Panaji: In a bind over largescale dissidence in the party ahead of March 3 Goa Assembly polls, the Congress poll managers are pulling all stops to placate the dissenters who have raised the banner of revolt after being denied tickets. The anxiety in Congress is palpable from the fact that the ruling party has withheld announcing its third and final list of four candidates out of 33 seats it is...
12:46 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: Taking cognizance of deaths of new-born babies in various hospitals of West Bengal, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Tuesday said it has asked the state government to spell out, in detail, the steps taken to tackle the situation. "We have sought the details from the state government on the measures initiated to tackle the situation," said panel member Vinod Kumar Tikoo. Several infant...
07:59 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Mumbai: Miffed at being denied permission to hold election rally at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday said "best friends" NCP and Shiv Sena were indulging in politics to prevent him from campaigning. "NCP and Shiv Sena, who are best friends are indulging in politics to prevent me from campaigning," Raj told reporters in Mumbai. When asked how he plans to hold...
09:56 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Pune: Sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Sunday said he was sure to "get justice" in CWG case and attributed the warm welcome accorded to him on his arrival in the city to its culture. "I have taken along with me all sections of society in the 30-35 years of my political life which has reflected in the warm welcome. Not only during good times but to...
09:41 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Mumbai: Suresh Kalmadi, facing corruption charges, will not campaign for the upcoming Pune civic polls. He has been suspended from the Congress party. But Kalmadi got a hero's welcome in Pune on Saturday evening. Party workers defied the leadership and celebrated his homecoming. The Congress has officially stated that the sacked CWG chief will not campaign for the Pune Municipal Polls. Congressmen and women lined up at his Pune home...
09:12 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Panaji: NCP leader Praful Patel on Saturday announced that the party will fight the forthcoming Goa assembly polls in alliance with Congress. Patel who held a series of meeting with local leaders including ticket aspirants said that the party will contest seven seats and support Congress in other constituencies. "We are going to have pre-poll alliance with Congress. We will continue our association with Congress," Patel said. Goa will go...
03:57 AM, Feb 05, 2012
Pune: Notwithstanding the criminal charges and his suspension from Congress, supporters of city MP Suresh Kalmadi gave him an enthusiastic welcome when he arrived in Pune on Saturday evening for the first time after being released on bail in the Commonwealth Games scam. His arrival coincided with the last day of withdrawal of nominations for the civic elections, in which he could have played a major role for Congress with...
09:05 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and all Congress members in his cabinet figure in the party's first list of 22 candidates for the March 3 Assembly polls announced in Panaji on Saturday. The list contains two new faces but the party has sprung a surprise by denying ticket to Victoria Fernandes, the Congress' lone woman MLA. Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Subhash Shirodkar said the second and final list...
06:21 PM, Feb 04, 2012
Yavatmal: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alone can bring a total face-lift to the rural Maharashtra through focus on sustained development, party leader and Home Minister RR Patil has said. Patil was addressing a well-attended public rally at Danki on Thursday to kick off his party's election campaign for the ensuing Zilla Parishad (ZP) and Panchayat Samiti (PS) elections on February 7. State NCP President Madhukarrao Pichad presided over the function....
02:33 AM, Feb 04, 2012
New Delhi: After sealing the deal with NCP for poll-bound Goa, Congress is likely to announce its candidates for the state in a day or two. The Congress is contesting 33 seats in the 40-member state Assembly while NCP will field its candidates from seven. A meeting of the Central Election Committee of the Congress was held on Tuesday to finalize candidates for the state. The committee is headed by...
02:57 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Panaji: Ahead of the Goa Assembly polls on March 3, the NCP has sent a report informing about "dissensions" within the state unit to the party high command. The report speaks about the differences within the party organisation and also dispute between local leaders and state observer Bharti Chawan, sources said. "I have submitted the factual report to the high command. Now it is up to them to take action,"...
12:50 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Ralegan Siddhi: In an abrupt move, Jaisingh Mapare, the sarpanch (headman) of Anna Hazare's village, on Monday withdrew his nomination as a NCP candidate for the Zilla Parishad polls, alleging "sabotage" by party leaders. Mapare took the decision to withdraw his candidature for the February 7 elections following a meeting of the villagers held in Ralegan Siddhi on Monday afternoon. Confirming the developments, NCP state spokesman Madan Bafna said Mapare...
07:24 PM, Jan 30, 2012
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN on Saturday, NCP chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said that if the Congress does not do well in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, then Rahul Gandhi will be blamed. When asked if he thought Rahul Gandhi would be projected as the next prime ministerial candidate after the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Pawar said, "I don't know whether the Congress will project him immediately even...
06:01 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: NCP Chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is all set to hang his political boots. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, the former Maharashtra chief minister said that he will not contest the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. Pawar further said that in 45 years of his political career he has not lost a single election, but it's time to make way for the younger lot to take over....
03:15 PM, Jan 28, 2012
Mumbai: The parliamentary board for finalising Congress candidates of 169 wards for Mumbai civic polls is meeting on Saturday to prepare its list of candidates. The parliamentary board will be chaired by city unit party chief Kripashankar Singh and will comprise former presidents Murli Deora, Gurudas Kamat, senior leader and industries Minister Narayan Rane, ministers Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan, Suresh Shetty, Varsha Gaikwad and Leader of Opposition in the civic...
08:27 PM, Jan 27, 2012
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