It is not just the BJP that opposes the Food Security Bill. The NCP too seems to be against it as the party chief Sharad Pawar has said that the bill should not be passed without discussion. Pawar is set to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the matter.
Although the UPA government has managed to bring on board TMC and Left over the Food Security Bill, its key ally, NCP, appears to be not in favour of the bill as the party chief Sharad Pawar has met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, demanding discussion over the...
Centrestage | Abdul Qadeer Maulana has blamed the driver for mowing down a girl and injuring two other family members, despite proof against his son. His 17-year-old son and their car driver were released on bail by a local court, even as the politician denied...
Maharashtra NCP leader Abdul Qadeer Maulana, in a bid to cover up for his son, blames the driver for the accident. There are multiple witnesses who have seen the leader's teenaged son behind the wheel when the accident, that killed a two-year-old, took place.
Maharashtra NCP vice-president Abdul Qadeer Maulana has blamed the driver for mowing down a girl and injuring two other family members, despite proof against his son. His 17-year-old son and their car driver were released on bail by a local court, even as the ...
17-year-old son of a NCP leader, who mowed down a two-year-old child, has been granted bail. CCTV footage show how the car, driven by the teenager, mow down the child and her uncle and ride on to hit another vehicle. The case has raked up the debate on the pun...
17-year-old son of a NCP leader, who mowed down a two-year-old child, has been granted bail. The case has raked up the debate on the punishment meted out to juveniles who commit heinous crimes. Will the accused walk away as he isn't old enough to face the just...
Political parties, Shiv Sena and NCP, call for a bandh in Mumbai following the demolition drive to remove illegal and unsafe buildings in the city. To ensure that the bandh is a success, the party leaders have already started damaging buses and autos.
The 17-year-old son of senior NCP leader Abdul Qadeer Maulana was arrested after his SUV knocked down two minor girls, aged two and three, and their uncle, killing the younger girl on the spot in Aurangabad. The whole incident was caught on CCTV cameras.
Even as the government finds it hard to survive on the outside support, NCP chief Sharad Pawar has hinted at the possibility of early polls, saying that the government is vulnerable now and therefore there is a need to be ready for early polls. The UPA governm...
NCP chief Sharad Pawar says his nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has already apologised for his crass remark. According to the senior Pawar, what Ajit did was wrong, but the media, too, has been misreporting about the drought and Ajit.
After an investigative report showed that not just Ajit Pawar, his uncle and Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, too, was responsible for diversion of water to sugar mills, NCP leaders run for cover. Sharad Pawar and Supriya Sule evade questions, while Co...
According to an exclusive investigative report, not just Ajit Pawar, his uncle Nationalist Congress Party chief and Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, too, is responsible for diversion of water to sugar mills. Sources say Pawar senior, too, attended the ...
Centrestage | The sugar barons, who are close to NCP leader Ajit Pawar, are the main beneficiaries of Maharashtra's drought. It has been reported that agriculture minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar is the main person responsible for the drought in the Sholapu...
NCP chief Sharad Pawar attended the hush-hush meet that decided to divert Ujani's water to NCP sugar barons' mills, leaving large parts of Sholapur-Pune dry. The meeting was held on October 16, 2012. Watch this exclusive report.
An arrest warrant has been issued against NCP leader RR Patil in Karnataka. He has been accused of delivering an inflammatory speech in Belgaum and an FIR was filed against him.
Newshour | Having threatened to urinate in dams, should Ajit Pawar now resign for water scam? Can anything be worse that denying the poorest of the poor farmers, some water to just live? Why were there no consultations with those affected? Environmentalist Sun...
The blatant misue of water by Maharashtrian politicians continues when a tanker with thousands of liters of water were used to set up a helicopter pad for NCP leader, Patangrao Kadam. Kadam went to Aurangabad to meet BJP leader Gopinath Munde, who is on a fast...
The apology offered by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has failed to appease the Opposition which continues to demand his resignation over his crass, distasteful remarks. Nonetheless, the NCP has thrown its weight firmly behind its leader.
Centrestage | An acute shortage of drinking water has made daily lives impossible in Maharashtra. The state government had taken a decision that water from dams in Pune would first be taken to meet the drinking water needs in the state. However, an RTI query r...
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said the state will not allow wastage of water during the IPL matches. At a time when the state is facing severe drought, tonnes of litres of water would be diverted to maintain the stadium.
NCP chief and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar rubbishes rumours about his ill-health, saying he is perfectly fine and is visiting agriculture research institutes in Karnataka. The NCP party members and his family are appealing to the public to avoid spreadin...
Days after his son UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav made clear SP's national ambitions, party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has pitched for a Third Front in the upcoming general elections, hinting at an alliance with the NCP. SP chief has invited parties with co...
Days after his son UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav made clear SP's national ambitions, party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has pitched for a Third Front in the upcoming general elections, hinting an alliance with the NCP.
After former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju, wrote a letter to the Maharastra Governor requesting him to review Sanjay Dutt's case and pardon him for the same, many political parties have also come forward in support of the actor. According to many politi...
Newshour | Bihar's CM Nitish Kumar stormed at Delhi, setting terms for the UPA saying that only backward states will rule India. He also said that his development model should be adopted. It looks as if the JD(U)-BJP ties have been tensed and Nitish added to t...
DMK leader Karunanidhi slams Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa for listing out his betrayals. Earlier, Jayalalithaa had accused Karunanidhi of seeking to deceive the people of the State and cover up 'his role that caused untold misery to Sri Lankan Tamils'. Tension m...
After pressure from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Beni Prasad Verma expressed regret over his controversial comments on Mulayam Singh Yadav. But the SP chief has said that a decision on Beni would be taken after a Samajwadi Party parliamentary meet tomorrow. ...
An initiative by the Nationalist Congress Party to raise funds for the drought-stricken parts of Maharashtra has boomeranged. The party youth wing, in their over-zealousness used photographs from Africa and northern India to represent the plight of Maharashtra...
According to the Mumbai police, the street clashes between Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party from a few days ago was a stage managed protest to gain political mileage. After investigations, it came to light that a MNS worker set his...
The car of Mustaqeem Ahmed, an MNS leader in Mumbai, was in flames in Kurla a few days back. It was one of those incidents that only added fire to the simmering trouble between MNS party workers and the NCP. The arson was blamed on the NCP. But it now turns ou...
Street wars have broken out in various parts of Maharashtra between the NCP and MNS workers. Five people have been injured in these clashed. The fight reportedly started after NCP workers pelted stones on MNS chief Raj Thackeray's convoy.
The clashes between the party workers of NCP and MNS refuses to die down in Maharastra. The workers from Raj Thackeray's MNS vandalised the offices of NCP. As the violence between the party workers increases, NCP has increased security around their offices.
The NCP workers stopped Raj Thackeray's convoy in Ahemdnagar followings his derogatory comments against Ajit Pawar. The MNS workers retaliated with violence by vandalising the NCP office in Mumbai and burnt effigies of Ajit Pawar. A MNS leader said that if the...
In response to Raj Thackeray's comments on Ajit Pawar, NCP workers showed up at a MNS rally waving black flags. This upset MNS workers who then vandalised NCP offices in Pune, Mumbai and Ahmednagar. Ram Kadam along with other MNS workers were arrested in Mumba...
MNS chief Raj Thackeray's verbal attacks on NCP leaders Sharada Pawar and Ajit Pawar angered his party followers so much so that they pelted stones on his convoy in Ahmednagar. Police had to use lathicharge to disperse a mob of NCP men that had surrounded Raj'...
There are no permanent friends and enemies in politics. NCP chief Sharad Pawar's recent U-turn is a perfect example of this phenomenon. He quit Congress and formed NCP because he strongly opposed Sonia Gandhi's nomination for the post of Prime Minister. But at...
Terming the rape and murder of three minor sisters in Maharashtra's Bhandara district as disheartening, NCP MP Praful Patel says that the perpetrators of this heinous crime will soon be brought to book. Meanwhile the police have failed to make any headway into...
The extravagant display of wealth at his son's wedding has brought the NCP leader, Bhaskar Jadhav under the scanner of the Income Tax Department. He has allegedly spent crores of money at the wedding. NCP president, Sharad Pawar expressed anger at the extravag...
NCP leader, Bhaskar Jadhav, comes under the scanner of the Income Tax department for the vulgar display of wealth at his son and daughter's wedding. The I-T department wants a detailed explanation of the money spent on the wedding.
In what can be termed as a vulgar display of wealth, an NCP leader spent unheard amounts of money on his son's wedding. The extravagant wedding garnered a lot of criticism as the wedding was held at a place where farmers were committing suicide due to excessiv...
Congress allies NCP and SP also mount to the adding woes of the UPA government. Both the allies have demanded an immediate rollback of increased diesel prices. SP leader Kamaal Farooqui has said that deregulation of diesel prices would only add to the worries ...
The son of a National Congress Party corporator from Ahmednagar has been arrested in connection with the Pune blasts case. The suspect, Bunty Jahgirdar, was arrested after his name came up during the interrogation of another accused in the case. Jahgirdar's fa...
NCP chief Sharad Pawar, visibly miffed at way the party was treated by the UPA during the Gujarat elections, has now hinted that the party might have to rethink ties with the alliance. To win an election, one must 'work together' and there should be 'honesty a...
In another blow for the UPA government, yet another ally slams the Congress for its failure during the Gujarat elections. Addressing a rally, NCP leader Praful Patel questioned the Congress' strategy for the Gujarat elections and demanded to know who was the r...
The Maharashtra government, which has been facing heat from various quarters, has finally conceded to conducting a probe into the irrigation scam. The special investigation team, probing the scam, will be headed by water expert Madhav Chitale. Earlier NCP lead...
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan is facing a tough situation. On one side is the Opposition that had dismissed the white paper on the irrigation scam and the reinstatement of Ajit Pawar as deputy chief minister, and has held up functioning of the H...
Maharashtra home minister RR Patil has stirred up a new controversy surrounding irrigation scam saying that the economic survey had a printing mistake in it. Saying there is no irrigation scam as the numbers are typographical error, Patil, practically said the...
Shiv Sena is finding itself increasingly isolated as various political parties are refusing to side with the party's demand for renaming Shivaji Park. Following Congress and NCP, BJP too has distanced itself from this demand.
After winning the FDI vote in Parliament, the government will introduce more bills in the coming session covering the insurance, and pension sectors. With these new bills, the governemnt not only hopes to attract more foreign investment but also wants to ensur...
Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar gets reelected as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister for the second consecutive time, a week after the government white paper on irrigation. Pawar, the nephew of NCP president and Union minister Sharad Pawar, was s...
A week after a government white paper on irrigation gave Ajit Pawar a clean chit, the senior NCP leader was today sworn-in as Maharashtra deputy chief minister. Pawar, the nephew of NCP president and Union minister Sharad Pawar, was sworn-in at Raj Bhawan in M...
Ajit Pawar who had resigned from the post of Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra following charges of corruption in irrigation projects, will be reinstated into his former post today. This move comes barely a fortnight after a government white paper on the sc...
Speaking to reporters outside the Parliament, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said that he is surprised and unhappy that BSP leader Mayawati who was until now speaking against the FDI retail has suddenly decided to vote in favour of it. He suspects that the Congr...
After winning the FDI debate in Lok Sabha yesterday, the UPA government is confident about its win in the Rajya Sabha today where it needs the support of 123 members in the 244-member house to defeat the motion brought by the opposition. Speaking to reporters,...
Days after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar got a clean chit in the alleged irrigation scam, he has hinted at a possible comeback. Suggesting a possible return in the near future, the NCP leader said that all the leaders in his party wants hi...
The debate on FDI in multi-brand retail begins in the Rajya Sabha. The opposition is attempting to convince the government to rethink its stand on FDI in retail. Following the debate, the matter will go to a vote. Without a clear majority, the government needs...
NCP leaders have written a letter addressing the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Congress chief requesting a discussion on FDI. The NCP had earlier voted for FDI in retail, but now wants a clarification from the government on certain issues. They are now dem...
Despite the Congress-led UPA Government emerging victorious on the FDI vote in the Lok Sabha, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D Raja says it is a huge moral defeat for the Government as 14 parties voted against it. The motion which was moved by Sushma Sw...
After winning the FDI debate in Lok Sabha yesterday, the UPA government hopes to do the same in the Rajya Sabha today where it needs the support of 123 members in the 244-member house to defeat the motion brought by the opposition. The Congress with its allies...
Although it voted for the FDI in retail in Parliament, Congress ally NCP has warned Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan on implementing FDI in the state. A strongly worded letter written to the CM by NCP state president Madhukar Pichhad says FDI in retail ...
Defending the UPA's FDI in retail, Nationalist Congress Party Praful Patel says that all foreign things are not so bad. He says if that was the case why don't those who oppose the FDI in retail, oppose the malls that are coming up in every city, including Mumb...
Congress MP Lada Gopal Raj, BJP MP Kalikesh Singh Deo and RLD MP Jayant Choudhury justify their party's stand in the Parliament. In a test of conviction for Mulayam and Mayawati, the UP leaders hold the final say in the crucial FDI vote in Parliament. Although...
Congress MP Lada Raj Gopal defends the UPA government's determined stand to guide the FDI in retail policy through Parliament. With the FDI in retail vote looming large, the government is headed to a comfortable win over the BJP-led opposition. The vote in bo...
Headlines Today political editor Javed Ansari, CPI leader D Raja and senior journalist Sanjeev Srivastava talk about the various outcomes of the FDI debate in Parliament. The vote in both the Houses boils down to the decisions taken by either Mayawati or Mulay...
After a massive showdown in the Lok Sabha over the introduction FDI in multi-brand retail, a crucial vote on the matter has been scheduled for today. With Kapil Sibal leading the government in the FDI debate against the BJP's Sushma Swaraj, the government expe...
The government and the opposition are gearing up for Day 2 of the debate on FDI in retail. The debate will be followed by the all-important vote in both Houses of Parliament. The voting is likely to take place post 6pm, after the BJP tables its motion against ...
Even as the government is fire-fighting the FDI debate in Parliament, the Election Commission is meeting to review the government's latest direct-cash-transfer scheme. The EC has questioned the timing of the scheme, given the upcoming Gujarat Assembly election...
Parliament reconvenes and proceedings continue without a ruccus for just the second time in this Winter session. The key debate on FDI in retail, which will be followed by a vote, is likely to begin at noon. While the Trinamool Congress has made a decision to ...
The big question still looming large over the government is whether it will cross the halfway mark in the Parliament today. The UPA government faces one of its biggest tests in recent times, with the FDI in retail discussion and vote imminent in the Lower Hous...
The Election Commission's full-bench meeting has begun on the government's reply to the direct-cash-flow allegations. This is the second meeting held by the Election Commission to find out whether any election code was violated by the UPA government in introdu...
BJP Spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad reiterates the BJP stand to vehemently oppose the FDI in retail bill in the Parliament. While the Trinamool Congress has made a decision to vote against the government, the SP and the BSP are still sitting on the fence, caus...
A day after former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar was given a virtual clean chit by a white paper on irrigation, several questions regarding the whitepaper, presented by the irrigation department, have arisen. While the NCP has justified the whit...
News Night | Two months after he stepped down as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister on grounds of propriety, Ajit Pawar has been a given a clean chit by a white paper on the irrigation project in the state. The white paper, which is set to be tabled in the cabi...
Newshour | Following a clean chit to Ajit Pawar from State government’s white paper on irrigation projects, the Maharashtra government decides to scrape the judicial inquiry into the irrigation scam. The decision comes as a shocker as the white paper is just...
Backing the clean chit given to NCP leader Ajit Pawar in the irrigation scam by the Maharashtra government, the party has said that all the charges against him are false and baseless.
The FDI logjam has finally come to an end. The government is ready for voting on the FDI in retail debate in both Houses of the Parliament. The breakthrough reportedly came about after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath met with Lok Sabha Speaker Meira ...
Senior BJP leader Ravishankar Prasad slams the UPA government's 'double standards'. The Congress-led ruling government has agreed to go ahead with the debate and subsequent voting on the issue of FDI only in the Lower House of Parliament. The BJP is adamant th...
After a deal is reportedly struck between the Congress government and the BJP-led opposition, the Parliament witnesses its first working day. The government is ready for voting on the FDI in retail debate in both Houses of the Parliament. The breakthrough repo...
The white paper on the irrigation projects in Maharashtra is expected to give a clean chit to NCP leader Ajit Pawar. Pawar had resigned after demands were made for a probe into allegations of corruption and irregularity into the irrigation projects, a portfoli...
Though the government is adamant on pushing FDI in retail, it may cede ground to FDI on insurance. The government is likely to agree to a 26 percent cap on insurance. Indian companies will be able to raise 23 percent in foreign capital. This foreign capital ca...
With numbers falling in place, the Congress is now ready for a debate followed by a vote on the issue of FDI in retail. The deadlock on the issue is now set to end, and Parliament proceedings are likely to go ahead. Following the Congress Coordination Committe...
In a massive jolt to the Gujarat Congress ahead of the upcoming elections, sitting MLA Lal Singh Radodia quit the party and crossed over to the BJP camp after being denied a ticket. The Congress denied the sitting MLA a ticket due to its poll-sharing agreement...
After the DMK, SP and the BSP, the NCP has also decided to back the government on the FDI in retail policy, should a vote come up in the Lower House of the Parliament. The vote on FDI in retail is likely to against the government in the Rajya Sabha, but the g...
The Congress and the NCP have come to a seat sharing arrangement for the Gujarat Assembly elections. The NCP would field its candidates on nine seats for which the Congress would lend its support.
Shiv Sena has asked for land at the Shivaji Park to build a memorial for late leader Bal Thackeray. Their argument is that Thackeray had a close connect with the park, and it was also the place where he was cremated. However, the State's urban Development Mini...
Maharashtra's sugarcane farmers are protesting in three districts over the death of two farmers and the arrest of the pro-farmers leader Raju Shetti. They have also raised the issue of a sugar cooperative. Activists Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal have jumped ...
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has made a scathing reply to a comment made by Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Manikrao Thakre. Thakre had earlier said that if Congress party has criminal links, then NCP has more criminals than the ...
Maharashtra home minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader RR Patil came down heavily on the Congress, which is also the NCP's ally. Patil, while speaking at a campaign for NCP, said: 'Earlier Congressmen used to go to jail for the nation's cause, today s...
There seems to be no end to the ally troubles of Congress. This time around it is Congress' most trusted ally, the NCP, that is causing trouble for the party. Senior NCP leader Praful Patel has come out saying that the party will reconsider tying up with Congr...
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has joined the chorus against activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal and the India Against Corruption activists. Former IPS officer YP Singh has levelled serious charges against the IAC. He has accused the India Against Corr...
Sharad Pawar agrees his daughter and her husband bought shares in Lake City Corporation but sold it after the project became embroiled in controversy. He was answering allegations with regard to the Lavasa City development of a tourist city in Pune district, a...
A day after India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal named one of the affected farmers in his news conference, the farmer in question - Gajanand Ghadge - has been reportedly missing. This scenario exposes the vulnerability of the farmers and the commo...
NCP chief Sharad Pawar has rubbished the allegations of corruption made against him by cop-turned-activist YP Singh. He has claimed that the Lavasa project has followed all the rules. He has pointed out that Lavasa is involved in a lot of developmental program...
A former IPS officer in Maharashtra has claimed that Arvind Kejriwal is using the India Against Corruption banner for his own political motives. Joining the quagmire wrought about by Kejriwal's expose of various top political leaders, ex-officer YP Singh claim...
After Robert Vadra, it was BJP President Nitin Gadkari's turn to feel the full force of Arvind Kejriwal's attack. The IAC activist has accused the BJP President of illegally grabbing the land of farmers in the Vidarbha district of Maharasthra using his nexus w...
News Night | India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal has exposed BJP chief Nitin Gadkari. The IAC activist has claimed that the BJP leader is involved in a Rs 72,000 crore irrigation scam. Kejriwal has alleged that Gadkari's loot has caused the suici...
Yes, it is very much BJP president Nitin Gadkari, at the receiving end of 'third expose' by Arvind Kejriwal. He starts by asking if the BJP is the country's Opposition party or if there is any collusion between BJP and Congress in the states and the Centre? He...