New Delhi: Refuting former IPS officer YP Singh's allegations that he concealed information about Sharad Pawar, Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said he had raised corruption charges against the NCP chief earlier and there was no point in repeating it. Kejriwal said it was "not right" on part of Singh to allege that he had not revealed evidence against Pawar while targeting BJP chief Nitin Gadkari and pointed out that they...
03:56 AM, Oct 21, 2012
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said he has recommended the name of his party spokesman Tariq Anwar for a ministerial post in the proposed Cabinet reshuffle at the Centre. "In response to the Prime Minister's suggestion to submit name for the proposed reshuffle, I have recommended the name of Tariq Anwar on behalf our party," he told reporters in Pune. Pawar said the number of...
07:12 PM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: In a major political development, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday announced that he would not contest elections any more. The veteran Maharashtra politician, however, said that he would continue to lead his party. This comes even as the NCP chief has refuted allegations in connection with the Lavasa land deal scam, insisting that the land on which Lavasa has been...
04:28 PM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has refuted allegations in the Lavasa land scam. Pawar insisted that Lavasa land was allotted as per the government policy. He has accused social activists of attempting t to discredit the country's institutions. Pawar and his family are under fire over the alleged allotment of land to a company in which Pawar's daughter owned shares. The allotment was made by the government when Pawar's...
02:55 PM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that it was wrong to say that IAC hid evidence against Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar. "We are very selective because we are very responsible," Kejriwal said. He also said that he cannot expose a minister till he has strong evidence against him. "We are taking the issues where we have proof, it is wrong to say...
01:49 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: A day after former IPS officer YP Singh targeted Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and his family alleging corruption in connection with the Lavasa land deal, Supriya Sule on Friday dismissed the claims saying the matter was sub-judice. Sule, the daughter of the NCP chief, said that these allegations had been levelled against her family on several occasions, but nothing could be proved as "everything was...
01:11 PM, Oct 19, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra political class seems to have closed ranks behind BJP President Nitin Gadkari. The latest has been support from Shiv Sena supremo Balasaheb Thackeray, who has said that the corruption charges against Gadkari were the result of a conspiracy hatched by India Against Corruption activists Arvind Kejriwal and Anjali Damania. In an editorial in 'Saamna', Shiv Sena's mouthpiece, Thackeray claimed the charges of land grabbing in Vidarbha were...
11:16 AM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Former IPS officer YP Singh came all guns blazing on India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal and accused him of hiding facts about Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar. However, IAC denied hiding any facts and issued a statement saying, "This is wrong to say that we did not raise alleged corruption of Sharad Pawar, we did raise this in our July agitation and we have uploaded...
08:03 AM, Oct 19, 2012
Mumbai: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and his family have come under the scanner after former IPS officer YP Singh accused the NCP chief's family, including daughter MP, Supriya, of being at the centre of a massive land scam in Maharashtra. However, Pawar was quick to react, defending his support for the controversial hill station Lavasa and saying there was no violation. Singh created another controversy, claiming that Arvind Kejriwal...
09:18 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday sought to dismiss charges that he and his family were involved in illegal land acquisitions in Lavasa, India's first planned hill city project in Maharashtra. The NCP chief claimed that some 300 acres of land were given to the project in his home district of Pune as part of the hill station policy of Maharashtra. "The state government has the authority to...
07:12 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: The JD-U on Thursday attacked Law Minister Salman Khurshid for his statement daring Arvind Kejriwal to visit his Parliamentary constituency saying Farrukhabad is not his "fiefdom". Party chief Sharad Yadav also hailed Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was shunted out after ordering a probe into Robert Vadra's land deals, and cautioned Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda against "suppressing" facts. Yadav, who is also the convener of the...
05:54 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Mumbai: 5.34 pm: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday rejected allegations levelled against him by former IPS officer YP Singh in the Maharashtra irrigation scam. "Maharashtra government brought in hill station policy. Lavasa was built as per the hill station policy. There are no violations in Lavasa. Ajit Gulabchand has done pioneering work in building Lavasa hill station. I will not speak more as matter is under sub-judicious, there...
04:11 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Sangli: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday said FDI in multi-brand retail will cut down post-harvest losses to farmers and bring investment in cold-chain facilities. "Farmers will gain on at least two counts: significant reduction in post-harvest losses such as loss in transit (of produce) due to non-refrigeration and air conditioning transportation system, and better prices. Consumers will gain from lower prices, greater choice and higher quality," Pawar said....
02:25 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Parbhani: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, who recently quit as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, said his party was prepared to face scrutiny of allegations with regard to the irrigation sector. "The party is prepared to face any results that will come out after scrutiny in connection with irrigation and the allegations made against me. Electronic media has made the matter murky," Pawar said in Parbhani on...
08:54 PM, Oct 12, 2012
Vadodara: Sharad Pawar-led NCP will fight the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections in alliance with Congress with an aim to dislodge the ruling Narendra Modi government. "Our party will have seat sharing arrangements with Congress for upcoming Gujarat assembly poll as we want to prevent division of votes and defeat BJP in the poll," Pawar said at the opening session of the 5th National Convention of his party at Atladara on...
02:21 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Vadodara: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was called a "publicity stunt expert" on Wednesday by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) whose leader and Union Minister Sharad Pawar accused him of misguiding people on expenses towards Congress president Sonia Gandhi's foreign tours. "Despite Prime Minister's Office issuing a statement that Centre has not spent anything on her (Sonia's) visits and treatment, the Chief Minister (Modi) is spreading lies and misguiding people...
08:02 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Vadodara: Congress allies are putting the party on notice without actually pulling out of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). A day after Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati asked her party to get ready for an early Lok Sabha election; Nationalist Congress Party supremo and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar joined her chorus. Addressing the NCP conclave in Vadodara, Pawar asked his party leaders and workers to be ready for a...
12:27 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Vadodara: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will be holding its national convention on Wednesday in Vadodara. Sharad Pawar, who was elected party chief for the fifth time, will formally take charge on Wednesday. Top leaders including Ajit Pawar, Sharad Pawar, Praful Patel and Supriya Sule will also be present at the convention. The recent strain in ties with the Congress and the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections will be discussed on...
08:21 AM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: The spotlight is still on Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra over his deals with realty major DLF. Anti-corruption activist and India Against Corruption (IAC) member Arvind Kejriwal, who accused Vadra of getting an unsecured loan of Rs 65 crore from DLF, said that he has more evidence against Vadra which shows Vadra received many more such favours because of his proximity to the Congress high command. A day...
07:16 AM, Oct 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Land Acquisition Bill on Monday remained divided over the issue of retrospective acquisitions and the consent required from land owners with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar saying two-three meetings are required to finalise the bill. During the last meeting too, the same issues had divided the members of the GoM headed by Pawar. "No final view on retrospective clause could happen. We have...
03:06 PM, Oct 08, 2012
