Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday expressed the confidence that Trinamool Congress supreme Mamata Banerjee would take an "appropriate" decision on the issue of Pranab Mukherjee as Presidential poll candidate. "West Bengal is getting an opportunity to have a President for the first time. I am sure she will take and appropriate decision. She always talks of Bengal pride. She should take decisions accordingly", Pawar told reporters. Mukherjee, he...
07:40 PM, Jun 16, 2012
Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday retained the Kej Assembly seat, with its nominee Prithviraj Sathe defeating Sangeeta Thombre of BJP in the by-poll. Polling was held in the Kej scheduled caste (SC) reserved Assembly constituency in Beed district on June 12, after the death of sitting NCP MLA and former minister Vimal Mundada. Sathe trounced Thombre by around 8,000 votes. Mundada's son Akshay and husband Nandkishore Mundada...
01:36 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: Making it clear that it is firmly behind UPA candidate in the Presidential race, the Nationalist Congress Party has told former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma not to press for his candidature in the polls. The advice was given to Sangma by party General Secretary DP Triparthi under instructions from party chief Sharad Pawar. After meeting Sangma, Tripathi said, "I went to him (Sangma) and told him that...
12:05 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: 12:30 pm: NCP leader PA Sangma made it clear that he won't withdraw from the Presidential race, but at the same time hinted that APJ Abdul Kalam may not contest the Presidential election. "I don't think Kalam will contest. Kalam will not take a risk again," Sangma said. "I am not standing as the NCP candidate but as the candidate of the 10 crore 'Adiwasi' population," Sangma added....
11:18 AM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: As Trinamool Congress stunned Congress over Presidential poll, NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Thursday met Sonia Gandhi and assured her of support to any candidate that UPA puts forth. "I told her (Gandhi) that whoever UPA nominates, we will support," Pawar told reporters after his 30-minute meeting with the Congress chief to discuss the issue of Presidential election. Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee stunned Congress on Wednesday by...
03:31 AM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: As Trinamool Congress stunned Congress over Presidential poll, NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Thursday met Sonia Gandhi and assured her of support to any candidate that UPA puts forth. "I told her (Gandhi) that whoever UPA nominates, we will support," Pawar said after his 30-minute meeting with the Congress chief to discuss Presidential election. Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee stunned Congress on Wednesday by disclosing the names under...
05:24 PM, Jun 14, 2012
New Delhi: NCP President Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that parties in the UPA should discuss and evolve a consensus on the Presidential candidate in the light of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) coming out with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's name as among their choices for the high post. "In the light of new developments, we will have to talk to all concerned (in the UPA)...
07:45 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-graft activist and self-styled spiritual leader Ramdev is on a mission to build support for his campaign to bring back billions of rupees stashed in overseas tax havens by wealthy Indians. Ramdev has met political leaders cutting across party lines and many of them have shown interest, including BJP president Nitin Gadkari who even bent down to touch the feet of the yoga teacher when he called on...
10:28 AM, Jun 13, 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
Mumbai: Sharad Pawar-led NCP on Sunday said it will support the UPA candidate in the forthcoming Presidential election. "NCP would back the UPA candidate...the final decision would be taken by Sharad Pawar on this," said Baramati MP and Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule on Sunday afternoon. When asked about the possible candidature of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Sule said, "He is a very senior leader...I am not eligible to comment on...
01:31 AM, Jun 11, 2012
Mumbai: The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday said it would support the UPA candidate in the forthcoming Presidential election. "NCP would back the UPA candidate...the final decision would be taken by Sharad Pawar on this," said Baramati MP and Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon. When asked about the possible candidature of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Sule said, "He is a very senior leader...I...
10:28 PM, Jun 10, 2012
Thane: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday said there was no need for him to meet NCP chief Sharad Pawar after yoga guru Ramdev had met the Union Minister two days ago and discussed the black money issue. Asked by reporters whether he will meet Pawar to enlist the support for his anti-graft campaign, Hazare said there was no need for this. Ramdev had met Pawar and discussed the issue...
12:48 AM, Jun 08, 2012
Thane: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Thursday said there was no need for him to meet NCP chief Sharad Pawar after yoga guru Baba Ramdev had met the Union Minister two days ago and discussed the black money issue. Asked by reporters whether he would meet Pawar to enlist the support for his anti-graft campaign, Hazare said there was no need for this. "If now I try to meet Pawar,...
10:16 PM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: After the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), another Congress ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Thursday backed the campaign against black money and corruption by Baba Ramdev, who was also supported by Janata Dal-United (JD-U). The yoga guru, who has been meeting political leaders, said he has sought time with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi to discuss the issue. Ramdev had earlier met Bharatiya Janata...
10:06 PM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: A day after the Congress appeared going soft on Baba Ramdev, party general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Thursday hit out at the yoga guru asking him to first declare how much black money he possesses before launching a campaign to bring back ill-gotten wealth stashed abroad. "Everything of whatever I had said about Ramdev and Anna Hazare in past has come out to be true. There is a...
06:02 PM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: Continuing with his campaign against black money, yoga guru Baba Ramdev will meet INLD chief Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Thursday. He will also hold discussions with JD(U)leader Sharad Yadav on Thursday evening. Earlier this week, Ramdev met Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari seeking his support for his movement to bring back the black money allegedly stashed abroad. Gadkari extended the BJP's support to Ramdev saying, "Baba...
01:11 PM, Jun 07, 2012
Mumbai: In a major breather for the five million people of Pune, the Maharashtra government has given the green signal for the state's second Metro rail project after Mumbai in Pune, a top official said. "In the first phase, it will connect Ramwadi-Wanaz on an elevated track at a cost of Rs.2,593 crore," the official said after a late-night cabinet meeting June 6. Thereafter, the second phase, around 44 km...
12:23 PM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: A day after it decided not to put up a candidate against Samajwadi Party in Kannauj, the Congress on Wednesday dismissed suggestions that its growing bonhomie with that party was due to prickly allies like Trinamool Congress. "We have complete trust in all our allies. They also have trust in us. There is no question of any misunderstanding" was the refrain of party spokesman Rashid Alvi to a...
08:54 PM, Jun 06, 2012
New Delhi: There has been a major embarrassment for the Congress. A day after the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi hit out at the civil society for targeting the Prime Minister, key UPA ally Sharad Pawar met Baba Ramdev and expressed support for his fight against black money. "He (Baba Ramdev) has taken up the issue of black money. Till the money stashed away in foreign...
07:48 AM, Jun 06, 2012
