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. ...
11:07 PM, Oct 18, 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
Defending BJP President Nitin Gadkari, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said that all the agro-based projects of Gadkari have benefitted farmers. Pawar said he and the BJP chief are political opponent but both are committed to the development of Maharashtra. ...
08:24 PM, Oct 18, 2012
Former IPS officer YP Singh on Thursday claimed that the activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal had concealed information while revealing facts about the irrigation scam in Maharashtra. ...
07:36 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
New Delhi: The Congress and its allies are out in full force to defend Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra against allegations of "illegal" financial transactions with realty major DLF levelled by social activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal. Hours after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar backed Vadra, it was the turn of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram to come out in defence of the Congress President's son-in-law....
01:13 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: The second meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the controversial land acquisition bill will be held on Monday. The 14-member GoM, headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, was formed last month after some ministers had voiced reservations against certain provisions of the Bill. The GoM is likely to iron out differences among the ministers on the contentious issues, including the clause of prospectivity in the Bill...
11:13 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Raipur: Union Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday came out in support of Robert Vadra, the embattled son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and dared social activist Arvind Kejriwal to approach court if he felt that his allegation against Vadra had any substance. "Of late, this is becoming a trend that anyone levels allegations, then keeps mum and later asks the government to conduct a judicial probe. But in such cases,...
10:01 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has ordered an enquiry against 45 senior officials of the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Council (VIDC) in connection with the multi-crore irrigation scam. Chavan, who was in Thane on Sunday, confirmed that he had approved the probe while denying that there was a delay of two years in taking the decision. The engineers, including VIDC's former chief executive director DP Shirke, will now face probe...
04:05 PM, Oct 07, 2012
Mumbai: An enquiry has been ordered against 45 senior officials of the Vidarbha Irrigation Development Council (VIDC) in connection with the multi-crore irrigation scam, sources said on Sunday. The sources added that the 45 included the ex-director of the VIDC, DP Shirkhe. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar resigned late last month after being charged with giving clearances to as many as...
11:32 AM, Oct 07, 2012
