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BJP’s Vinod Tawde sends ₹100-crore defamation notice to Rahul Gandhi, Kharge

Tawde also asked Kharge, Gandhi and Shrinate to tender unconditional apology by publishing it on the front pages of English, Hindi and Marathi newspapers

BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde speaks to the media on allegations of distributing cash during Maharashtra assembly elections. (ANI Photo)

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Updated on Nov 23, 2024 09:24 AM IST

BySurendra P Gangan

Cash-for-votes row: Vinod Tawde sends defamation notices to Kharge, Rahul

BJP leader Vinod Tawde is accused of distributing money to voters in a constituency in Maharashtra's Palghar district, a day before voting.

BJP leader Vinod Tawde tries to explain the case to the media after BVA workers gheraoed him for allegedly distributing cash to influence voters a day before Maharashtra Assembly polls, at a hotel in Virar near Mumbai.(PTI)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2024 05:07 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Maharashtra polls: BJP's Vinod Tawde embroiled in cash-for-votes scandal

BJP's Vinod Tawde faces FIRs for alleged voter bribery ahead of Maharashtra elections, amid protests and cash recovery claims. He denies wrongdoing

Vinod Tawde interacts with mediapersons outside his residence in Vile Parle. (Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Nov 20, 2024 08:57 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik, Megha Sood

On poll eve, Vinod Tawde caught in row over ‘cash-for-votes’

The Election Commission’s flying squad was called in and recovered ₹9.93 lakh from three rooms booked in Rajan Naik’s name.

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Updated on Nov 20, 2024 05:00 AM IST

ByYogesh Naik, Megha Sood, Mumbai

BJP leader Vinod Tawde fights fire amid cash-for-votes row

Vinod Tawde, a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and former Maharashtra minister, has once again found himself at the centre of a controversy

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Published on Nov 20, 2024 12:10 AM IST

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‘Note jihad’: Uddhav Thackeray's scathing jibe at BJP over cash-for-votes row

Maharashtra Deputy CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis backed Vinod Tawde.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray during a rally.
(ANI file photo)

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Published on Nov 19, 2024 09:52 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

BJP says cash distribution allegation against Tawde shows Oppn’s frustration

The BJP said aid the opposition seems to have gauged their loss, which is why they have been floating conspiracy theories

BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi. (ANI)

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Published on Nov 19, 2024 08:01 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Maharashtra cash-for-vote row: Police find ₹9.93 lakh in hotel

BVA leader Hitendra Thakur accused Vinod Tawde of distributing ₹five crore to woo voters, a day before the Maharashtra assembly elections.

Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) candidate Kshitij Thakur (holding a bag) with supporters after they gheraod BJP leader Vinod Tawde.(PTI)

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Updated on Nov 19, 2024 09:06 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

'Let them get CCTV footage': What BJP's Vinod Tawde said on cash-for-vote row

Vinod Tawde said he was discussing the Model Code of Conduct on the premises.

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Updated on Nov 19, 2024 03:36 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

BVA accuses BJP's Tawde of carrying ₹5cr to ‘buy’ votes; he denies charges

BVA members, led by Hitendra Thakur, and Nalla Sopara MLA Kshitij Thakur, alleged that BJP's Vinod Tawde was attempting to distribute money for votes

The two parties clashed at Le Vivanta in Virar East

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Updated on Nov 19, 2024 03:21 PM IST

ByYogesh Naik, Surendra P Gangan, Swapnasaurabha Kulshreshtha

BJP to launch membership drive next week

The drive will be launched with Prime Minister Narendra Modi getting the certificate for the renewal of his membership from BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda

The BJP this month set a target of enrolling at least 100 million new members. (X)

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Published on Aug 27, 2024 12:49 PM IST

BySmriti Kak Ramachandran

BJP targets 100 million members in fresh drive from September 1

The decision was taken at a meeting of the party’s national and state office bearers on Saturday.

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Updated on Aug 18, 2024 02:02 AM IST

BySmriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi

Mumbai’s Aqua Line to start from Jul 24, says MyGovIndia on X; then hits delete

There was no formal word from MMRCL set up to implement Mumbai Metro Line–3 project on the launch of the first phase

JICA signed the 5th and last loan agreement of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>4,474 crores with the GoI for the Mumbai Metro 3 earlier this month (X/CR_JICAIndia)

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Updated on Jul 17, 2024 04:59 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Aqua Line: Mumbai’s first underground Metro from July 24 | Check route, cost

BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde said Mumbai's first underground Metro - the Aqua Line – will be operational from July 24.

Mumbai's first underground metro - the Aqua Line will cover a 33.5 km route from Aarey Colony to Cuffe Parade (Photo by Vijay Bate/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Jul 17, 2024 03:36 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Eknath Khadse's return to BJP shows Maharashtra class of 2019 is back in action

Many frontline BJP leaders fell out of favour by the end of the BJP-led state government’s tenure by 2019

Eknath Khadse had been sidelined in the last LS election. (Photo by Kunal Patil/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Apr 08, 2024 08:33 AM IST

ByShailesh Gaikwad

Former IAF chief joins BJP, lauds govt for taking ‘tough steps’

Bhadauria, who retired from service in September 2021, thanked the party leadership for giving him the opportunity to “contribute to nation-building once again”

Former chief of air staff, Air Chief Marshal (retd) RKS Bhadauria joins BJP in the presence of Union minister Anurag Thakur, in New Delhi (Sanchit Khanna/ H)

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Updated on Mar 25, 2024 02:34 AM IST

ByAkshita Kumari, New Delhi

Sita Soren, Hemant Soren's sister-in-law, joins BJP after quitting JMM

Sita Soren resigns: The former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's sister-in-law and JMM MLA joined the BJP at party headquarters in New Delhi.

JMM legislator Sita Soren being felicitated by BJP leaders Vinod Tawde and Laxmikant Bajpai as she joins the party in New Delhi on Tuesday.(PTI)

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Updated on Mar 19, 2024 03:23 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

In Delhi, BJP announces 5 names for LS seats, drops 4 sitting MPs

East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir posted on X that he has requested party national president to relieve him of political duties as he wanted to focus on cricket

The five BJP candidates for Delhi announced on Saturday: (clockwise from top left) Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Manoj Tiwari, Praveen Khandelwal, Kamaljeet Sehrawat, and Bansuri Swaraj. (ANI)

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Updated on Mar 03, 2024 04:23 AM IST

ByAlok KN Mishra

Amit Shah strategises for Lok Sabha polls with Maha BJP-Sena leaders

Chief minister Eknath Shinde, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, BJP state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, city unit chief Ashish Shelar and other key leaders were among those who met Shah. After his arrival at Mumbai Airport around 8 pm on Saturday

After his arrival at Mumbai Airport around 8 pm on Saturday, Shah went to senior party leader Vinod Tawde’s residence at Vile Parle to pay homage to his mother, Vijaya, who passed away early this week. From there he headed to the Sahyadri guesthouse and held meetings with party leaders till late on Saturday. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 16, 2023 12:41 AM IST

BySurendra P Gangan

Former Maha minister Vinod Tawde named BJP’s national general secretary

The Maratha leader was appointed as secretary and made in-charge of Haryana last year, after he was almost sidelined during the state assembly polls in 2019 when he was denied party ticket

Vinod Tawde (59) was appointed as the national general secretary by BJP’s national president JP Nadda on Sunday. (Archive)

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Updated on Nov 22, 2021 02:55 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Mumbai

In BJP’s candidate list for Maharashtra polls, tickets for turncoats

It is not clear whether these senior leaders have been dropped on performance parameters or if they will be included in the next list.

The party has repeated around 52 of its sitting legislators and included 12 women candidates in the list. Majority of the turncoats, who joined the BJP ahead of the polls from the Opposition have been given tickets.(Kunal Patil/HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 02, 2019 06:40 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByKetaki Ghoge

Maharashtra polls: How will irrigation woes affect drought-hit state?

Six years down the line, the investigation into the irregularities continues to move at a slow pace, after the anti-corruption bureau filed cases against contractors and officials, and a few cases in the high court.

After the severe drought that prevailed for more than eight months starting November last year, farmers in western Maharashtra, Konkan and Vidarbha witnessed downpour over the past two months.(AP)

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Updated on Sep 28, 2019 04:40 AM IST

Mumbai | BySurendra P Gangan, Mumbai

Saffronising the study in Mumbai University

The centre is named after Balvant (Bal) Apte, the late lawyer, Rajya Sabha MP and ideologue of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

The University of Mumbai will set up a new study centre for short-term courses and a PhD degree in comparative studies of student and youth movements across the world(Representational photo)

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Updated on Aug 22, 2019 01:19 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySmruti Koppikar

Work on Mumbai University’s ₹25-cr centre to study youth movements begins

The ceremony was performed by RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosbale and was attended by state higher education minister Vinod Tawde.

Tawde said the new centre will impart the training which the members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) get.(HT image)

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Updated on Aug 20, 2019 03:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByMusab Qazi

Student elections to be held after Maharashtra Assembly polls

State higher and technical education minister Vinod Tawde said the student council elections will be held after Assembly polls.

Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray at the Trimbakeshwar Temple in Nashik on Saturday.

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Updated on Aug 08, 2019 04:48 AM IST

Mumbai | ByFaisal Malik

Maharashtra student elections deferred: State education minister Vinod Tawde

State higher education minister Vinod Tawde announced in the cabinet that the Universities Act will be amended to empower the cabinet to postpone the student council elections in the event of the schedule of state elections overlapping or due to any law and order situation or natural calamities.

The student council elections which were scheduled to be conducted in September have now been postponed by the Maharashtra state cabinet on Wednesday due to the forthcoming state assembly elections.

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Updated on Aug 08, 2019 04:27 PM IST

Pune | ByDheeraj Bengrut

Maratha students can get admission without caste validity certificates

In November last year, Maharashtra decided to give 16% quota to Maratha community in government jobs and education by bringing in the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act.

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has decided that providing caste validity certificates will not be mandatory for Maratha students in this academic year.(Kunal Patil/HT File Photo)

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Published on Jun 27, 2019 01:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByHT Correspondent

Maharashtra cabinet reshuffle: Vikhe Patil gets housing portfolio

While introducing new faces into his cabinet, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has also reshuffled portfolios held by some senior ministers

Newly sworn in minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil with his son, Sujay Vikhe Patil, at Raj Bhavan on Sunday.(Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 17, 2019 08:34 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

More seats, less FYJC chaos? Maharashtra govt mulls new solution

The move comes a day after Yuva Sena chief Aditya Thackeray met chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to discuss the issue and suggested addition of seats as one of the remedies to the existing chaos

Education minister Vinod Tawde on Thursday said CBSE, ICSE have responded positively to their demand for segregated marks.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 14, 2019 12:22 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAnkita Bhatkhande, Mumbai

Maharashtra government may ask CBSE, ICSE to drop internal marks

The government will now send the proposal to the human resources development (HRD) ministry and the boards concerned for their nod

Students wait to apply for re-evaluation in Vashi.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 11, 2019 11:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAnkita Bhatkhande

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Tawde also asked Kharge, Gandhi and Shrinate to tender unconditional apology by publishing it on the front pages of English, Hindi and Marathi newspapers

BJP leader Vinod Tawde is accused of distributing money to voters in a constituency in Maharashtra's Palghar district, a day before voting.

BJP's Vinod Tawde faces FIRs for alleged voter bribery ahead of Maharashtra elections, amid protests and cash recovery claims. He denies wrongdoing

The Election Commission’s flying squad was called in and recovered ₹9.93 lakh from three rooms booked in Rajan Naik’s name.

Vinod Tawde, a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and former Maharashtra minister, has once again found himself at the centre of a controversy

Maharashtra Deputy CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis backed Vinod Tawde.

The BJP said aid the opposition seems to have gauged their loss, which is why they have been floating conspiracy theories

BVA leader Hitendra Thakur accused Vinod Tawde of distributing ₹five crore to woo voters, a day before the Maharashtra assembly elections.

Vinod Tawde said he was discussing the Model Code of Conduct on the premises.

BVA members, led by Hitendra Thakur, and Nalla Sopara MLA Kshitij Thakur, alleged that BJP's Vinod Tawde was attempting to distribute money for votes

The drive will be launched with Prime Minister Narendra Modi getting the certificate for the renewal of his membership from BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda

The decision was taken at a meeting of the party’s national and state office bearers on Saturday.

There was no formal word from MMRCL set up to implement Mumbai Metro Line–3 project on the launch of the first phase

BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde said Mumbai's first underground Metro - the Aqua Line – will be operational from July 24.

Many frontline BJP leaders fell out of favour by the end of the BJP-led state government’s tenure by 2019

Bhadauria, who retired from service in September 2021, thanked the party leadership for giving him the opportunity to “contribute to nation-building once again”

Sita Soren resigns: The former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's sister-in-law and JMM MLA joined the BJP at party headquarters in New Delhi.

East Delhi MP Gautam Gambhir posted on X that he has requested party national president to relieve him of political duties as he wanted to focus on cricket

Chief minister Eknath Shinde, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, BJP state unit chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, city unit chief Ashish Shelar and other key leaders were among those who met Shah. After his arrival at Mumbai Airport around 8 pm on Saturday

The Maratha leader was appointed as secretary and made in-charge of Haryana last year, after he was almost sidelined during the state assembly polls in 2019 when he was denied party ticket

It is not clear whether these senior leaders have been dropped on performance parameters or if they will be included in the next list.

Six years down the line, the investigation into the irregularities continues to move at a slow pace, after the anti-corruption bureau filed cases against contractors and officials, and a few cases in the high court.

The centre is named after Balvant (Bal) Apte, the late lawyer, Rajya Sabha MP and ideologue of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

The ceremony was performed by RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosbale and was attended by state higher education minister Vinod Tawde.

State higher and technical education minister Vinod Tawde said the student council elections will be held after Assembly polls.

State higher education minister Vinod Tawde announced in the cabinet that the Universities Act will be amended to empower the cabinet to postpone the student council elections in the event of the schedule of state elections overlapping or due to any law and order situation or natural calamities.

In November last year, Maharashtra decided to give 16% quota to Maratha community in government jobs and education by bringing in the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) Act.

While introducing new faces into his cabinet, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has also reshuffled portfolios held by some senior ministers

The move comes a day after Yuva Sena chief Aditya Thackeray met chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to discuss the issue and suggested addition of seats as one of the remedies to the existing chaos

The government will now send the proposal to the human resources development (HRD) ministry and the boards concerned for their nod

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