New Delhi: The NCP kept the Congress guessing on quitting the Union cabinet as party chief Sharad Pawar and party leader Praful Patel skipped the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday evening. Although, the sulking ally had made it clear that it will not rock the UPA boat and continue its support "till the end". At stake is the NCP's demand to remove Prithviraj Chavan as Chief...
08:31 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday vowed to remain with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) till the 2014 General Elections, saying that the current standoff is not a ploy to seek anything from the government. NCP leader Praful Patel said that the final decision on whether the NCP would remain a part of the government or support it from outside would be taken in a day or...
05:08 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: The stand-off between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress took a turn for the worse with party chief Sharad Pawar now asking Minister for State for Rural Development Agatha Sangma to stop attending office. Whether the party should pull out from the UPA or not, will be decided by the party leadership soon. Sources say that the root of the problem lies in Maharashtra where ties...
03:55 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Mumbai: It was the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel who first indicated that the germ of the current political standoff between the party and the Congress lay not in Delhi, but in Mumbai. NCP sources had then said that the party leadership wanted the Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi to rein in Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. Chavan's refusal to back any ministers, several of them from the...
03:26 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: There seems to be no end to the stand off between the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress. The NCP leadership met in New Delhi on Monday and decided to skip the dinner being hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the honour of outgoing President Pratibha Devisingh Patil, sources told CNN-IBN. The dinner is at 8 PM at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. NCP chief Sharad...
02:01 PM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: The power tussle between allies Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) seems far from over. The NCP is meeting on Monday at its president Sharad Pawar's residence to decide on the future of its partnership with the Congress. Ahead of that meeting, however, Pawar made a courtesy call on President-elect Pranab Mukherjee on Monday morning. On Friday, the party had put the UPA on notice, with Pawar...
11:47 AM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is expected to hold a party meet at its president Sharad Pawar's residence on Monday. The party is set to decide on the future of its partnership with the Congress. The party had put the ruling coalition on notice on Friday, with Pawar and his colleague Praful Patel offering to resign for not being consulted on important matters. Patel had later clarified that...
09:26 AM, Jul 23, 2012
New Delhi: Despite UPA ally NCP targeting him, Congress on Saturday ruled out removal of Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. "Where is the question of change of Maharashtra Chief Minister," a senior Congress leader, who declined to be identified, said. NCP, which has decided to pull out of the UPA government in protest against the way the party was being treated by Congress, has been complaining that the Chavan Ministry...
10:00 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: Friction between allies Congress and NCP in Maharashtra may well be the reason for tension in Delhi. Sources say NCP chief Sharad Pawar is unhappy with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's functioning, particularly the lack of support for NCP ministers under the scanner in corruption cases. NCP leader Praful Patel indicated that the germ of the current political crisis lies in Mumbai and not Delhi. CNN-IBN has learnt...
09:20 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Mumbai: Defence Minister AK Antony on Saturday said all members of the Union Cabinet are equal, comments that come in the midst of a stand off between NCP and Congress on issues including the Number 2 slot to Sharad Pawar. "There is no senior and junior cabinet minister. All are equal," the Defence Minister said during an interaction with reporters on board the Navy's latest stealth warship INS Sahyadri, which...
05:23 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Mumbai: It has now emerged that the real reason behind the NCP-Congress face off may not be the number two slot, but Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. Top NCP sources have confirmed that the NCP leadership wants the PM and Congress party President Sonia Gandhi to rein in the Maharashtra CM. The NCP is reportedly worried about the corruption cases and investigations against several NCP ministers in the state. The...
01:08 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: NCP Chief Sharad Pawar and colleague Praful Patel were back in Mumbai on Saturday where party members held a meeting with them. Twenty four hours after the NCP put the UPA on notice, with both leaders offering to resign from the UPA for not being consulted on important matters, Praful Patel on Saturday reiterated that the NCP was still a part of the alliance. Pawar is expected to...
12:26 PM, Jul 21, 2012
The NCP's Jitendra Awhad has claimed that its leader Sharad Pawar is the best man to be the Prime Minister. ...
11:10 AM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday put the UPA on notice with party chief Sharad Pawar and member Praful Patel staying away from their ministries, albeit stopping short of formally resigning from the Cabinet. In a damage control exercise, a worried Prime Minister called Pawar a "valued colleague". However, the three attempts made over the past 24 hours to reach out to the NCP chief have failed...
08:36 AM, Jul 21, 2012
Masked gunman kills 12 people in a US theatre. Sharad Pawar's NCP puts the UPA government on notice. ...
11:20 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: In fresh trouble from the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday out the government on notice with Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel staying away from their ministries, but stopped short of formally resigning from the Cabinet. However, the move was enough to worry the government as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not delay in reaching out to NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, calling...
11:06 PM, Jul 20, 2012
The gunman opened fire in a theater playing the latest Batman film, killing 12 people including children. ...
09:54 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel stay away from their ministries, but stop short of formally resigning from the Cabinet. ...
09:48 PM, Jul 20, 2012
With the NCP keeping the heat on the Congress, the Prime Minister called up Sharad Pawar and also described him as a valued colleague. ...
09:00 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: Putting an end to the speculations of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) quitting the UPA, party chief Sharad Pawar has now written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi saying he would continue of be in alliance. Hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reached out to the Union Agriculture Minister calling him a valuable ally, Pawar wrote the letter pointing that the NCP "has been...
06:52 PM, Jul 20, 2012
