File photo of Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Ganesh Naik during a ‘Janata Darbar’, in Navi Mumbai. (Pic credit: PTI) THANE: Forests minister and BJP politician Ganesh Naik announced his second ‘janta darbar‘ in the city next month following the response received to the inaugural event on Monday, which saw over 550 applications.While political observers…
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: In a candid public admission of the recent rift in his family, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday said he changed his tone of speaking since his elder brother was no longer with him.“We should pay attention to our ‘burning house’ first. Only then can we keep the houses of others intact….
MUMBAI: Activist Anjali Damania has written to Bombay high court chief justice, seeking suo motu action in the probe into the kidnapping-murder of Massajog sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.Raising concerns about state minister Dhananjay Munde‘s business ties with prime accused, Walmik Karad, she urged HC to have the probe transferred out of Munde’s area of influence as…
PUNE: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said that the rumour which led passengers to jump off a train and be run over by another train in North Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district on Wednesday was triggered by a tea seller of the pantry car and was spread in the coaches by two passengers.Both these passengers,…
Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar (File photo) NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) veteran Sharad Pawar on Thursday shared the stage with Maharashtra deputy chief minister and his nephew Ajit Pawar during the annual general meeting of the Vasantdada Sugar Institute.This marked the second instance in a week where the two leaders were seen together publicly. Earlier,…
PUNE: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday lost his cool while speaking at a public event in Baramati. When his supporters flooded him with letters on various issues, Pawar said, “You voted for me, that does not mean you have become my boss. Have you made me a farm labourer now?”Cabinet minister Sanjay Shirsat…
MUMBAI: The tussle in Mahayuti over posts of guardian ministers continued almost two weeks after cabinet portfolios were allocated.Shiv Sena minister Bharat Gogawale on Wednesday reiterated that he’s the senior-most MLA in Raigad and will surely be appointed the district’s guardian minister, but NCP minister Aditi Tatkare is poised to lock horns with him for…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday told NCP leader Ajit Pawar that he will become CM one day. While speaking in the legislative assembly, he emphasised that he and his deputy chief ministers will be work in different shifts throughout the day. Fadnavis said Ajit Pawar will work in the morning shift…
NEW DELHI: NCP veteran politician Chhagan Bhujbal, who is unhappy after being overlooked for a cabinet berth in the newly sworn-in Fadnavis government, appealed to his supporters to express their discontent in a “civil” manner rather than resorting to derogatory actions against deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar.The response came after various OBC organisations and activists…
NEW DELHI: Ajit faction NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday took a veiled attack on the party president over his exclusion from the new council of ministers and said that after rejecting his demand for a Lok Sabha seat, the party offered Rajya Sabha seat “Am I a toy?”Amid speculation over his “Jahan nahi chaina,…
