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NEW DELHI: Senior NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that discussions on a possible merger of the two Nationalist Congress Party factions were held between Ajit Pawar and Jayant Patil, and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had no right to talk about it. Asserting that he was happy that Sunetra Pawar had been sworn…
MUMBAI: Parth Pawar, the elder son of late NCP leader Ajit Pawar, was overcome with emotion during ceremonial prayers held at the party office on Sunday, where his father’s ashes were brought for rituals. Visibly distressed, Parth was seen holding and hugging Ajit Pawar’s empty chair, breaking down as he paid tribute to his father.The…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra’s first woman deputy CM Sunetra Pawar continues to face legal scrutiny in the Rs 25,000 crore Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank (MSCB) scam, where ED had, in its charge sheet, mentioned her along with Ajit Pawar. The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police granted the couple a clean chit, but ED objected to the…
She Gets All Of Ajit’s Portfolios Except Finance The “merger talks” between the Ajit Pawar-led NCP and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) appear to be on the backburner now following Sunetra Pawar’s appointment as deputy CM.Sharad Pawar’s statement that he was not aware of Sunetra Pawar’s swearing-in and that “it is their internal decision” confirms…
Mumbai: Sunetra Pawar, 62, was sworn in as the first woman deputy chief minister of Maharashtra on Saturday evening, replacing her husband Ajit Pawar just three days after his death in an air crash. The ceremony had an emotional touch, with workers of Ajit’s NCP raising slogans of ‘Ajit Pawar Amar Rahe’ and ‘Ekach Vaada,…
Mumbai: European aviation regulator EASA (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) suspended its third country operator authorisation of Indian charter operator VSR Ventures more than a year ago, citing a “Level 1” safety finding after the company failed to provide documents and information repeatedly sought in the Sept 2023 Learjet 45 accident in Mumbai.EASA had also…
NEW DELHI: In Shakespeare’s classic Hamlet, the protagonist is torn by a dilemma over avenging his father’s death by killing his uncle Claudius. A similar Hamletian dilemma appears to have gripped Sharad Pawar over the merger of the two factions of the NCP after his nephew Ajit Pawar’s death in a plane crash.While talking to…
Sunetra Pawar sworn in as Maharashtra deputy chief minister NEW DELHI: By electing Sunetra Pawar as its legislative party leader and subsequently elevating her as Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister—the first woman to hold the post—just three days after the untimely demise of Ajit Pawar, the NCP has swiftly filled two of the three positions held…
Maharashtra politics has rarely been short of convulsions, but even by the state’s turbulent standards, the untimely demise of deputy chief minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar in the January 28 plane crash has thrown up a new challenge to the coastal state’s already fragile political equilibrium. The loss of Ajit ‘Dada’…
NEW DELHI: Minutes after taking oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, Sunetra Pawar on Saturday said that she will “carry forward the legacy” of her late husband Ajit Pawar and “continue to work tirelessly” for Maharashtra.In her first public reaction after Ajit Pawar’s death in a fatal plane crash, Sunetra said that she…
