Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and NCP Chief Sharad Pawar. Photo: Emmanual Yogini | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini NCP (SP) head Sharad Pawar has said he has spoken to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on efforts to normalise the social tension gripping Beed and Parbhani after the murder of a sarpanch and death of a Dalit … Read more
“Saheb is definitely hurt that importance was given to personal political ambitions over the family,” says Vitthal Maniar, 86, sitting in his office in a crowded lane of Nana Peth in Maharashtra’s Pune. Saheb is Maniar’s college friend and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, who turned 84 on December 12, 2024. Maniar had fought and lost a college … Read more
Nationalist Congress Party [NCP] [SP] chief Sharadchandra Pawar | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini After the inauguration of Tata Aircraft Complex in Vadodara, Gujarat, on Monday, the Opposition criticised the ruling Mahayuti government, accusing it of pulling out all development projects out of Maharashtra and taking them to Gujarat. Nationalist Congress Party [NCP] [SP] chief … Read more
Ajit Pawar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has raised the cases of “young people dying due to stress”, referring to the death of a 26-year-old Ernst & Young employee in Pune, allegedly because of extreme work pressure. Mr. Pawar, who is the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, said in … Read more
Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he had already admitted his mistake over the electoral contest between his wife Sunetra and cousin Supriya Sule. File | Photo Credit: PTI Noting that society doesn’t like rifts in families, NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he had already admitted his mistake, an apparent … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Ajit Pawar said that their primary objective is to bring the Mahayuti alliance to power with a majority, and the decision on the Chief Minister will be taken later. “But one thing is certain—the Chief Minister will be from Mahayuti,” he said. Mr. Pawar, who … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar address a press conference. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde held a late night meeting with Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar after which some State BJP leaders left for Delhi for a review meeting, sources said … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday took full responsibility for the NCP’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls and asserted the defeat in Baramati, viewed as a prestige battle, was surprising. The NCP won just one seat (Raigad) while it lost the prestige battle in Baramati, where NCP(SP) sitting MP Supriya Sule … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. File | Photo Credit: PTI Even as Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Friday tried to dissuade Vijay Shivtare, a senior leader of his Sena faction, from contesting the Baramati Lok Sabha seat, Mr. Shivtare remained firm on entering the poll fray as an Independent. A … Read more
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra’s gross state domestic product (GSDP) was expected to grow by 10% in FY 2024-25 and the government was committed to ensure that revenue deficit doesn’t cross the prescribed limit, Finance Minister Ajit Pawar told the Legislative Assembly on Friday. The GSDP, which was … Read more