Mumbai: The NCP is expected to pass a resolution authorising its chief Sharad Pawar to decide the future course after Ajit Pawar resigned as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Sharad Pawar had said on Tuesday that there was no threat to the ruling Congress-NCP coalition in Maharashtra. Some NCP leaders met Ajit Pawar at his residence earlier on Wednesday. Congress leader Harish Rawat has also said that the issue...
10:30 AM, Sep 26, 2012
Mumbai: A political crisis is unfolding in Maharashtra after Ajit Pawar resigned as the Deputy Chief Minister over allegations of corruption. While other NCP Ministers have followed suit, party chief Sharad Pawar says there's no threat to the state government. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has refused to accept the resignation and has sought time to come to a decision. An unexpected resignation by Ajit Pawar threw the Congress-NCP government...
07:44 AM, Sep 26, 2012
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
Mumbai: The Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) government has been plunged into a political crisis with Ajit Pawar, nephew of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, resigning from the post of Deputy Chief Minister over alleged irregularities in awarding contracts for irrigation projects. Addressing a press conference over his move on Tuesday, the NCP leader said, "I won't hold the post of the Deputy Chief Minister till I get a clean chit."...
11:16 PM, Sep 25, 2012
NCP leader Ajit Pawar has resigned over allegations of irregularities in irrigation projects. ...
10:50 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday held parleys with some union ministers and senior party leaders amid indications of a Cabinet reshuffle. Those who met Sonia at her official residence at 10 Janpath included Road and Transport Minister CP Joshi, who has been given additional charge of Railways after resignation of Trinamool Congress ministers including Mukul Roy from the government. Sonia also had a meeting with Maharashtra Chief...
02:43 PM, Sep 24, 2012
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi amidst reports that there may be a possible change in leadership in the state. Recently, Maharashtra chief ministerial hopeful and state Industries Minister Narayan Rane had met Sonia. The meeting between Chavan and Sonia sparked off speculation over a possible leadership change. Chavan, however, has dismissed the reports and party sources said that he was scheduled...
01:51 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Mumbai: A day after the central government cleared way for foreign direct investment in retail sector, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan took the lead and announced on Saturday said the new policy would be implemented soon in the state. "We shall study the entire policy in detail and initiate necessary measures to implement it soon in Maharashtra," Chavan said. The ruling Congress in the state is being supported by its alliance...
12:48 AM, Sep 16, 2012
New Delhi: A Cabinet reshuffle is likely after the Prime Minister's announcement of big ticket reforms. Sources say the emphasis will be on performance and capability. For now, the big four - Defence Minister AK Antony, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will stay. Sources also say that the Rahul Gandhi will most likely not be a part of the government....
01:23 PM, Sep 15, 2012
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in Delhi amidst speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle in the state. Sources have told CNN-IBN that a Maharashtra Cabinet reshuffle is expected after September 16. Congress ally NCP recently attacked Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for his refusal to back ministers, several of them from the NCP, facing allegations of corruption. Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil was...
04:03 PM, Sep 14, 2012
Itanagar: Maharashtra government will make available chartered aircraft to take students of Northeast back to educational institutions in Pune or Mumbai from Guwahati. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan told a goodwill team from Arunachal Pradesh, led by MP Takan Sanjoy, on Tuesday that concessional chartered flights would be offered to students willing to go back. In a statement, Sanjoy quoted Chavan as saying, "If state governments send written requisitions, officials...
06:39 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Wednesday declared 123 talukas in the state as drought-hit. The decision was taken during a meeting of the state Cabinet in Mumbai, which was chaired by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, an official said. The state's relief and rehabilitation department identified the talukas based on norms for the Drought Prone Area Programme. The norms on rainfall and crop sowing percentage were relaxed in some cases due...
03:39 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Monday said he would go ahead with his protest march on Tuesday against the August 11 violence even though the police have denied permission for it. Talking to reporters, Raj said the Azad Maidan police have denied permission on grounds that the morcha would lead to traffic congestion and create law and order problem. "Why these rules were not applied to...
07:40 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Mumbai: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said in Mumbai that Babasaheb Ambedkar is the Father of the Constitution and his government will ensure a befitting memorial for him. The Prime Minister told this to an all-party delegation led by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who called on him at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai on Saturday morning to request him for expediting the handing over process of Indu Mill Land for...
12:52 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Mumbai: Even as thousands of people from the Northeast continued to flee Karnataka, there were similar concerns in Maharashtra as well. At Mumbai's Kurla Terminus, hundreds of people from the Northeast were seen heading home, despite Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's assurances that full security will be provided to them. Meanwhile, the state Home Minister RR Patil is expected to meet Pune police officials to discuss security arrangements there. Panic hit...
08:12 AM, Aug 17, 2012
Mumbai: Senior Congress leaders in Maharashtra on Thursday met in Mumbai to remember their departed colleague, Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, whom the Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan described as "star campaigner". "We have lost a star campaigner. Vilasrao's demise is not only a loss for the Congress party, but for the country as well," Chavan said at the condolence meeting on Thursday evening. Deshmukh passed away at a Chennai hospital on...
08:46 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Mumbai: A BJP delegation will meet Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday to demand the arrest of those involved in the violence that broke out at Azad Maidan on Saturday as demonstrators gathered to protest against the recent Assam riots. Though initially peaceful, the protest, that had been called in by Raza Academy, suddenly turned violent with miscreants setting afire vehicles, torching media vans, damaging buses and pelting stones. Two...
07:20 AM, Aug 12, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has directed the Crime Branch to probe the violence which erupted in Mumbai on Saturday, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said. "The Crime Branch will probe whose hand was behind the violence. It will also probe how the protest turned so violent," Chavan said in a statement. A high alert has been sounded all over the state, he said, adding Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Rapid...
10:58 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Pune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday met the investigators probing into the Pune blasts. He said all the material collected from the blast sites has been sent for forensic testing and all CCTV footages are being examined. Chavan said he has also discussed about the maintenance of the CCTV cameras with Mayor. The CCTV cameras at two of the blast sites were found to be non-functional. This has...
04:04 PM, Aug 04, 2012
Mumbai: A meeting of the Congress-NCP coordination committee in the state would take place around August 2 or 3, in the backdrop of the recent standoff between the two parties. "The meeting is expected to take place on August 2 or 3," state Congress chief Manikrao Thakre told reporters in Mumbai on Monday. The committee was revived after the recent stand-off between the NCP and the Congress, who share the...
10:07 PM, Jul 30, 2012
