Ajit Pawar
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Rajiv Gandhi had ‘Mr Clean’ image, PM Modi enjoys same reputation: Ajit Pawar
Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said late Rajiv Gandhi was known as `Mr Clean’, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi enjoys the same reputation. Pawar, who split the Nationalist Congress…
- India
NCP split: Jayant Patil, Tatkare hug each other in Maha legislature complex
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party leaders Jayant Patil and Sunil Tatkare, who now belong to rival factions headed by Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar, respectively, on Monday hugged each other and shared a…
- India
Raigad: Irshalwadi hillslide toll mounts to 16; 22 rescued, 80 still trapped
Raigad: Working non-stop for nearly 20 hours, rescue teams have recovered 16 bodies and saved 22 injured persons, who were crushed when a portion of a 550 mt hillock crashed on a…
- India
Ajit Pawar, other Maha NCP ministers meet Sharad Pawar in Mumbai
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar along with some other ministers from his Nationalist Congress Party camp met NCP president Sharad Pawar in Mumbai on Sunday, a close associate of the deputy…
- India
Will meet PM Modi on July 18, discuss issues of farmers with him, says Ajit Pawar
Nashik: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday said he is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 18 and will raise the issues faced by farmers in the…
- Mumbai
Maha: NCP ministers given portfolios, Ajit Pawar gets finance
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar was given the Finance and Planning portfolio on Friday, nearly two weeks after he broke away from the original party and took oath as Maharashtra’s…
- Mumbai
Shinde faction may not find place in Maha cabinet expansion: Shiv Sena (UBT)
Mumbai: The ruling Shiv Sena in Maharashtra on Thursday said the state cabinet’s expansion and allocation of portfolios are most likely to happen on July 14, but the rival faction of the…
- India
Portfolio tussle: NCP’s Ajit Pawar, Praful Patel meet Amit Shah, BJP leaders
New Delhi: NCP leaders Ajit Pawar and Praful Patel met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and senior BJP leaders late on Wednesday night amid a tussle over the allocation of portfolios to…
- India
We have aligned with BJP, but not abandoned our ‘ideology’: Bhujbal
Pune: Maharashtra cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal has said though they have aligned with the Bharatiya Janata Party, they have not abandoned their “ideology”, and criticised NCP founder Sharad Pawar for changing his…
- Opinions
Will Sharad Pawar eventually win the war to reclaim his party and reputation?
The Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar claims he is neither ‘tired nor retired’ at 82. Undeterred by the recent political crisis in his party, the Grand old man has begun to…
- India
Waiting to see how BJP handles its new ‘riff-raffs’: Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai: A week after Ajit Pawar led a split in the NCP and joined the Eknath Shinde-BJP government in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said he is waiting…
- India
‘I’m not tired, not retired…’: Sharad Pawar on Ajit Pawar’s ‘retirement’ remark
Nashik: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday replied to Ajit Pawar’s retirement remark against him and said that he is neither tired nor retired. He is dedicated to his…
- India
Ministerial aspirants are sad, it has become `crowded’ now: Nitin Gadkari
Nagpur: In an apparent comment on the current political situation in Maharashtra, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said those who were aspiring to become ministers are now sad as the field…
- Mumbai
Ajit Pawar faction appoints Narendra Rane as Mumbai NCP president
Mumbai: The Ajit Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday appointed Narendra Rane as the president of the party’s Mumbai unit. This is one of first appointments made by…