Mumbai: Last day of Ganesh utsav, security tightened

Security has been tightened and 25,000 policemen have been deployed across Mumbai. The BSF and SRPF have also stepped in. ...
05:23 PM, Sep 29, 2012

Is Ajit Pawar the only Maha politician involved in the irrigation scam?

India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal has alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari had refused to speak out on the irrigation scam in Maharashtra. ...
11:52 PM, Sep 28, 2012

News 360: NCP accepts Ajit Pawar's resignation as Deputy CM

The Pawar Parivar on Friday sent out a message of unity and Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule attended a meeting of NCP MLAs. ...
11:05 PM, Sep 28, 2012

Maha irrigation scam: Allegations against Gadkari false, says BJP

An India Against Corruption (IAC) activist on Thursday claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari refused to help her and her colleagues when they approached him for help over the Maharashtra irrigation scam involving key Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders like deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. CNN-IBN has accessed letters that show that Gadkari's key aide Ajay Sancheti, also a BJP MP, benefited in the alleged scam by ...
02:37 PM, Sep 27, 2012

BJP had refused to speak on irrigation scam: Arvind Kejriwal

India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal has alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Gadkari had refused to speak out on the irrigation scam in Maharashtra. Two days after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar resigned as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister over allegations of corruption, it now emerges that the Bharatiya Janata Party may have benefitted from the scam. CNN-IBN has accessed letters that show that BJP ...
09:55 AM, Sep 27, 2012

White paper on irrigation should be brought out soon: NCP MLA

NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad insisted that the Maharashtra government should not delay in bringing out the white paper on irrigation because the delay is causing a shadow of doubt. NCP leader Ajit Pawar resigned from the post of deputy chief minister of Maharashtra ahead of a white paper on irrigation to be tabled in the Assembly and the beginning of CAG audit into irrigation projects. Rs 70,000 crore were spent ...
05:05 PM, Sep 26, 2012

India @ 9 with Rajdeep Sardesai

Ajit Pawar resigns as deputy CM of Maharashtra. Two teenagers kidnap and kill a five-year-old boy in Pune. ...
11:55 PM, Sep 25, 2012

Is the Pawar family and the NCP facing a credibility crisis?

Facing allegations over irregularities in irrigation projects, Ajit Pawar has resigned as the deputy CM of Maharashtra. ...
11:27 PM, Sep 25, 2012

News 360: Ajit Pawar quits as Maharashtra Deputy CM

NCP leader Ajit Pawar has resigned over allegations of irregularities in irrigation projects. ...
10:50 PM, Sep 25, 2012

Won't topple the govt, proud of Ajit: Sharad Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar has said that his party will continue to be a part of the government in Maharashtra. ...
07:18 PM, Sep 25, 2012

Ganesh Chaturthi: 18,000 policemen guard festivities in Mumbai

The 10-day festival is widely celebrated across Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai which boasts of having made 10,000 ganapati mandals this year. ...
12:01 PM, Sep 19, 2012

Shinde clarifies Coalgate faux pas, calls it jest

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde at a recent function in Pune said that the public memory was short and it won't be long before it forgot the coal controversy too, just like the Bofors scam. ...
10:56 AM, Sep 17, 2012

Oppn slams Shinde, reminds Congress of Bofors fallout

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde had said that the public memory is short and it would soon forget the coal scam, like the Bofors. ...
08:04 PM, Sep 16, 2012

Aseem Trivedi out on bail, govt yet to drop sedition charge

Cartoonist and anti-corruption activist Aseem Trivedi is out on bail. But the government is yet to drop the sedition charge slapped against him. ...
10:09 PM, Sep 12, 2012

Had to make cartoons to awaken govt: Aseem Trivedi

Speaking to CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai, Aseem Trivedi said he had not done anything wrong. ...
08:09 PM, Sep 12, 2012

Fight for freedom of expression will continue: Aseem Trivedi

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, booked on the charge of sedition, on Wednesday walked out of Arthur Road Jail, a day after being granted bail by the Bombay High Court. ...
05:14 PM, Sep 12, 2012

Aseem may face charges of insulting the national emblem only

Sources tell CNN-IBN the Maharashtra government is likely to drop the sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi. ...
06:01 PM, Sep 11, 2012

Watch: Aseem Trivedi's arrest sparks nationwide outrage

While the Press Council has called the charges against the cartoonist ridiculous, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has said that police custody was not needed. ...
11:23 AM, Sep 10, 2012

Aseem Trivedi will be provided help if needed: Govt

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was on Sunday arrested by the Mumbai Police for 'obscene' cartoons that allegedly showed Parliament as a commode and the national emblem with wolves instead of lions. ...
10:06 AM, Sep 10, 2012

Karnataka terror probe spreads to Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh

The Karnataka terror probe has now turned out to be a multi-state affair with arrests from Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Sources in the Maharashtra ATS claim that four suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists were arrested on Friday in Nanded. Sources also say that these arrests are related to the 12 arrests made so far in the Karnataka terror crackdown. ...
10:31 PM, Sep 01, 2012