five independent MLAs, along with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and BJP’s Haryana in-charge Anil Jain, on Friday met BJP's working president JP Nadda at his residence to finalise the numbers to form government in the state.

Manohar Lal Khattar is likely to return as the Chief Minister of Haryana with the support of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MLA Abhay Chautala, Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) MLA Gopal Kanda and seven Independents.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, after getting good numbers in Maharashtra, reminded Bharatiya Janata Party of its promise of 50-50 seat sharing. The Sena, which contested on 126 seats, is leading on 58, a few shorter than the 63 it won in 2014 when it broke ties with the BJP and went solo in all 288 seats of the state.

Actor-turned politician Hema Malini, who is also an MP from Mathura constituency, has said that this is her last stint with the politics and after this she wants some family time.

With polling coming to an end for the single-phase assembly elections in two states – Haryana and Maharashtra, the exit polls predicted a win for the Bharatiya Janata Party.

As two states – Haryana and Maharashtra – voted on Monday for a single-phase Assembly elections, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi took a potshot at the Bharatiya Janata Party after one of the BJP's MLAs claimed that no matter which button is pressed on the EVM, the vote will go to the BJP.