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New Delhi, March 11 – BJP MP Nishikant Dubey launched a sharp attack on the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday for aligning with the Congress in the INDIA Bloc, sharing what he described as a 1969 parliamentary document that allegedly referred to a conspiracy to assassinate Shiv Sena founder Bal...

New Delhi, March 9 NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar and Union minister Ramdas Athawale were among the 26 candidates elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha on Monday.After the last date for withdrawal of nominations, elections for the 11 seats in the Upper House – five in Bihar, four in Odisha, and...

Mumbai, March 9 Six candidates from the ruling Mahayuti alliance, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde, and Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi nominee Sharad Pawar, were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra on Monday.With seven candidates in...

Patna, March 9 Bihar's Congress unit on Monday criticised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to join the Rajya Sabha, saying that "the JD(U) supremo has been digitally arrested by the BJP."Speaking to reporters here, Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) president Rajesh Ram said, "The...

Mumbai, March 7 – Following his unopposed re-election to the Rajya Sabha, former Union Minister and NCP-SP President Sharad Pawar, on Saturday, issued a heartfelt letter expressing his deep gratitude towards the people of Maharashtra.Due to ongoing health concerns and medical advice to rest...

Mumbai, March 7 Due to coalition politics, the Shiv Sena (UBT) was forced to announce its support for Sharad Pawar for the single winnable Rajya Sabha seat, and has now virtually staked its claim for the "sure-shot" seat that the MVA can win in the legislative council elections for Uddhav...

Mumbai, March 6 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said on Friday that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) reached a consensus on fielding NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar for the Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra only after he sought clarifications on the proposed merger of the two Nationalist...

Pune, March 5 After filing his nomination papers on Thursday for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar thanked the people of Maharashtra for giving him another opportunity to serve in the Upper House of Parliament.On the last day of filing nominations for the March...

New Delhi, March 5 – Nitish Kumar, the longest-serving chief minister of Bihar, and BJP president Nitin Nabin are set to be elected to the Rajya Sabha unopposed, along with NCP-SP supremo and veteran politician Sharad Pawar, who will return to the upper house after filing his nomination papers...

Mumbai, March 5 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, said on Thursday that by nominating Jyoti Waghmare as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the party has sent a message to its workers that hard work is not unnoticed.Shinde also said...

Mumbai, March 5: Six candidates from the Mahayuti alliance, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde, along with opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) nominee and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, filed their nominations on Thursday for the seven Rajya Sabha seats...

Mumbai, March 5 Six candidates from the ruling Mahayuti alliance, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and BJP leader Vinod Tawde, and opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi nominee Sharad Pawar, are set to be elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha.On the last day of filing nominations for the March...

Mumbai, March 5 Two members of Maharashtra's politically influential Pawar family are set to become Rajya Sabha members from the state simultaneously, with veteran politician Sharad Pawar and his grandnephew Parth, son of late Ajit Pawar, being in the fray from rival camps.Both of them filed...

Mumbai, March 5 Six candidates from the Mahayuti alliance, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and BJP leader Vinod Tawde, along with opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi nominee Sharad Pawar, filed their nominations on Thursday for the seven Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra that will become...

New Delhi, March 5: The process for filing nominations for the biennial elections to the Council of States, Rajya Sabha, will begin on Thursday, with candidates set to contest 37 seats in the Upper House.The Election Commission of India (ECI) had on February 18 announced the schedule for the...

Mumbai, March 4 – NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) Working President and MP Supriya Sule thanked the leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Wednesday for extending their support to party chief Sharad Pawar, who will contest the Rajya Sabha election from Maharashtra. The polling is scheduled for...

Mumbai, March 4 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar is set to get a fresh term in the Rajya Sabha after the Congress on Wednesday declared support to him as the opposition bloc's candidate from Maharashtra for the lone seat it can win in the March 16 polls to the Upper House of...

Mumbai, March 4 – After intense deliberations, the Congress announced its support for NCP-SP chief and former Union Minister Sharad Pawar in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for March 16.The announcement was made at a press conference by state Congress president Harshwardhan...

Mumbai, March 4 The Congress declared its support for Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate for Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra, where the opposition bloc is in a position to win one of the seven seats falling vacant.AICC general...

Mumbai, March 4 Senior NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil ruled out the possibility of a merger between the two factions of the Nationalist Congress Party on Wednesday and admitted that talks had stopped after NCP chief Ajit Pawar was killed in a plane crash.He asserted that the issue of...