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Shinde tried to join Cong few years ago: Sanjay Raut
Raut’s claims come a day after Congress leader Nana Patole invited deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar to join them and take the chief minister’s post on rotational basis.
Published on Mar 16, 2025 07:06 AM IST
Maharashtra polls: Congress’s Prithviraj Chavan eyes third term in South Karad
The constituency has a strong Congress legacy, with veteran leaders Yashwantrao Mohite and Vilasrao Patil Undalkar previously holding the seat
Updated on Nov 08, 2024 06:02 AM IST
Maharashtra polls: Fadnavis, Prithviraj say irrigation scam probe against Ajit initiated by RR Patil
The deputy chief minister’s comments come as RR Patil’s son, Rohit Patil, contests the upcoming assembly elections under the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) against NCP candidate Sanjay Kaka Patil
Updated on Oct 31, 2024 07:26 AM IST
Monkeypox: Prithviraj Chavan demands strict testing, quarantine protocol at Mumbai airport
Monkeypox: Prithviraj Chavan demands strict testing, quarantine protocol at Mumbai airport
Published on Aug 18, 2024 08:19 AM IST
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State assures white paper on Dharavi redevelopment project
Mahayuti govt to release white paper on Dharavi Redevelopment Project following allegations of irregularities by former CM. Govt denies corruption claims.
Updated on Jul 10, 2024 09:18 AM IST
Sharad Pawar 'thanks' PM Modi at MVA press conference: ‘Wherever he campaigned…’
Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Prithviraj Chavan, the leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, held a joint press conference in Mumbai.
Updated on Jun 15, 2024 03:54 PM IST
Money power used in Baramati but Supriya Sule will win: Prithviraj Chavan
Former CM Prithviraj Chavan alleges money power used in Baramati LS constituency, predicts Supriya Sule's clear victory. Criticizes BJP's campaign tactics.
Updated on May 08, 2024 07:04 AM IST
PM Modi failed to provide jobs, bring back black money: Prithviraj Chavan
Chavan was in the city on Sunday and campaigned for Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) Lok Sabha candidate Ravindra Dhangekar
Updated on Apr 22, 2024 05:42 AM IST
Siddharth Gadkari
Chavan reacts to ‘what next’ query, Congress says he attended strategy meet
Ashok Chavan said he will reveal his next plan of action in two days.
Published on Feb 12, 2024 04:40 PM IST
Prithviraj Chavan to fight LS polls from Pune or Satara? Congress explores options
Satara Lok Sabha segment is currently represented by Shrinivas Patil of Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction
Updated on Jan 25, 2024 05:56 AM IST
Abhay Khairnar
Fadnavis announces probe into builder-underworld link in MOB case
Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has announced a probe into the alleged nexus between builders, the Dawood gang, and Edelweiss Financial Services in relation to the funding of the gaming app Mahadev Online Book. Fadnavis has also called on Bollywood actors and cricket stars not to endorse online gaming and said that the state government will enact a law to take action against gambling platforms. Edelweiss has dismissed the allegations. The Enforcement Directorate has already registered a case and the Mumbai police have formed an SIT to probe any city links.
Updated on Dec 15, 2023 07:06 AM IST
13 years later, 3 acre prime plot of Yerawada police station in eye of storm
Ajit Pawar, who is now Maharashtra deputy chief minister and in-charge of Pune, had asked her to hand over the said plot of land to the highest bidder
Updated on Oct 16, 2023 06:36 AM IST
Nadeem Inamdar
People stealing identity of leaders who made them: Thackeray reacts to NCP split
Saying that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants to take full control of the country, Thackeray criticised the politics of claiming control of a party by splitting it. Thackeray also attacked prime minister Narendra Modi-led Union government over the situation in the country saying that the Emergency in 1975 was officially declared but now there is an undeclared emergency.
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 12:52 AM IST
Saurabha Kulshreshtha
‘We know what we’re doing’: Sharad Pawar responds to Saamana’s jibe
Sharad Pawar said everybody in the NCP knows how to take the party forward, and they know how new leadership is created in the party
Updated on May 09, 2023 05:39 PM IST
Pawar’s decision will not affect MVA, say Sena (UBT) and Congress
The Shiv Sena and Congress say that Sharad Pawar's resignation as NCP president won't affect the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi unless the party leaves the coalition.
Updated on May 03, 2023 12:30 AM IST
Yogesh Naik, Mumbai
‘Why did Ajit Pawar take oath as minister if…?’, Nana Patole hits back
Patole questioned why Pawar took oath as a minister if he was “unhappy” during Chavan's regime in the state.
Updated on Apr 23, 2023 06:52 AM IST
Ajit says he could be CM “right now”, leaves NCP and MVA guessing
The NCP leader added that Ajit was recently looking forward to being the face of the recently launched MVA rally campaign across the state but Uddhav Thackeray emerged as the common choice, and by that logic, the chief ministerial candidate of the MVA
Updated on Apr 23, 2023 01:02 AM IST
MVA puts up show of unity as Thackeray flays Centre over Adani, Malik
The MVA somewhat succeeded in showing their united strength on the home turf of the RSS through its ‘Vajramuth’ rally. In an apparent challenge to the Sangh Parivar, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and union minister Nitin Gadkari, all the top MVA leaders vowed that their joint front would “finish off” the BJP in the coming elections.
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 01:07 AM IST
The uncle-nephew tussle could be reaching a decisive stage
It is now almost apparent in political circles that senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar is keen to go with BJP.
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 05:03 AM IST
After 20 years, biopic on social reformer Phule still to take off
The Congress-NCP government in 2003 had decided to bring out the biopic on the lines of the one on Dr B. R. Ambedkar. In the past two decades, all the four prominent parties in the state have been in power in different permutations and combinations but not one has taken the effort to make the movie a reality.
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:12 AM IST
Saurabha Kulshreshtha
Navi Mumbai Metro Line 1 to begin operations in April: CIDCO
Navi Mumbai Metro's Line 1, connecting Belapur to Pendhar, is set to become operational this month. The 11.1-km-long stretch will have 11 stations and a car depot for maintenance at Taloja. The project, costing INR 3,063.63 crore, is being funded through internal accruals. The remaining stations are in the final stages of construction. Detailed project reports for Lines 2 and 3 have been approved, while the DPR for Line 4 is on hold.
Updated on Apr 01, 2023 01:11 AM IST
G. Mohiuddin Jeddy
Cong prez poll: G-23 leaders Tewari, Chavan among 30 who back Mallikarjun Kharge
Digvijaya Singh and Ashok Gehlot, who opted out of the race to become the next Congress president, have proposed the candidature of their colleague Mallikarjun Kharge in the party's presidential elections.
Published on Sep 30, 2022 04:12 PM IST
'Told Ghulam Nabi Azad…': Hooda reveals why 3 G-23 leaders met GNA after he quit
While the meeting of the three G-23 leaders with Ghulam Nabi Azad triggered speculations, Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday clarified that the meeting was for a different purpose.
Published on Sep 02, 2022 06:52 AM IST
Cong leader slams Prithviraj Chavan for speaking against Rahul Gandhi on TV
Congress leader Virender Vashisht on Thursday wrote to the party's disciplinary committee head, Tariq Anwar, stating that former Maharashtra chief minister and G-23 member Prithviraj Chavan is making “false statements on TV channels” about internal elections of the grand old party.
Updated on Sep 01, 2022 05:24 PM IST
Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Sohini Goswami
On ‘haven’t met Rahul Gandhi in 4 yrs’ remark, G-23 leader says ‘not necessary…’
Prithviraj Chavan said that he occasionally meets former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he is “always hospitable and ready to talk”. He added that he has met Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi as well whenever he sought time.
Updated on Jun 04, 2022 08:17 PM IST
Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Aryan Prakash, New Delhi
Haven't met Rahul Gandhi in four years: Prithviraj Chavan
Prithviraj Chavan is part of the `G-23, a group of dissident leaders who are pressing for organizational reforms in the grand old party which has suffered one electoral setback after another in the recent years.
Published on Jun 02, 2022 06:33 PM IST
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Prithviraj teaser: Akshay Kumar plays 'Hindustan ka Sher' in first promo
The first teaser of Prithviraj has been released. The film stars Akshay Kumar in the lead while Manushi Chillar makes her acting debut with the film.
Published on Nov 15, 2021 11:21 AM IST
Maharashtra: Congress' Prithviraj Chavan accuses Centre of bias in Covid-19 help
Prithviraj Chavan said information from the Centre itself confirmed this politically biased distribution, adding that Maharashtra, despite having the highest Covid-19 caseload, was facing step-motherly treatment.
Published on Apr 10, 2021 07:39 PM IST
PTI | , Mumbai
Bombay High Court refuses to hear case after lawyer removes mask in courtroom
A single-judge bench of Justice Prithviraj Chavan was on February 22 hearing an appeal matter during which the appellant's advocate removed his mask in the courtroom contrary to guidelines.
Published on Feb 27, 2021 05:48 PM IST
PTI | , Mumbai
‘Won’t let you move around in state’: Congress minister warns dissenters
The letter by dissidents said that the party has witnessed a steady decline reflected in successive electoral verdicts in 2014 and 2019, noting that the reasons were manifold.
Updated on Aug 24, 2020 06:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Faisal Malik