With the results of the Assembly elections held in the three states of Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh out, the Congress Party has retained power in Maharashtra and Arunachal Pradesh, but has fallen short of absolute majority in Haryana.

The Congress Party and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the ruling-alliance partners in Maharashtra, are about to agree on a seat-sharing pact for the elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly to be held in October 2009.

After a week of riots, curfew was relaxed in the towns of  Miraj, Sangli and Ichalkaranji, for four hours, on September 9, 2009.

Recently Shobhaa De made an appearance on Karan Thapar's Devil's Advocate and had a few answers to questions from Karan about the MNS, Raj Thackeray, Mumbai vs Bombay etc etc. I did  not catch the interview on TV, but came across the transcript on the Cnn-IBN website.