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...
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.
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...
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. ...
Even as the Prime Minister assures action on the CAG report, agriculture minister Sharad Pawar insists there are no irregularities in the farm loan waiver scheme. The minister says there is no misappropriation in the implementation of the scheme. The CAG repor...
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'...
At the UPA coordination committee meeting held last night, the Congress allies in the front raised long pending issues with the Congress leadership present. Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were also present at the meeting, which was being held a...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
Sushma Swaraj, LK Advani, K Sankaranarayan, Nitin Gadkari, Amitabh Bachchan, Prithviraj Chauhan, Sharad Pawar and Lata Mangeshkar are expected for the cremation at the Shivaji Park today. Bal Thackeray's mortal remains will be consigned to flames on a speciall...
BSP chief will attend the dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath has intiated the dinner meet between the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA allies to establish stability in the UPA government. Mulayam Sing...
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...
Following the allegations of corruption made by cop-turned-activist YP Singh, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has come out defending himself and even BJP president Nitin Gadkari. Sharad Pawar has said that whoever is working for the cause of the farmer...
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...
Now it is time to inquire into associates of Arvind Kejriwal. Days after they held press conferences to target politicians--Robert Vadra, Salman Khurshid, Nitin Gadkari--allegations have surfaced against associates of Kejriwal. To clear the air, Kejriwal annou...
The Lavasa project in Maharashtra returns to haunt Sharad Pawar and his family as former IPS officer and lawyer-activist YP Singh presents documents showing Supriya Sule profiting from a government largesse when her cousin Ajit Pawar was in power. Singh says t...
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...
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar rejects all accusations of irregularities against him and his family for the benefit of the Lavasa hill township project. He says the accusations about him being at the centre of the irrigation scam in Maharashtra was no...
Former IPS officer of Maharashtra, YP Singh, says Arvind Kejriwal has been given documents related to alleged favors given to Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya by the Maharashtra government, but he did not highlights them. He says Sule got share in Lavasa City C...
NCP leader Sharad Pawar dismisses allegations that he was involved in the Lavasa Hill City project scam. Former IPS officer YP Singh had alleged that Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar were instrumental in transferring 348 acres of unused land, acquired for Maharasht...
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...
Former IPS officer YP Singh knew Arvind Kejriwal for a long time, and had given him documents that Singh felt would prove corruption charges against Sharad Pawar. He held a press conference today to ask why Kejriwal delayed highlighting corruption by Sharad Pa...
Land for the newly-developed Lavasa city near Pune was given by Maharashtra minister Ajit Pawar on a 30-year lease at a low rent to a company, which has nearly 20% shares owned by his cousin sister Supriya Sule. This is former Maharashtra IPS officer YP Singh'...
Arvind Kejriwal seems on a bit unsteady ground as he tries to explain the rebuttals made by Nitin Gadkari a day earlier. He is also asked about the allegations made by YP Singh, the former IPS officer who said he had given Kejriwal documents about Sharad Pawar...
A cool and unruffled Nitin Gadkari's conference on expose made by Arvind Kejriwal at his press conference today. He replies to Kejriwal's charges on his 'social work' with farmers, farming on the excess land that government has taken over and later handed over...
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...
Now it is the NCP leader and top minister in the UPA government who is supporting early elections to the Lok Sabha. Sharad Pawar said in Vadodara that he has told his party to get ready for mid-term elections. Just yesterday Mayawati had told her partymen at t...
The Sharad Pawar-led NCP has hinted that political parties are gearing up for an early general election. Party supremo and Union Minister Sharad Pawar is keeping the UPA on a tight leash, claiming that every party including the NCP is ready for elections. Fire...
After BSP president Mayawati declared that her party is prepared for early elections, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is also gearing up for an early poll. Looking at the current political situation, NCP president Sharad Pawar today asked his cadre to gea...
Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar will skip the 5th National Convention of his party to be held in Vadodara on October 10. Sharad Pawar, who was elected party chief for the fifth time will formally take charge at the convention. This is the first meeting of the NC...
Miffed over being named in the Rs 72,000 crore irrigation scam, NCP leader Ajit Pawar launches a veiled attack on the Congress. He says that the allegations that are being raised against him are aimed at diverting public attention from the coalgate scam.
Emotional after being accused of land grabbing, whistleblower Anjali Damania decides to fight back. She said that the political class was trying to frame her because she dared to fight them. She also gave a point-by-point explanation about all the accusations ...
IAC activist Anjali Damania denies allegations made by NCP leader Jitendra Awhad that she owns several plots of land. She demands evidence to prove it. Damania is under a lot of heat after she exposed the irrigation scam and accused BJP president Nitin Gadkari...
After a meeting of the NCP legislature party, the party chief Sharad Pawar says he will ask Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to accept and forward Ajit's resignation to the state Governor K Sankaranarayanan. Sharad Pawar also clarifies that the post of deputy ...
Crucial meeting between the Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and the party legislators ends. According to sources, Ajit Pawar, who has resigned as the deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has made a speech and said that he will not take back his ...
Sharad Pawar says the resignation of Maharashtra's deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has been accepted, as Ajit refused to take it back. Pawar said there was no tussle between the two. Pawar also said all NCP ministers, who has resigned in support of Ajit have ...
After a marathon meeting of the NCP, where Ajit Pawar said he would give a fitting reply to all the allegations made against him over the irregularities in irrigation project, Sharad Pawar accepted Ajit's resignation.
Ajit Pawar's resignation from the post of deputy chief minister of Maharashtra has been accepted at the NCP meeting in Mumbai. But there would be no deputy chief minister in Maharashtra. Sharad Pawar landed in Mumbai to meet the NCP leaders who were insistent ...
Nationalist Congress Party chief (NCP) Sharad Pawar met Ajit Pawar whose stepping down as the Deputy Chief Minister has plunged the Congress-NCP coalition government in Maharashtra into a crisis. The closed door meeting was at the residence of Praful Patel. Th...
The Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar is expected to take a decision on nephew Ajit Pawar, following his resignation from the post of the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, at the NCP meeting today. The meeting began in a while, in the presenc...
The Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar is expected to take a decision on nephew Ajit Pawar, following his resignation from the post of the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, at the NCP meeting today. The meeting has been going on since one-and-...
The BJP backs its President Nitin Gadkari at a time when he has been associated with the embarrassing irrigation scam in Maharashtra. Asserting their confidence in Gadkari, the BJP passes a resolution permitting Gadkari to continue as President for the second ...
The allegation linking the BJP President, Nitin Gadkari, to the Maharashtra irrigation scam has stung him really hard. Gadkari has threatened to sue the anti-graft whistle-blower, Anjali Damania, unless she retracts her statement and apologises immediately. An...
NCP chief Sharad Pawar is in Mumbai and headng to his residence in Silver Oak. He may meet with few of the party members like Praful Patel and Ajit Pawar before the formal meeting with NCP legislators. It is speculated that he may ask Ajit Pawar to withdraw hi...
RTI activist Anjali Damania reacts to the legal notice sent to her by BJP President Nitin Gadkari. She refuses to apologise as her claims are based on facts. She hopes that the political drama ends and the focus is back on the irrigation scam which she has wor...
The BJP is feeling the heat in the massive irrigation scam that has got the Maharashtra government in a tizzy. Headlines Today accesses documents which prove that BJP President Nitin Gadkari's key aide, Ajay Sancheti's firms benefited from the irrigation scam....
The BJP top brass, led by Murli Manohar Joshi, attempt to divert the heat that is currently directed at BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Harping about the numerous scams that the government has been involved in, the BJP attempts to sheild Gadkari, who has been tar...
Despite NCP Chief Sharad Pawar pushing for Ajit Pawar's immediate resignation, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister has not yet sent his reseignation letter to the governor. Ajit Pawar's resignation is still with the Chief Minister. With the crisis escalating at ...
In order to take a final call on Ajit Pawar's resignation as deputy Chief Minister in Maharashtra, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will meet MLAs from his party in Mumbai.
Social activist and irrigation scam whistleblower Anjali Damania invites BJP chief Nitin Gadkari to have an open debate with her on the issues related to the irrigation scam. Anjali Damania has been sued by Nitin Gadkari following her comment that Gadkari said...
As the political crisis in Maharashtra continues, the focus shifts to NCP Chief Sharad Pawar who will be meeting the rebel MLAs today. The meeting and its outcome is expected to determine the extent of Sharad Pawar's authority within his own party. The NCP sup...
The Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar is expected to take a decision on nephew Ajit Pawar on his resignation from the post of the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, at the NCP meeting on September 28. However, Sharad Pawar has already indicate...
In order to take a final call on Ajit Pawar's resignation as deputy Chief Minister in Maharashtra, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar will meet MLAs from his party in Mumbai.
BJP President Nitin Gadkari is said to have sought legal action against IAC activist Anjali Damania, who has levelled allegations against the BJP chief over the irrigation scam. Damania claims she met Gadkari thrice to discuss the irrigation scam but he had di...
Newshour | Whistleblower in the irrigation scam Anjali Damania has leveled some serious allegations against BJP president Nitin Gadkari. Gadkari however remains stoically silent about the issue. She has accused him of having business links with several NCP le...
News Night | Whistleblower in the irrigation scam Anjali Damania has levelled some serious allegations against BJP president Nitin Gadkari. She has not only accused him of having business links with several NCP leaders, she has also said that he tried to hush ...
The BJP has served a legal notice to RTI activist Anjali Damania for her 'baseless' allegations. Anjali accused BJP President Nitin Gadkari of intentionally turning a blind eye to the massive irrigation scam, although he had full knowledge of what was going on...
Following recent allegation of corruption in the irrigation scam, BJP president Nitin Gadkari's second term is under contention. Whistleblower Anjali Damania has named him in the irrigation scam stating that Gadkari refused to pursue charges against NCP leader...
BJP leaders come out in defense of the party and Nitin Gadkari, after whistleblower Anjali Damania alleged that Gadkari tried to hush the irrigation scam up. BJP leader Vinod Tawde says that the BJP has been raising the irrigation issue against Ajit Pawar sinc...
Eknath Khadse, BJP leader, reacts to whistleblower Anjali Damania's allegations on the irrigation scam. Anjali Damania had earlier alleged that Nitin Gadkari tried to suppress the scam and that the BJP had an understanding with the NCP in this issue. According...
Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief Manikrao Thakre responds to the political crisis in the State and says that all issues will be resolved amicably with the NCP. He also says that so far no complaints have been received against the CM Prithvir...
Following the resignation of Ajit Pawar, the Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan convenes a meeting with the State legislators. MPCC chief Manikrao Thakre however has underplayed the meeting and has said that no political decisions will be made, and that it is on...
Whistleblower Anjali Damania has named Nitin Gadkari in the irrigation scam stating that Gadkari refused to pursue charges against NCP leaders and Ministers. The leader has announced that he would file a case against Anjali Damania for tarnishing his reputatio...
The BJP denies India Against Corruption activist Anjali Damania's allegations against Nitin Gadkari. Anjali has accused the BJP President of intentionally turning a blind eye to the irrigation scam due to his professional relationship with the NCP Chief. She a...
MPCC chief Manikrao Thakre calls for a party executive meeting at Tilak Bhavan, which will commence soon after Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's meeting with the State's legislators ends. Chavan has announced a whitepaper on the irrigation scam even as Congre...
The BJP has rejected all allegations made by IAC activist Anjali Damania against Nitin Gadkari, calling them baseless. The Maharashtra Chief Minister, Prithviraj Chavan, will now hold a legislator's meeting in connection with the massive irrigation scam, to co...
A feud has broken out over the BJP's alleged involvement in the massive irrigation scam. The debate was sparked by RTI activist Anjali Damania, who accused BJP president Nitin Gadkari of intentionally staying mum on the Maharashtra irrigation scam issue. Anjal...
The Congress has ruled out any change of changing Prithviraj Chavan from the state leadership. The party feels that the resignation of Pawar and the crisis after this, is just a state-wide issue and it has nothing to do with the Centre. Meanwhile, the NCP supr...
After RTI activist, Anjali Damania allegedly accused BJP president Nitin Gadkari for intentionally staying quiet on the Maharashtra irrigation scam issue, a feud over BJP's involvement in the scam has begun. Anjali alleges that when she had approached him, he ...
India against Corruption activist Anjali Damania, has accused Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari of intentionally staying quiet on the irrigation scam. Anjali alleges that Gadkari refuses to budge on the issue because of his ongoing business relati...
In what can be called as a new twist to the Maharashtra irrigation scam, India against Corruption (IAC) activist Anjali Damania, who has fought illegal dams with the Right to Information (RTI) Act says that Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari said h...
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will meet Congress MLAs at 3 PM to discuss the political situation in Maharashtra. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) members were protesting outside the venue of the NCP legislators meet in support of Ajit Pawar,...
Newshour | While much has been discussed about the political fallout of Ajit Pawar's resignation, no one seems to be talking about the scam itself. Should the government just stop this political drama and just accept Pawar's resignation? Shouldn't the focus be...
Centrestage | While the political fallout of Ajit Pawar's resignation has been debated, the irrigation scam in itself has not been given too much importance. As the extent of the scam is being unearthed, it is estimated that it could eventually cross Rs 1 lakh...
Centrestage | In an open revolt against Sharad Pawar, Ajit Pawar's loyalists state that they will resign too to express solidarity. Now, if this happens, it would be a huge test of Sharad Pawar's authority in the party. However, Sharad Pawar's daughter, Supriy...
Ajit Pawar's resignation has sent ripples through the NCP both at the State and Centre. Many think that Ajit Pawar's resignation could be a way to take on his uncle Sharad Pawar. However, Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule thinks otherwise. She states that t...
The whistleblower in the irrigation scam, Anjali Damania, expresses unhappiness over how the Pawar family is turning this into an NCP-Congress fight. She says that hundreds of farmers in the State have been left landless and homeless, but the resignation drama...
Anjali Damania, the whistleblower in the Maharashtra irrigation scam, speaks to the media and says that it is important that Ajit Pawar's resignation is accepted. She also adds that the unnecessary importance is being given to the political crisis, and that th...
BJP leader Gopinath Munde denies allegations that the party is going slow and lying low in the Maharashtra irrigation scam. Munde states that it was the BJP that demanded the resignation of Ajit Pawar in the first place. BJP has also submitted enough proof in ...
NCP leader Sharad Pawar categorically states that there is no question of withdrawing support from Congress. Speaking on the mass resignations of NCP leaders, he says that when a leader quits, party members react, but it is up to the senior leadership of the p...
The chief engineer who blew the lid off the Rs 72,000 crore irrigation scam, Vijay Pandhre, speaks to the media about how he uncovered the scam. He was the first official to uncover the extent and the modus operandi of the scam.
The NCP chief Sharad Pawar is expected to arrive in Mumbai on Friday to end the crisis within the party. If the NCP central leadership is to be believed, the Maharashtra coalition government faces no threat as the NCP has no plan to withdraw support for the go...
Information and Broadcasting minister Ambika Soni assures that the Congress party will back whatever decision the NCP Chief Sharad Pawar is likely to take following Ajit Singh's resignation.