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Mumbai, April 1 Maharashtra NCP chief Sunil Tatkare has said that merger talks between the two NCP factions were underway when then Deputy CM Ajit Pawar was alive, an admission coming weeks after a denial when the Sharad Pawar-led party had acknowledged deliberations on reunification.Tatkare...

Mumbai, April 1 The NCP (SP) on Wednesday demanded a thorough investigation into the alleged links between political leaders and self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat, based on photos of them with him, while Maharashtra minister Aditi Tatkare asserted that these pictures do not imply that the...

Mumbai, April 1 Maharashtra NCP (SP) president Shashikant Shinde on Wednesday dismissed allegations that the Sharad Pawar-led party had given a "contract" to run a smear campaign against the ruling NCP as "baseless and childish".He was reacting to allegations raised by Nationalist Congress...

Mumbai, March 24 – The Maharashtra Legislative Council witnessed a cordial exchange of words on Tuesday as Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and eight other MLCs were given a warm farewell by the Upper House.Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke about his friendship and long association...

Mumbai, March 9 – NCP-SP legislator Rohit Pawar made a series of allegations on Monday regarding the air crash incident involving Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and former NCP Chief, Ajit Pawar.He called for a thorough investigation into whether the incident was a genuine accident or a...

Mumbai, February 26 Maharashtra Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde directed the state government on Thursday to present the facts related to the air crash in which Ajit Pawar died before the House.Raising the issue in the House, NCP (SP) MLC Shashikant Shinde moved an adjournment motion...

Mumbai, February 24 Opposition legislators in Maharashtra staged a protest at the Vidhan Bhavan on Tuesday, demanding the resignation of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Minister Narhari Zirwal over recent bribery allegations involving his office staff at Mantralaya.Protesting MLAs from the...

Mumbai, February 14 – Shashikant Shinde, the Maharashtra unit president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Sharad Pawar, announced on Saturday that the merger is now closed for the party, as Ajit Pawar, who was negotiating it, is no longer alive.“The decision regarding the merger...

Mumbai, February 14 Leaders of the NCP and NCP (SP) on Saturday intensified their attacks on each other regarding the merger process of the two factions, as well as an article written about Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash on January 28.While NCP leader Anand Paranjpe demanded an apology...