MUMBAI: Police on Tuesday arrested a 20-year-old man from Noida for allegedly making a call and sending messages to NCP MLA Zeeshan Siddique’s office helpline in Bandra (E) claiming that he had overheard people planning to kill him and actor Salman Khan. Police traced accused Mohammad Tayyab alias Gurfan Khan through his mobile number and…
NEW DELHI: In a setback to Ajit-Pawar led NCP and a judgment that can have bearing on other PMLA cases, a special court in Mumbai on Friday rejected a plea of NCP heavyweight and Maharashtra cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal that money laundering case against him and other associates be dropped. The minister unsuccessfully argued that…
NEW DELHI: Turning down the plea of the Sharad Pawar faction of NCP, Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the breakaway group led by Ajit Pawar to use the ‘clock’ symbol for Maharashtra assembly polls with the caveat that the deputy CM should mention in all print and audio/visual advertisements of the party that litigation over…
PUNE: NCP (SCP) gave tickets to 11 of its 12 sitting MLAs in its first list of 45 candidates for Maharashtra assembly polls released on Thursday.In at least 13 seats, NCP (SCP), led by Sharad Pawar, will take on the NCP faction led by Pawar’s nephew and deputy CM Ajit Pawar. Baramati will witness a…
Leader of opposition Vijay Wadettiwar MUMBAI: A day after Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut declared that MVA partners Congress, NCP (SP) and UBT Sena would contest 85 seats each, a top Congress politician said that his party would contest 104 seats, while UBT Sena and NCP-SP would fight from 94 and 84 seats respectively.“The…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar‘s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), asking the party to fully comply with the court’s interim order that allowed the use of ‘clock’ symbol in elections, but with a disclaimer. The notice came in response to a…
MUMBAI: The still-unresolved row between Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) in the Maha Vikas Aghadi is over 15 assembly seats, three of them in Mumbai and 12 in eastern Vidarbha. As both parties are claiming these seats, NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar, UBT Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and AICC general secretary Ramesh Chennithala are set…
Sharad Pawar (left), and Uddhav Thackeray MUMBAI: Crucial meetings of the AICC’s central election and screening committees scheduled for Sunday were abruptly cancelled owing to a lack of consensus on MVA’s seat-sharing formula. These panels will meet in a day or two.According to a Congress office-bearer, the party is prepared for any eventuality if there…
Congress MLA Zeeshan Siddiqui (in white) and others can be seen carrying the mortal remains of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique as full state honours were given to him, in Mumbai, last week. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: A few days after NCP leader Baba Siddique‘s death, his son, Zeeshan Siddique, has now written a…
NEW Delhi: The Mumbai police official said that five additional individuals were apprehended on Friday in relation to the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, bringing the total number of arrests in this high-profile case to nine. The Crime Branch conducted targeted raids in Panvel and Karjat, located in the neighbouring Raigad district, based on…
