Jagan Mohan Reddy was born on December 21, 1972, in Pulivendula village of Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, to former state chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and Vijaya Lakshmi. He has a sibling - his sister Sharmila. Like his other family members, Jagan is a Protestant Christian. After having early schooling in the Pulivendula village, Jagan was enrolled in Hyderabad Public School. Jagan's plunge into politics came in 2004 when he...
10:08 AM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar pulled up party leader and former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma for projecting himself as a Presidential candidate. This came a day after the BJD and AIADMK supported the candidature of the former Lok Sabha speaker. The NCP had made it clear that the party couldn't aspire for such a big post as it didn't have the numbers. Odisha Chief Minister...
09:50 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Tuesday that he was upset with the Prime Minister over his remark in Parliament that coalition governance was a major hurdle in the way of reforms. Sharad Pawar said that he was pained at the PM's remarks. "The PM said that the allies were not cooperating. We felt bad because we never acted like this. We respect the coalition religion. If we...
08:18 PM, Mar 20, 2012
Panaji: The Congress-NCP alliance for the March 3 Assembly polls in Goa would be announced this week, a senior Congress leader said on Monday. Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Subhash Shirodkar told PTI that the announcement would be made in Delhi, where senior leaders of both the parties are working out the alliance. Shirodkar said that the seat-sharing formula is being finalised by the leaders of the parties. He said...
11:47 AM, Jan 09, 2012
New Delhi: Amidst reports that the NCP had served an ultimatum to the Congress over an alliance row for the upcoming Bombay Municipal Corporation polls, NCP leader Jitendra Awhad has clarified that it was merely a suggestion and not an ultimatum. "Negotiations are on... He (Sharad Pawar)only said that negotiations should be finished at the right time because if the whole matter is delayed then it is a matter of...
08:37 AM, Jan 09, 2012
Mumbai: Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar faced a barrage of uncomfortable questions in the Maharashtra Assembly after an IBN-Lokmat investigation showed how Pawar ensured large tracts of land in Karjat went to AG Mercantile - a company in which he himself had 8,800 shares. The company which won the contract to repair a dam was interestingly given not money, but this land. Pawar said he sold the company's shares long ...
07:19 AM, Apr 21, 2011
Mumbai: Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar faced a barrage of uncomfortable questions in the Maharashtra Assembly after an IBN-Lokmat investigation showed how Pawar ensured large tracts of land in Karjat went to AG Mercantile - a company in which he himself had 8,800 shares. The company which won the contract to repair a dam was interestingly given not money, but this land. Pawar said he sold the company's shares long ...
07:19 AM, Apr 21, 2011
Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit allegedly allotted government land to a firm in which he held stake. ...
03:10 PM, Apr 20, 2011
New Delhi: An IBN-Lokmat report has blown the lid off a land scam that implicates the Sharad Pawar family in Maharashtra. In 2007 when Ajit Pawar, nephew of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, was irrigation minister of Maharashtra AG Mercantile, a company partly owned by Ajit was given a contract to repair a dam in Raigad. But instead of money for the repairs the company was given land. AG...
06:52 AM, Apr 20, 2011
New Delhi: An IBN-Lokmat report has blown the lid off a land scam that implicates the Sharad Pawar family in Maharashtra. In 2007 when Ajit Pawar, nephew of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief, was irrigation minister of Maharashtra AG Mercantile, a company partly owned by Ajit was given a contract to repair a dam in Raigad. But instead of money for the repairs the company was given land. AG ...
06:52 AM, Apr 20, 2011
Hyderabad: Former Congress parliamentarian Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy formally launched YSR Congress Party and unveiled its flag at Idupulapaya in his home district of Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, on Saturday. Accompanied by his mother Vijayalakshmi, former legislator, and other family members, the young leader launched the party at the grave of his father and late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who was popularly known by his initials YSR. YSR died in...
04:47 PM, Mar 12, 2011
Hyderabad: More than three months after he quit the Congress party, former MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday announced the name of his new party as YSR Congress Party. Ending all speculations, the son of late chief minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy made the announcement at a public meeting at Jaggampet in East Godavari district. However, he will formally launch the party on Saturday at the grave of his father...
10:16 PM, Mar 11, 2011
In a disarming and seemingly innocuous tone, the prime minister of the world’s largest democracy tried to achieve the impossible in his chat with editors on February 16, in the middle of the worst crisis of confidence that his government has faced in its second term. He both accepted and denied responsibility for corruption in his government in that one sentence, adding fuel to an already raging fire. In less...
05:41 PM, Mar 01, 2011
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA from Jalgaon Dilip Wagh's PA Mahesh Mali, co-accused of raping a woman in Nashik, was arrested in on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday, Dilip Wagh was arrested in Bandra. Wagh and his personal secretary Mahesh Mali have been charged for the rape which allegedly took place after they met her on the pretext of offering a job. The NCP has now suspended Wagh from the...
07:04 AM, Feb 27, 2011
New Delhi: The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government on Thursday moved a motion in the Lok Sabha for an investigation by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) into the 2G spectrum scam. Leader of Lok Sabha and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee moved the motion in the Lok Sabha for setting up of the JPC to look into the telecom policy pursued from 1998 to 2009 and was involved in a war...
11:43 AM, Feb 24, 2011
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