Mumbai: After the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also feeling the heat over the Maharashtra irrigation scam now. India Against Corruption activists are pointing fingers at BJP President Nitin Gadkari alleging that he didn't help their efforts because of his proximity to Sharad Pawar. IAC member Anjali Damania claimed that she met Gadkari thrice, but he refused help as he did not want to disappoint...
11:50 AM, Sep 27, 2012
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has said that there is no going back on Ajit Pawar's resignation as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Sharad Pawar also told IBN Network that his family was united and there were no differences. Sharad Pawar said that Ajit Pawar took the decision after speaking to him and that he gave the go ahead to him to resign. He also said...
11:08 AM, Sep 27, 2012
New Delhi: A Group of Ministers, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, is likely to meet on Thursday to examine certain provisions of the controversial Land Acquisition Bill. "The meeting of the GoM on Land Acquisition Bill is scheduled for Thursday evening," according to sources. The GoM is likely be held amid political turmoil in Maharashtra, where Pawar's nephew and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has resigned following reports of...
07:29 AM, Sep 27, 2012
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, whose surprise resignation as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Tuesday has had the state's politics in turmoil, denied on Wednesday evening that any "rift" existed between him and his uncle Sharad Pawar. "This (report of rift) is a creation of media. He is the supreme leader of the party, and his decision (on the resignation) will be final," Ajit said....
09:30 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Mumbai: A day after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar resigned as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, his supporters in the party on Wednesday came out to protest outside the state Assembly building, blaming Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for the crisis. The Congress, however, made it clear that Chavan would stay as the Chief Minister, even as NCP chief Sharad Pawar said his party would support them. But...
08:40 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Nashik: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP and daughter of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule, on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of being part of the Maharashtra government, which plunged into crisis after the resignation Ajit Pawar as the Deputy Chief Minister. "I will not accept any responsibility in the Maharashtra government as I am working with the Centre," Sule told reporters in Nashik scotching speculations of her entry...
07:40 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Kolkata: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday reiterated that his party would continue to support the Congress both in Maharashtra as well as the Centre. Addressing a press conference in Kolkata, the NCP chief said that he did not want to destabilise the government either in the Centre or Maharashtra. Speaking about the crisis in Maharashtra that was sparked by the resignation of...
06:13 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Mumbai: 3:20 pm: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will meet Congress MLAs on Thursday to discuss the political situation in Maharashtra. 3:00 pm: The Nationalist Congress Party wants Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to be replaced, according to sources. However, Congress sources say that there is no question of calling back Prithviraj Chavan. Sources have indicated that Chavan could be changed in the next six months. 2:35 pm: Nationalist Congress...
02:34 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Mumbai: A day after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar resigned from the post of the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, the party has said that it is not keen on keeping the Deputy Chief Minister's post in Maharshtra. NCP leader Praful Patel has said that there will be no Deputy CM's post for the NCP in Maharashtra any more and clarified that his party was not keen on...
01:42 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra has been plunged into a political crisis after Ajit Pawar resigned as the Deputy Chief Minister on Tuesday. While Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is yet to accept his resignation, NCP chief Sharad Pawar has denied any threat to the Congress-NCP coalition in the state. The NCP is expected to pass a resolution authorising Sharad Pawar to decide the future course of action. However, the question remains as...
11:58 AM, Sep 26, 2012
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
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
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has refused to accept the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, said sources. The Chief Minister, who was on his way to Pune, had returned after Ajit Pawar, the nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, announced his decision to quit as the Deputy Chief Minister over allegations of irregularities in irrigation projects. This came after other ministers...
08:53 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel has said that Ajit Pawar resigned as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra after consultations with party chief Sharad Pawar. Defending Ajit Pawar, who quit on Tuesday over allegations of irregularities during his tenure as the irrigation minister of Maharashtra, Patel said that the NCP leader has set a good example in public life. "It was a good decision by...
07:35 PM, Sep 25, 2012
New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will on Friday hold a meet to discuss the key economic measures introduced by the Centre to rein in its fiscal deficit. These include the diesel price hike and a cap on the maximum number of subsidised LPG cylinders a family can buy in a year. NCP leaders had on Thursday asked the Centre to rethink the "blanket hike" in diesel prices and...
09:31 AM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: India has moved further away from a widespread drought with a third straight week of heavy rains and the weather office is now suggesting the crucial monsoon could even slow its retreat, helping winter planting in the major food producer. The rains, vital for the 55 per cent of Indian farmland without irrigation, are still 8 per cent short of average so far in the June to September...
02:03 AM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: The central government on Wednesday said it will allocate over Rs 800 crore for drinking water, extend the limit of the rural job plan by an additional 50 days and relax crop loans for farmers to mitigate the impact of drought in affected areas. Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar noted that overall rain deficiency in the country was 8 per cent and said: "We can expect reduction in production...
01:49 AM, Sep 13, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday announced various relief measures for drought-hit areas of the country that includes increasing the number of guaranteed work days under MGNREGA to 150 days from 100 days and reducing interest rates on rescheduled crop loans to 7 per cent for this fiscal. Announcing these measures, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said the government expects fall in production of coarse cereals and pulses in Kharif (summer)...
07:36 PM, Sep 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has declared its assets. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's total assets have doubled over the past one year from Rs 5.11 crore to Rs 10.73 crore. Government sources claim this is largely due to the increase in the value of homes in Delhi and in Chandigarh. Defence Minister AK Antony is the Cabinet Minister with the lowest assets only worth Rs 55 lakh. Praful Patel is...
10:12 AM, Sep 10, 2012
