US President Donald Trump on Friday signalled dimming prospects of a trade deal with India, posting a cryptic message suggesting that Washington had “lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest China.” Back home, security agencies in Mumbai went on high alert after the Traffic Police received a WhatsApp threat claiming 34 vehicles had been planted…
NEW DELHI: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday urged non-Marathi speakers in Maharashtra to be sensitive and respectful toward the local language. He advised them to acknowledge Marathi and show a willingness to learn it, saying that this simple gesture could help prevent unnecessary conflict amid the growing language tensions in the state.“Nothing will…
PUNE: Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar Saturday said he is not in favour of making Hindi compulsory from Class I, amid calls for a protest march by the estranged Thackeray cousins against the state govt’s April 16 decision to introduce Hindi as the possible third language in govt schools from Class I.“I made my stand…
NEW DELHI: The ongoing rift between Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and his uncle Sharad Pawar has spilled over into the cooperative sector, with both camps entering the fray for the upcoming election to the Malegaon Cooperative Sugar Mill in Baramati.Ajit Pawar, contesting a cooperative sugar mill election after more than four decades, is…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Monday admitted that the state government made a “mistake” in extending financial benefits to all applicants of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana without sufficient scrutiny, attributing the lapse to time constraints ahead of last year’s assembly elections.“We made a mistake of giving the financial benefit…
Ajit Pawar Setback: नागालैंड में राष्ट्रवादी कांग्रेस पार्टी (NCP) के सभी सात विधायक शनिवार को सत्तारूढ़ NDPP में शामिल हो गए, जिससे मुख्यमंत्री नेफ्यू रियो के नेतृत्व वाली पार्टी को 60 सदस्यीय विधानसभा में पूर्ण बहुमत मिल गया. इस विलय के साथ ही, नेशनलिस्ट डेमोक्रेटिक प्रोग्रेसिव पार्टी (NDPP) के विधायकों की संख्या 25 से बढ़कर…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister and finance minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday addressed concerns about loan waivers, making it clear that farmers must repay their crop loans by March 31. He admitted that election promises don’t always translate into immediate action and that future decisions will depend on prevailing circumstances. However, he assured that…
NEW DELHI: Kunal Kamra‘s comedy special ‘Naya Bharat’ triggered political slugfest between the ruling party and the opposition leaders after Shiv Sena took offence to a joke on deputy CM Eknath Shinde. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis demanded an apology from the comedian and said that even though there was “freedom to do stand-up”, “he cannot…
NEW DELHI: A Maharashtra court on Wednesday remanded Dattatray Gade, the accused in the Swargate bus rape case, to police custody until March 26. The incident took place in Pune where Gade had allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman inside a parked state transport (MSRTC) bus at the Swargate terminus in the early hours of February…
File photo of Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Ganesh Naik during a ‘Janata Darbar’, in Navi Mumbai. (Pic credit: PTI) THANE: Forests minister and BJP politician Ganesh Naik announced his second ‘janta darbar‘ in the city next month following the response received to the inaugural event on Monday, which saw over 550 applications.While political observers…