Mumbai: Bhaskar Jadhav was on Saturday named as the new Maharashtra Nationalist Congress Party President. NCP legislator from Thane Jitendra Awhad has been made working president of NCP in Maharashtra.
In the recent party's reshuffle, State Urban Development Minister Jadhav was dropped from the Cabinet. The minister was publicaly ticked off by party Chief Sharad Pawar for hosting a lavish wedding reception in drought hit Maharashtra early this year.
The appointment of the new state NCP Chief assumes significance as the party gears for the 2014 Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly elections. The Sharad Pawar-led party dropped six of its 20 ministers in Tuesday's exercise. The NCP is in coalition with the Congress in the state.
Last week, Pawar, in a surprise move, had asked all the 20 ministers of his party to submit their resignations. "There was a feeling that if new faces aren't brought in, the party's younger leadership will soon be demoralised and will start feeling restive," a party leader had said....
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01:21 PM, Jun 15, 2013
The public distribution system remains in shambles with food grain rotting in several states. Wheat storage continues to be a major problem in Punjab and Haryana and fears are that foodgrain will be rotting in several states. ...
08:05 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: While the Congress is pushing hard for the Food Security ordinance, the Public Distribution System remains in shambles and foodgrains are still rotting in several states. CNN-IBN has been reporting on the crisis since 2010, following up ground reports with RTIs. In 2010, CNN-IBN had reported on grains rotting from India's foodbowl Punjab. Bags of rotting grain in the fields of Punjab tell the story of the government's...
11:32 AM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Despite opposition from key ally, NCP leader and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, the UPA is set to push through the Food Security ordinance at the Cabinet meet on Thursday. If the Cabinet approves it, the ordinance will be sent to President Pranab Mukherjee. If the President signs it, then the ordinance will have to come into immediate effect. However, with a lot of ground work still pending, the...
07:30 AM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: At a time when the government is pushing hard for Food Security ordinance in Cabinet, the Bharatiya Janata Party said the government should wait for the Monsooon Session and the party is in favour of discussion on the Bill. BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said, "Let them bring the ordinance first, will react tomorrow. They should wait for the Parliament session. Congress in a hurry because it doesn't know...
03:33 PM, Jun 12, 2013
New Delhi: A deeply divided government is now ready to push for an ordinance on Food Security in Cabinet on Wednesday. This despite strong opposition coming in from key ally and NCP chief Sharad Pawar and Food Minister KV Thomas. But an ordinance is being seen as the only way out as the Congress is getting ready for a possible pullout by the SP soon. The Congress is getting prepared...
01:01 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday brushed aside criticism that "tainted" ministers have been retained in the reshuffle. In politics, Opposition levels all kinds of allegations, but until proved legally, they have no meaning, Pawar told reporters here. "In the UPA government, allegations have been made against ministers and even in 1995, allegations were made against Sharad Pawar," he said. When asked if the NCP list of...
01:43 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Mumbai: Five NCP and an Independent legislator, were on Tuesday sworn-in as ministers in the Maharashtra government as part of the much-awaited reshuffle. Madhukar Pichad and Shashikant Shinde of NCP and Dilip Sopal (Independent) took oath as cabinet ministers. While Suresh Dhas, Uday Samant and Sanjay Savkhare were inducted as Ministers of State. They were administered the oath of office and secrecy by State Governor K Sankaranarayanan at Raj Bhawan...
01:34 PM, Jun 11, 2013
Mumbai: The reshuffle of NCP ministers in the Maharashtra government is expected to take place on Tuesday. The reshuffle comes after NCP President Sharad Pawar asked 20 ministers to hand in their resignations. Pawar is trying to change the face of the party ahead of the 2014 elections. Party sources said resignations of the ministers, which are being received by Union Agriculture Minister and NCP President Sharad Pawar, are likely...
08:32 AM, Jun 11, 2013
NCP chief Sharad Pawar, while commenting on BJP's National Executive meet, said, "I have already made a statement that media is giving disproportionate amount of importance to certain individuals. Now I'm hearing that there are protests outside Advani's residence. This is an indication." ...
11:00 PM, Jun 08, 2013
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has come out against Congress' plan to get an ordinance issued on Food Security. Pawar says he favours passing the bill in Parliament. ...
08:50 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Mumbai: Ahead of a cabinet reshuffle in Maharashtra on June 15, all 20 NCP ministers resigned on Friday. All the ministers gave their resignation to party's chief Sharad Pawar. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Madhukar Pichad, who is the state NCP president, is likely to be included in the cabinet along with other new faces. Among those who have resigned include Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Public Works Minister Chhagan...
08:14 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Mumbai: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Friday fuelled further speculation on getting back into cricket administration when he said that he may be "in some sports body in the future". Amidst speculation that he may contest the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) elections to make a comeback into BCCI, he told reporters that, "right now, I am not associated with BCCI (so I should not comment). I may be with some...
05:09 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Mumbai: Making it clear that he was not opposed to the National Food Security Bill, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Friday said he would prefer it to be approved by Parliament after a debate. "I am in favour of approving the food bill through discussion in Parliament, which is the highest forum," he told reporters. Pawar, who had earlier voiced apprehension that huge concessions on foograins could endanger food...
03:43 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Key players in the IPL drama: Rajiv Shukla, Arun Jaitley, Sharad Pawar, Jagmohan Dalmiya, Shashank Manohar, N Srinivasan. ...
11:54 PM, May 31, 2013
New Delhi: As demands for the resignation of BCCI chief N Srinivasan grow louder, one of the BCCI's most high-profile former presidents, Jagmohan Dalmiya, believes the time has come for heads to roll. Speaking to IBN18 Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Dalmiya even said that if need be, 'masala cricket' like the IPL must stop. "I am not saying that you take out a small portion from the system and a complete...
07:53 AM, May 31, 2013
BCCI chief N Srinivasan's position as the BCCI chief is becoming more and more untenable, as the numbers stack up against him. ...
09:50 PM, May 30, 2013
New Delhi: N Srinivasan, firmly entrenched till a couple of months ago not just as the BCCI chief but as the most powerful cricket official in the world, has his reign hanging by a thread now. BCCI members from around the country are now more than merely nudging him to step aside. But this endgame threatens to be messy. Srinivasan knows that 24 of 30 members are needed to impeach...
09:27 PM, May 30, 2013
In Delhi today, Sharad Pawar evaded questions on why he allowed the BCCI constitution to be changed to allow N Srinivasan to acquire Chennai Super Kings when Pawar was BCCI chief. ...
06:28 PM, May 30, 2013
The government has reportedly rejected Sharad Pawar's demand for a Home Ministry probe into all IPL matches. ...
03:46 PM, May 30, 2013
