
Mumbai: Top Maharashtra leaders Vilasrao Deshmukh, Narayan Rane and Chhagan Bhujbal were left red-faced as the CAG report that was tabled in the Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday slammed them for allotting subsidised land without following due procedure. As reported by CNN-IBN a week ago, the CAG report implicates Deshmukh for arbitrarily allotting cheap land in Borivali to the Manjra charitable trust; Narayan Rane for allocating land in Sindhudurg to build...

09:27 PM, Apr 17, 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

New Delhi: With Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's on the way out, the hunt for the next chief minister of the state has started. The two-member committee headed by Defence Minister AK Antony and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will also look into the involvement of then chief ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and Vilasrao Deshmukh in the Adarsh society scam. But with no proof yet of their direct involvement, it may...

05:23 PM, Oct 30, 2010

Mumbai: A local non-governmental organization (NGO) Swabhiman Sangathana activist, Chintu Sheikh accuses Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane's son, Nitesh Rane of assaulting him and firing at him at his suburban Mumbai office. Ironically, Sheikh is part of Nitesh Rane's own NGO, Swabhiman Sanghtana, which he has joined recently. Sheikh's allegation has been apparently termed as false by Nitesh's brother, Nilesh Rane. "This is done just to malign his image, "said...

05:52 PM, Sep 24, 2010

Mumbai: An attempt to murder case was Thursday registered against Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane's son Nitesh on a complaint by an activist of an NGO run by the latter, police said. A local NGO Swabhiman Sangathana activist called Chintu Sheikh says the politician's son shot him at his office in suburban Khar. Sheikh suffered a jaw injury and is recovering in hospitial. The motive behind the attack is still...

09:57 AM, Sep 24, 2010

Two former chief ministers can't be ruled out of the race for powerful post. ...

05:24 PM, Oct 24, 2009

On Saturday, newly elected MLAs will meet to select their leader. ...

10:00 PM, Oct 23, 2009

Almost everyone is predicting a Congress-NCP win in the state. ...

11:08 PM, Oct 21, 2009

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray calls Narayan Rane a 'gangster'. ...

08:35 AM, Sep 16, 2009

Maharashtra Minister accuses Shiv Sena of abducting, murdering his relative. ...

08:22 PM, Apr 20, 2009

Maharashtra Congress leader accuses Shiv Sena of abduction, murder. ...

12:40 AM, Apr 20, 2009

He was suspended after his outburst against the Congress leadership. ...

08:37 AM, Feb 19, 2009

Suspended party leader taken back into fold ahead of polls. ...

06:51 PM, Feb 16, 2009

Congress wants to present a united face ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. ...

06:50 PM, Feb 16, 2009

He warned Rane that violent tactics and criticism won't help politics. ...

12:06 AM, Dec 11, 2008