Raj Thackeray slams Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP
February 11th, 2012 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Thane, Feb 11 (IANS) Ahead of the Maharashtra civic polls Feb 16, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Saturday said that the Shiv Sena, the Congress and the ... Read more...
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Families corner one-third of Congress tickets in Goa (Goa Newsletter)
February 10th, 2012 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 10 (IANS) Five political families from Goa have cornered nearly one-third of Congress tickets for the March 3 assembly elections. And there's more to come.Two kins of Goa's ... Read more...
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Congress, NCP bicker in Maharashtra; Sena for central rule
February 1st, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 1 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Wednesday demanded imposition of president's rule in Maharashtra in the wake of the open bickering in the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance ... Read more...
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Sena-BJP-RPI ‘Grand Alliance’ ready for Mumbai civic polls
January 12th, 2012 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 12 (IANS) The Shiv Sena, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Republican Party of India Thursday announced their 'Grand Alliance' would sweep the forthcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal ... Read more...
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Congress, NCP ally to dislodge saffron combine from BMC
January 11th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) Posing a potentially tough challenge to the ruling Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Congress and the Nationalist Congress ... Read more...
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After Mamata, Pawar headache for Congress
January 9th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) After Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's angry outbursts, more headaches from allies seem to be in store for the Congress with Nationalist Congress Party ... Read more...
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Goa Congress-NCP poll alliance to be unveiled this week
January 9th, 2012 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 9 (IANS) The Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are likely to announce their alliance for the upcoming Goa assembly polls by the end of this ... Read more...
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Broke Maharashtra civic body demands funds to conduct polls
January 4th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Akola (Maharashtra), Jan 3 (IANS) Shortly after elections were announced to various municipal corporations and Zila Parishads in Maharashtra Tuesday, a civic body asked the state government for funds to ... Read more...
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Goa NCP legislator resigns from seat, party
December 30th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 30 (IANS) Former Goa tourism minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator Francisco Pacheco Friday resigned from his seat and the party, claiming that the Congress-NCP led ... Read more...
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Congress, NCP tie up for Maharashtra civic polls
November 23rd, 2011 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 23 (IANS) Maharashtra's ruling Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Wednesday struck an alliance for the 2012 polls to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and other civic bodies in ... Read more...
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Congress, NCP in war of words over seat sharing
November 15th, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 15 (IANS) Angry words have broken out between Goa's ruling Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) over seat sharing ahead of the assembly elections scheduled next year.Congress' ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena, BJP and RPI announce alliance
November 14th, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 14 (IANS) Nearly 23 years after the Shiv Sena joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party, the alliance Monday took into the fold a new partner, the ... Read more...
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Congress, NCP workers’ clash blocks highway
November 7th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), Nov 7 (IANS) Traffic on the busy Mumbai-Goa highway came to a standstill Monday afternoon after supporters of two state ministers in the ruling Democratic Front alliance ... Read more...
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Thackeray blasts Team Anna
November 7th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Monday advised Anna Hazare and his team members to desist from taking undue credit for the so-called victory over various ... Read more...
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By-polls: Congress gets zero out of four
October 17th, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Hisar, Oct 17 (IANS) India's ruling Congress finished third in the Hisar Lok Sabha by-election in Haryana where Anna Hazare had campaigned against it, and lost the other ... Read more...
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Opposition shocks Congress-NCP in Khadakwasla by-poll
October 17th, 2011 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Oct 17 (IANS) Maharashtra's ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was Monday defeated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena combine in the keenly contested Khadakwasla assembly by-election.
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26 percent turnout for Khadakwasla by-poll (Lead)
October 13th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Oct 13 (IANS) Barely 26 percent of the total electorate of Khadakwasla assembly constituency turned out Thursday to exercise their franchise for the by-poll voting in which ended ... Read more...
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Polling on in Khadakwasla by-election
October 13th, 2011 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Oct 13 (IANS) Polling began amidst tight security for the Khadakwasla assembly constituency in this Maharashtra town Thursday morning under the shadow of Anna Hazare's anti-corruption and anti-Congress ... Read more...
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Shiv Sena leader calls Hazare ‘Taliban Gandhi’
August 6th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
Jalgaon (Maharashtra), Aug 6 (IANS) Shiv Sena leader and former Maharashtra minister Sureshdada Jain Saturday called anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare a 'Taliban Gandhi'.Jain, who has filed a defamation case ... Read more...
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Giving home portfolio to NCP a mistake: Chavan
July 15th, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) Two days after the triple bombing in the metropolis, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Friday said the Congress's decision to concede the key home portfolio to ... Read more...
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NCP wants Dadar station renamed Chaityabhoomi
June 10th, 2011 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party, a junior partner in Maharashtra's ruling coalition, Friday formally demanded that Mumbai's major railway junction at Dadar be renamed Chaityabhoomi in ... Read more...
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Uddhav Thackeray hits out at Rahul Gandhi, Ajit Pawar
June 10th, 2011 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 9 (IANS) Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray Thursday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar at a joint rally of three ... Read more...
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Opposition leaders to tour Maharashtra for show of might
May 24th, 2011 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) Top leaders of the opposition Shiv Sena, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Republican Party of India (RPI) will go on a statewide tour from Friday ... Read more...
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Ramdas Athawale’s RPI prepares to sup with Shiv Sena, BJP
May 9th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Signalling a potential re-alignment of political forces in Maharashtra, a prominent Dalit party Monday agreed to join hands with the saffron brigade on common issues ... Read more...
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Anna Hazare describes his fast, a second ‘freedom struggle’
April 7th, 2011 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 7(ANI): Social activist Anna Hazare, whose fast-unto-death demanding a more stringent anti-corruption law, entered its third day on Thursday, described it as a second freedom struggle for the ... Read more...
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BJP keen on MNS as part of alliance in Maharashtra
March 1st, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday favoured Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) of Raj Thackeray as part of a broad electoral coalition against the ruling Congress-NCP alliance ... Read more...
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Gadkari supports Munde on tri-partite alliance
February 24th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) After Bharatiya Janta Party leader Gopinath Munde said that Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena could be part of BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, the party's chief Nitin Gadkari Thursday ... Read more...
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Amended Chinese law says organ traffickers will get death penalty
February 24th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Feb.24 (ANI): Criminals convicted for organ trafficking will be given the death penalty, says an amendment submitted to the National People's Congress (NCP) Standing Committee of China.The amendment was submitted on ... Read more...
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BJP alleges politician-oil mafia nexus, seeks CBI inquiry
January 28th, 2011 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Accusing the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance in Maharashtra of protecting oil mafias in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday demanded a Central ... Read more...
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Congress, NCP leaders also turn up to felicitate Munde
December 12th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 12 (IANS) Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena in felicitating BJP's Gopinath Munde on his 61st birthday Sunday.The felicitation ... Read more...
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Ajit Pawar is Maharashtra deputy chief minister (Second Lead)
November 10th, 2010 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar and a minister, was Wednesday named Maharashtra's next deputy chief minister after Chhagan Bhujbal.The NCP ... Read more...
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Ajit Pawar to be new Maharashtra deputy chief minister (Lead)
November 10th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar and a state minister, was Wednesday named Maharashtra's next deputy chief minister after Chhagan Bhujbal.The ... Read more...
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Ajit Pawar will be Maharashtra deputy chief minister
November 10th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 10 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar and a state minister, was Wednesday chosen the next deputy chief minister of Maharashtra after ... Read more...
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Prithviraj Chavan will revive Maharashtra: Pawar
November 10th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar Wednesday said that he fully backed the choice of Prithviraj Chavan as the new chief minister of Maharashtra and added ... Read more...
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Goa flood relief scam threatens Congress-NCP relations
September 14th, 2010 - 2:38 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sept 14 (IANS) The alleged siphoning of around Rs.85 lakh collected as flood relief fund from the public by the Youth Congress last year has strained relations between the Congress and ... Read more...
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