Social activist Medha Patkar is alleging fresh evidence in the Maharashtra Irrigation Scam. She has alleged Income Tax raids at the Mahalakshmi Infraprojects Limited uncovered proof of kickbacks being paid to the tune of Rs 44 crore. ...
09:26 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Mumbai: Social activist Medha Patkar has claimed to have fresh evidence in the Maharashtra Irrigation Scam. She has alleged that Income Tax raids at the Mahalakshmi Infraprojects Limited uncovered proof of kickbacks being paid to the tune of Rs 44 crore. The Income tax assessment report cites documents showing unexplained payments made to people represented by acronyms. Patkar has alleged the acronyms refer to top leaders like Deputy Chief Minister...
10:50 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Mumbai: Even as Maharashtra faces one of its worst droughts in four decades and people are forced to drink dirty water, thousands of litres of water was wasted during Maharashtra Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam 's visit to Marathwada region on Tuesday. Kadam visited Aurangabad on Tuesday to meet BJP leader Gopinath Munde, who is sitting on a fast against Maharashtra government's policy to tackle drought, and convince him to end...
03:38 PM, Apr 10, 2013
BJP President Rajnath Singh on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene in tackling the severe drought in Maharashtra. "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is not serious about tackling drought. Singh should tour the drought-hit areas and give some relief to people," Rajnath told reporters at Bhakarwadi village in Jalna district of the worst-affected Marathwada region. ...
12:55 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Accusing the Maharashtra government of not being serious about tackling drought in the state, the BJP on Friday announced the party would distribute water tanks in 1,000 villages. ...
06:12 PM, Mar 28, 2013
Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde on Saturday said he was opposed to granting any remission to actor Sanjay Dutt, whose conviction in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts was recently upheld by the Supreme Court. "Granting any remission to Sanjay Dutt would set a bad precedent. Sanjay Dutt should not be pardoned simply because he is a celebrity", Munde said addressing a function in Jalna. Dutt would have to...
01:23 AM, Mar 24, 2013
BJP leader Gopinath Munde visited Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's residence Matoshree on Thursday. He told the waiting media that Bal Thackeray was doing well. "I saw Balasaheb and also met Uddhav and the Thackeray family. Balasaheb is doing well," he said. ...
11:52 AM, Nov 15, 2012
Vadodara: Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde on Sunday described Narendra Modi as the "most popular" Chief Minister in the country. "Modi is not only pride of six crore people of Gujarat but also of ten crore Maharashtrians," Munde told a tribal rally at Uchhal town in Tapi district. The deputy Leader of BJP in Lok Sabha accompanied Modi in his 'Swami Vivekanand Yuva Vikas Yatra'. "BJP workers from Maharashtra will...
12:58 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Mumbai: In a new twist in the Beed abortion case, it has now come to light that the main accused doctor couple enjoyed political patronage. The Mundes - Sudam and Saraswati - hobnobbed with the likes of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar and senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde. The couple have been on the run for about two weeks now. Known as the Butcher of Beed, Dr Sudam...
10:10 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Mumbai: The doctor couple exposed on CNN-IBN for allegedly abetting mass female foeticide were well connected with top Maharashtra politicians. In an embarrassment for BJP leader Gopinath Munde and NCP chief Sharad Pawar, new pictures show them with the man known as the butcher of Beed, Sadam Munde, the doctor who is wanted for a number of female foeticide cases. The pictures also show the doctor's son hobnobbing with Gopinath...
01:01 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Aurangabad: Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde on Thursday said here that instead of nominating the master cricketer Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha, the Union Government should award him the Bharat Ratna award. Munde was talking to media in the city during his visit to attend the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Marathwada Mukti Sangram Museum. He was answering a question about the government's nomination of Tendulkar to the upper...
01:02 AM, Apr 27, 2012
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday criticised the Railway Budget presented by Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi, calling it 'anti-aam aadmi' and an 'annexure budget'. "It is an annexure budget. Everything has been hiked. The common man will be severely affected," said Ananth Kumar. "There is no vision in the budget. It is an anit-aam aadmi budget. It's a budget by an annexure minister of Mamata Banerjee. Where is the aam...
02:18 PM, Mar 14, 2012
Mumbai: BJP leader Gopinath Munde on Wednesday dared Maharashtra home minister RR Patil to stop LK Advani's anti-corruption Jan Chetna Yatra. "I dare RR Patil. If he has courage, he should try and obstruct the rath yatra. It will come to Maharashtra and BJP will welcome it," Munde said. Munde refuted Patil's reported statement that Advani's rath yatra was aimed at creating divisions in the society. "Its aim is to...
07:09 PM, Oct 12, 2011
New Delhi: Senior BJP Leader Gopinath Munde has accused Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar of causing a rift in his family. Madhusudan Kendre, son-in-law of Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde's brother was inducted into the NCP by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Kendre's move from the BJP to the NCP has set off a war of words with Munde accusing Pawar of causing a rift in his family....
10:12 AM, Sep 20, 2011
New Delhi: Accusing the Government of not acting after the last blast at Delhi High Court four months back, BJP on Wednesday said this has resulted in a deadlier blast at the same spot on Wednesday. The comments were made by Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj who along with three other party leaders Gopinath Munde, SS Ahluwalia and Ananth Kumar visited Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where treatment of the injured...
05:59 PM, Sep 07, 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai speaks to Gopinath Munde, who, on Wednesday, made it clear that he is not leaving the BJP. ...
08:59 PM, Jun 22, 2011
New Delhi: The storm over disgruntled BJP leader Gopinath Munde has blown over it appears. Munde, after meeting Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday declared he will remain in the BJP. Munde refuted reports that he was offered a Cabinet berth to switch to the Congress. He also flatly denied reports that he was actively in touch with top Maharashtra Congress leaders and was considering switching over. All is well that ends...
08:09 PM, Jun 22, 2011
New Delhi: After much speculation of Gopinath Munde's differences with the BJP, the leader on Wednesday made it clear that he is not leaving the party. The BJP seems to have had some success in keeping the Deputy leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde in its fold. After a meeting with Sushma Swaraj, Munde announced that he is still with the BJP and claimed that he had not...
04:24 PM, Jun 22, 2011
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde's exit from the party won't have any impact on the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra, Sena chief Bal Thackeray said on Wednesday. "Munde's leaving the BJP is not going to have any effect on the alliance," Thackeray told reporters at his residence Matoshree in suburban Bandra. "How come Munde realised so late that he was being humiliated within BJP," Thackeray asked. "Anyway, this is...
02:45 PM, Jun 22, 2011
New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde will meet Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday even as the crisis within the party's Maharashtra unit shows no signs of abating. Munde arrived in Delhi on Tuesday night after skipping a meeting earlier in the day in Mumbai, which was called by Maharashtra BJP chief Sudhir Mungantiwar to work out a compromise. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the BJP has hardened...
11:32 AM, Jun 22, 2011
