Maha Vikas Aghadi finally agrees to back Sharad Pawar for Rajya SabhaIn a strategic maneuver, the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition has unanimously decided to put forward Sharad Pawar as their candidate for the Raj...
05 Mar, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
Pawar’s Rajya Sabha play grabs spotlight amid Congress doubtsMaha Vikas Aghadi partners are not united on sending Sharad Pawar to the Rajya Sabha. Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray Sena and NCP-SP support th...
19 Feb, 2026, 11.51 PM IST
Rohit Pawar seeks Civil Aviation Minister's removal till Ajit Pawar plane-crash probe endsNCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar has called for the Civil Aviation Minister's resignation. He demands a thorough investigation into the plane crash...
18 Feb, 2026, 02.04 PM IST
Ajit Pawar 'compelled' to leave undivided NCP, was to lead party post merger: Shashikant ShindeMaharashtra NCP (SP) president Shashikant Shinde claimed “manoeuvres by invisible forces, threats, and a web of false allegations” led late...
13 Feb, 2026, 06.49 PM IST
NCP president Sunil Tatkare: No haste in Sunetra Pawar's election as NCP legislature party leaderMaharashtra NCP president Sunil Tatkare has defended the election of Sunetra Pawar as the party's legislature leader. He questioned the tim...
06 Feb, 2026, 12.40 PM IST
Which party was to merge with whom? asks MP Sunil Tatkare on NCP merger buzzNCP MP Sunil Tatkare asserts the party's decision to join the BJP-led NDA under the late Ajit Pawar's leadership is final. He calls for cla...
02 Feb, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
NCP(SP) leaders resist pressure to merge with Ajit faction; Sule urges cadre to hold groundThe NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar faction) is grappling with internal pressure to merge with the Ajit Pawar-led NCP and join the NDA, a move res...
11 Jun, 2025, 07.56 AM IST
Nitish Kumar: Master of the art of changing governmentsThe frequent change of platforms -- from secular socialist to aligning with a right wing party to being upholder of Dalit rights -- may hav...
09 Aug, 2022, 07.05 PM IST
Sharad Pawar questions EVM veracity, says opposition will meet in DelhiPawar said it needed to be figured out what exactly transpired after a voter pressed the button against the name of a party candidate of hi...
10 Jun, 2019, 06.30 PM IST
NDA crosses 100 in House of Elders as BJP pockets AIADMK and JDUHowever, the combined anti-NDA Opposition still has a numerical upper hand in the House with 117 seats.
24 Aug, 2017, 12.54 AM IST
Grand Alliance formation underway at national level: Tariq AnwarOn the raging debate over the triple talaq issue, Anwar accused PM Narendra Modi of raising it from time to time to deflect attention from ...
30 Apr, 2017, 07.06 PM IST
Congress steers clears of Sharad Pawar's unity comments"I don't think it is proper to comment on an individual's comments," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said as he steered clear of rea...
01 May, 2015, 11.24 PM IST
Merge NCP with Congress, we will remove Prithviraj Chavan as Maharashtra chief minister, says AICC to Sharad PawarThe Cong leadership has conveyed to Pawar that Chavan’s removal before the Oct assembly polls could be considered if NCP was ready to merge...
12 Jul, 2014, 03.24 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls: BJP running out of allies not Congress, says Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi today dismissed as mere "projection" the suggestion that no allies are coming to Congress.
26 Mar, 2014, 06.41 PM IST
Third Front doomed? Nine similar, unlikely, outrageous alliances in the pastSuffice it to say that a Third Front is unlikely. And even if it would be formed, it would be doomed from the very outset.
03 Nov, 2013, 12.32 PM IST
Pawar will be ready to become PM in case of a consensus: PatelNCP leader Praful Patel feels that Sharad Pawar will be certainly ready to become the Prime Minister if there is a consensus on the issue.
03 Mar, 2013, 11.24 AM IST
- NCP makes veiled pitch for Third Front
The Nationalist Congress Party, a key constituent of the UPA government at the Centre, has made a strong case for "secular, democratic and ...
18 Sep, 2006, 02.03 AM IST