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
Pune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday said the decision to issue a white paper on the state irrigation department's projects was taken after consultations with NCP president Sharad Pawar, Union Minister Praful Patel and also Ajit Pawar. "A discussion was held with Sharad Pawar, Praful Patel and Ajit Pawar on what is to be done in the matter," Chavan told reporters in Pune, when asked on his former...
06:07 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Mumbai: In a veiled attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar said that he was more concerned about his work than his image. "I am not concerned about my image. I am concerned about doing work for the people. Some people are only concerned about their image," he said in a veiled reference to the CM, who is quite popular for his clean...
12:21 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Ajit Pawar had resigned following reports about his alleged involvement in a Rs 20,000 crore scam. ...
09:32 PM, Sep 30, 2012
Mumbai: In a veiled attack on ally Congress in Maharashtra, NCP leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday said the allegations of irregularities raised against him were aimed at diverting public attention from the Coalgate scam. "There is an attempt to blacken us with coal," said Pawar, who last week resigned as the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister after reports about his alleged role in an irrigation scam. Even though he did not...
04:08 PM, Sep 30, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday accepted Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar's resignation. He has also said that the post of Deputy Chief Minister will remain vacant for the time being. He also said that Ajit Pawar has assured him of full cooperation. "In view of the fact that there will be no Deputy Chief Minister for the time being, we have worked out an alternate...
03:08 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Mumbai: Ending the five-day political drama in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday accepted Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar's resignation. The resignation has also been accepted by Maharashtra Governor K Sankarnarayanan. "The Governor has accepted Ajit Pawar's resignation as recommended by the Chief Minister," a Raj Bhavan spokesperson told PTI. This comes a day after NCP chief Sharad Pawar accepted his nephew Ajit Pawar's resignation on Friday...
11:07 AM, Sep 29, 2012
Mumbai: Senior NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar on Friday said there was "a conspiracy to malign his image"; and he would not withdraw his resignation. He was speaking at the ongoing meeting of NCP legislators at Vidhan Bhawan here, attended by party chief and Union Minister Sharad Pawar, to resolve the crisis created by the surprise resignation. "I am firm on my stand. I will...
05:37 AM, Sep 29, 2012
The Pawar Parivar on Friday sent out a message of unity and Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule attended a meeting of NCP MLAs. ...
11:05 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Friday sent out a strong message of unity backing Ajit Pawar's resignation from the post of Maharashtra deputy chief minister over the irrigation scam. "Ajit told me he doesn't want a post till he gets his name cleared," the NCP chief told reporters in Mumbai. Capping the 72 hour-long political drama in Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar accepted Ajit Pawar's resignation and announced that...
10:36 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra unit of Congress on Friday said there would not be any adverse impact of NCP leader Ajit Pawar's resignation as Deputy Chief Minister on the 13-year-old Congress-NCP alliance in the state. "Ajit Pawar had said while resigning that he won't accept any post till charges against him are cleared," said state Congress chief Manikrao Thakre in Mumbai. "It was for the NCP to take decision. The issue was...
07:50 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Nationalist Congress Party MLA Jitendra Awhad insisted that the party is united on the irrigation scam issue. He reiterated that the white paper should not have been delayed and said he is hopeful that the truth will soon come out. ...
07:20 PM, Sep 28, 2012
