NEW DELHI: The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is facing internal tensions after Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) president Sharad Pawar felicitated Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde at an event in Delhi. The move has not gone down well with the Shiv Sena (UBT), with senior party leader Sanjay Raut strongly criticising Pawar for…
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,…
Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The Ranji Trophy returns in full swing on Thursday, offering some of India’s finest cricketers a chance to regain form after a challenging international season. Following Team India’s 1-3 loss in the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy, several key players are turning to domestic…
MUMBAI: With the likes of Indian captain Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer set to feature in Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy match against Jammu & Kashmir from Thursday at the MCA’s Sharad Pawar Academy Ground in BKC, the Mumbai Cricket Association, mindful of the fact that the fans would want to throng the venue, will…
Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Rahul Gandhi Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) leader Sharad Pawar on Tuesday reiterated that the focus of the INDIA alliance remains on national elections, with no talks about state or local elections. The statement comes days after Shiv Sena (UBT) announced its decision to fight the Mumbai municipal elections alone.In a…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday directed his target on opposition leaders Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray during a BJP state convention held in Maharashtra’s Shirdi. Addressing party workers, Shah termed BJP’s victory in the recent Maharashtra assembly polls the end of “politics of betrayal.”“This victory in Maharashtra has several meanings. It…
Pawar with Modi and a group of Maharashtra farmers. He had recently written to the PM, inviting him to the Marathi Sahitya Sammelan. NEW DELHI: NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar called on PM Narendra Modi Wednesday, weeks after the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was trounced in the assembly elections in Maharashtra by the BJP-headed Mahayuti.Pawar, along…
Ramdas Athawale (File photo/ PTI) NEW DELHI: Republican Party of India (Athawale) chief Ramdas Athawale claimed Maharastra CM Devendra Fadnavis had promised him that his party would get a berth in his state cabinet, expansion of which took place at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on Sunday. Awathle also expressed displeasure that he wasn’t invited to…
Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress, weakened by its electoral losses in Haryana and Maharashtra, now faces a strong challenge to its leadership of the INDIA(Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) bloc. Days after the Congress dismissed Mamata Banerjee‘s pitch to lead the opposition coalition as a ” good joke”, some of its allies…
PUNE: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said some people had raised red flags on possibility of “30% vote manipulation” ahead of the recent assembly polls in Maharashtra, and the election outcome prima facie showed there was truth to the claims.“Before elections, some people made a presentation that it is possible (to increase votes…
