New Delhi: After the Trinamool Congress, it is the turn of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to give a rude jolt to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA). While claiming that his party has been the most responsible member of the UPA, NCP leader and Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel pointed out that all was not well within the Central Government and blamed a section of the Congress party of...
03:14 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: Reaching out to sulking NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday hailed him as a "very valued colleague" and said his knowledge, wisdom and experience are a "great asset" to his government. Singh spoke to Pawar on Thursday night after he, along with party colleague Praful Patel, skipped the Cabinet meeting, apparently unhappy over denial of number two status in the government. "Mr Sharad Pawar...
02:39 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Congress leader Rajiv Shukla admitted that there were differences with the NCP, but the party will resolve them. ...
01:08 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and party member Praful Patel on Friday sent in their resignations from the Union Cabinet to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Sources said the rift was over the number two slot in the UPA government after former finance minister Pranab Mukherjee quit to contest the presidential election. Pawar, as per seniority, should have been made number two, say sources. Congress, however, argued...
11:05 AM, Jul 20, 2012
The Congress says that Sharad Pawar supported Pranab Mukherjee in the President poll and is important for the coalition. ...
11:01 AM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: 2:00 pm: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to NCP chief Sharad Pawar and called him a valued colleague. "Sharad Pawar is a very valued colleague of mine whose knowledge, wisdom and experience are a great asset to our government," the Prime Minister said in a statement to PTI. 12 noon: NCP leader Praful Patel said that his party has been one of the most responsible allies of the...
09:43 AM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and party member Praful Patel on Friday sent in their resignations to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, sources said. The duo were said to be upset over the NCP chief not being made the number two within the UPA government. The duo had said they will not attend their offices on Friday. In fact, for a second time on Thursday, Pawar and...
08:32 AM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: In more 'ally headache' for the UPA, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel are reportedly considering resigning for not being given due credit for their work and seniority. The two have also said they will not be attending office on Friday. In fact, for a second time on Thursday, Pawar and Patel skipped the Cabinet meeting despite...
07:16 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Sharad Pawar may quit government, President poll voting ends, result on Sunday. ...
11:54 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: Sharad Pawar on Thursday night declined to comment on reports that he and his NCP colleague Praful Patel had sent in their resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to reports, Pawar and Patel were ready to submit their resignations to convey their unhappiness over the way the party was being treated by the Congress. Asked about reports that the Prime Minister had called him in a bid...
11:16 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: Key UPA ally and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar is sulking again over not being made number two in the Union government. According to sources, Pawar and his close aide Praful Patel are even ready to quit the Cabinet. Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel on Thursday skipped key UPA Cabinet meet for the second time in a row. While the...
09:15 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: NCP ministers on Thursday boycotted the meeting of Union Cabinet here to show their unhappiness over party leader Sharad Pawar not being given the number two position in the government. Sulking Agriculture Minister Pawar as well as Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel skipped the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amid a row over the pecking order in the government that has relegated the NCP chief to...
07:48 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Agriculture Ministry is ready with its contingency plan which focuses on supply of alternative seeds. ...
11:35 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: The less-than-normal rainfall is likely to hit the agricultural sector hard and hinder its growth with Union Agriculture Minister Saharad Pawar and the Met Department on Monday admitting that monsoon has not been normal across large parts of the country. Even though Pawar refused to accept that the situation was drought-like, he added that the government would wait for the second week of August to make an official...
01:45 PM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: After the Presidential poll, the Vice Presidential election has once again exposed the squabbles within the UPA, with ally Trinamool Congress yet again claiming to be "undecided" on the ruling coalition's nominee for the post - incumbent Hamid Ansari. UPA's newfound crisis manager Home Minister P Chidambaram had said that Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee - the duo that gave the...
10:28 AM, Jul 15, 2012
Mumbai: Union Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar has welcomed the candidature of Hamid Ansari as Vice President of India. "Even though I was not present for the meeting in Delhi, there was a consultation process with other constituent partners including the NCP. In the deliberation, NCP has decided that Ansari's candidature is agreeable," said Pawar. He said NCP is part of the decision taken by the UPA leadership...
06:30 PM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: After the exit of Pranab Mukherjee from the Council of Ministers, Defence Minister A K Antony seems to have got the number two position in the government. Indication to this effect came as Antony was allocated the seat next to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Cabinet meeting in New Delhi on Thursday. Antony was allocated the seat to the right of the Prime Minister, where Mukherjee used...
07:24 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Mumbai: The less-than-expected rains in the country is likely to bring down the total pulses production this year, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Friday. The country had produced 17.02 million tonnes (MT) of pulses in the 2011-12 crop year (July-June), slightly lower than the annual demand of around 18-20 MT. "The June rainfall was not satisfactory for agriculture and water reservoirs. This could affect the overall production of...
03:50 AM, Jul 07, 2012
New Delhi: Home minister P Chidambaram will head the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on spectrum allocation, while Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will no longer be a part of the panel. Sources said the spectrum EGoM will decide only on auction modalities. Members of EGOM will work as a GoM on matters of spectrum pricing. Final decision on spectrum reserve price will be taken by the Cabinet. The EGoM was...
02:40 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said that the monsoon situation was worrisome as far as the pulses were concerned. ...
01:49 PM, Jul 06, 2012
