The flat in Nerul in Mumbai is the registered address of a shell company investing in Nitin Gadkari's firm. ...
07:47 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau has forwarded documents against Maharashtra ministers to the Enforcement Directorate. The ACB has submitted documents against senior NCP leader and Water Resources Minister Sunil Tatkare in the irrigation scam and against PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal in the Maharashtra Sadan case. The ACB has forwarded the documents to the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax department. The documents were submitted by BJP leader Kirit Somaiyya. Somaiyya had...
03:37 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will on Friday hold a meet to discuss the key economic measures introduced by the Centre to rein in its fiscal deficit. These include the diesel price hike and a cap on the maximum number of subsidised LPG cylinders a family can buy in a year. NCP leaders had on Thursday asked the Centre to rethink the "blanket hike" in diesel prices and...
09:31 AM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: In a welcome step, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday allowed the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to conduct probe against Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who has been accused of irregularities in the awarding of the Maharashtra Sadan contracts. CNN-IBN had first reported on the matter whereby relatives of Bhujbal were reportedly given the contracts for the building that is under construction in Delhi. Bhujbal, however, has denied...
02:47 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government's fire-ravaged administrative headquarters, Mantralaya, is expected to be fully functional within three months, Public Works Department Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Saturday. Bhujbal, who inspected the building Saturday afternoon, informed Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan that the structure could be repaired and renovated to start the secretariat's functioning as before within three months. Meanwhile, Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and several other ministers will shift Monday...
02:49 AM, Jun 24, 2012
New Delhi: Another housing scam has been unearthed in Mumbai. And caught in the centre of it is PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal's Mumbai Educational Trust. The Assistant Charity Commissioner has ordered an inspection of two floors of the MET building, which will be carried out on Saturday. This after MET Vice-Chairman Sunil Karve alleged that the space was being misused by Bhujbal's daughter to run a furniture store. Karve has...
07:41 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Mumbai: Union minister and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is at the centre of a fresh land row. This after the state Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) indicted him for allotting land at discounted price to his own trust. The report also puts serving Maharashtra ministers in the dock. Meanwhile, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) now demanding that Deshmukh must step down. On the day the Supreme Court...
08:11 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday refused to comment on the CAG report which indicted him for alleged irregularities in land allotments during his tenure. "I will react after the CAG report is tabled. I am certain my name will be cleared," he told CNN-IBN. The CAG in a recent report is learnt to have indicted Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for preferential allotment...
05:17 PM, Apr 05, 2012
The NCP will be contesting from 58 of the 227 seats while the Congress will contest from the remaining 169 seats. ...
08:08 AM, Jan 11, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra's political fraternity on Sunday condoled the death of veteran Bollywood actor Shammi Kapoor. The 79-year-old actor was on dialysis for the last few days and was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai where he breathed his last at 5:15 a.m. Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan expressed condolences on the actor's demise, saying that Shammi was an iconic figure and a rage for...
11:53 AM, Aug 15, 2011
Mumbai: Three persons who were detained in connection with the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey here, have been let off, police said on Thursday. Three suspects, Anwar, Mateen Iqbal Hatela and Shaikh believed to be associated with gangster Chhota Shakeel were picked for questioning on Wednesday to ascertain their possible role in Dey's killing. However, they were let off late last night and will be called for questioning if...
10:25 AM, Jun 16, 2011
On Talking Point, Suhasini Haidar asks, 'Are journalists responsible for their own safety?' ...
10:57 PM, Jun 13, 2011
Mumbai: Maharashtra PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said that crime journalist J Dey, who was killed in Mumbai on Saturday, did not target any gang or oil mafia in particular and was not "blackmailing" anyone. Asked if the killing could be linked to elements from the underworld or the oil mafia, Bhujbal, a former home minister, said, "Dey was a very honest person. He used to write on underworld. He was...
05:20 PM, Jun 11, 2011
Mumbai: A journalist working with Mid Day was shot dead on Saturday by four unidentified men. J Dey covered the underworld for Mid Day and was admitted to Mumbai's Hiranandani hospital where he succumbed to the injuries. Jyotirmoy Dey, a senior crime reporter and editor of Special Investigations Mumbai Mid-Day was shot five times on Saturday afternoon in front of Spectra Building in Powai. His killers were reportedly four gunmen...
04:16 PM, Jun 11, 2011
Mumbai: Congratulating the Indian cricket team for winning the World Cup, Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday recommended to the Centre that batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar be conferred 'Bharat Ratna', the country's highest civilian award. The motion congratulating the team and recommending Bharat Ratna for Tendulkar was moved by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and supported by all parties. "We recommend that Tendulkar be conferred with the Bharat Ratna for his contribution to ...
05:21 PM, Apr 05, 2011
Mumbai: Congratulating the Indian cricket team for winning the World Cup, Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday recommended to the Centre that batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar be conferred 'Bharat Ratna', the country's highest civilian award. The motion congratulating the team and recommending Bharat Ratna for Tendulkar was moved by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and supported by all parties. "We recommend that Tendulkar be conferred with the Bharat Ratna for his contribution to ...
05:21 PM, Apr 05, 2011
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and his deputy Chhagan Bhujbal may boycott US President Barack Obama during his Mumbai visit as they are reportedly miffed by the US consulate demanding personal details like date of birth, nationality, passport number and even PAN details. Senior state government official say the Chavan and Bhujbal were upset as the US Consul General Paul Folmsbee asked the Chief Minister and his deputy to...
10:09 AM, Nov 05, 2010
Coalition government to be sworn as parties fight over portfolios. ...
01:22 PM, Oct 29, 2009
He has been appointed the Deputy CM for the third time. ...
06:12 PM, Oct 26, 2009
Nobody is really in the know of what really transpired at the private dinner. ...
09:22 AM, Feb 08, 2009
