NEW DELHI: Maharashtra is one of the key states which helped the opposition puncture Prime Minister Modi’s claims of “abki baar, 400 paar” in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections. The BJP ended up with just 9 seats, which is less than half of 23, the number of seats it had won in the state 5…
MUMBAI: NCP president Ajit Pawar on Monday unexpectedly showered praise on his mentor and political rival Sharad Pawar at the foundation day celebrations of the party, saying the senior Pawar had played a crucial role in building it up.“Sharad Pawar set up NCP 25 years ago over the nationality of Congress’s Sonia Gandhi. I am…
NASHIK: A section of the NCP MLAs who attended the Thursday’s meeting with the party chief, Ajit Pawar, expressed ‘anguish’ over the Union govt’s failure to roll back the ban on onion exports before the Lok Sabha election, which sent a wrong message among the farming community in the state.Ajit Pawar had called the meeting…
NASHIK: When BJP suggested that Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar’s close aide Chhagan Bhujbal, a Cabinet minister and prominent OBC face, would be a better bet in terms of the winnability factor in Nashik, CM Eknath Shinde flatly refused. In fact, Shinde had spoken his mind about a candidate of his choice, well before…
NASHIK: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday alleged a Rs800 crore land acquisition scam in the civic body.Speaking to the media, Raut said he would expose those involved in the scam with evidence on May 14 in Mumbai. He also said he will visit Nashik with Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on May…
PUNE: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar Wednesday kicked up a storm with his reference to Draupadi‘s marriage to five men, and a promise to allocate funds only if people voted for the Mahayuti candidate, in Indapur.Addressing a gathering in Baramati constituency, Ajit said: “The ratio in some districts had dipped to 850 females against…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has declined to modify its previous order permitting Ajit Pawar to use the NCP party name and the symbol ‘clock’ with a disclaimer, saying that the matter remains sub judice. Meanwhile, the faction led by Sharad Pawar has been designated as ‘NCP- Sharadchandra Pawar’ with the symbol of a man…
NEW DELHI: Sharad Pawar on Wednesday complained to Supreme Court that Ajit Pawar‘s NCP was not complying with the court order to give wide publicity in newspapers and pamphlets to the legal battle over party symbol ‘clock’, which it was allowed to use, and state that the matter was sub judice. Sharad Pawar sought the…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has asked the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to provide details of newspaper advertisements issued following its order regarding the use of the ‘clock’ symbol. The court directed the faction to include a disclaimer in all publicity material stating that the allocation of the symbol is sub judice.The bench…
NEW DELHI: Questioning CBI’s clean chit to former Union minister and NCP Ajit Pawar faction leader Praful Patel, Congress Saturday said he is the 21st big leader who was accused of corruption by BJP but has been washed clean after joining BJP’s washing machine. It sough an apology from PM Narendra Modi.Using a press conference…
