Sunetra Pawar Named NCP Legislature Leader; Set to Take Oath as Maharashtra Deputy CM
Mumbai: Rajya Sabha MP Sunetra Pawar has been named leader of the legislature party of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and is scheduled to be sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra later today. According to officials, the oath-taking ceremony...
Need to fill Dy CM position soon: Praful Patel
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Working President Praful Patel on Friday said that a decision regarding the vacant posts of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and cabinet portfolios will be made soon, following the demise of party chief Ajit Pawar. After meeting...
Swiggy’s Losses Rise To Rs 1,065 Cr
Delivery platform Swiggy's consolidated net loss widened by 33 per cent to Rs 1,065 crore in the December quarter (Q3 FY26), compared with a loss of Rs 799 crore a year earlier, as expenses outpaced revenue growth. Total costs rose to...
Building collapse in Delhi, firefighters at scene
A building collapsed in the Preet Vihar area of New Delhi. Firefighters are present at the scene, Delhi Fire Services said. Further details on the incident are awaited. Last year, in November, four people, including three men and one woman,...
Ajit Dada cremated with full state honours; sea of mourners pay respects
Baramati: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's last rites were performed at the Vidya Pratishthan ground in Baramati. His sons, Jay and Parth Pawar, lit the funeral pyre in the presence of high-ranking officials and thousands of supporters. A...
Oh s***: Crew’s last words before Ajit Pawar’s plane crashed
Mumbai: Two cockpit crew members aboard the ill-fated plane that crashed in Maharashtra's Baramati were heard exclaiming “oh s***” moments before the crash claimed five lives, including Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, on Wednesday, said a senior official from...
Silver prices breach Rs 4 lakh per kg mark in futures trade
Silver prices on Thursday breached the record Rs 4 lakh per kilogram mark in futures trade, while gold touched a lifetime high of Rs 1.8 lakh per 10 grams, riding on strong investor demand and record gains in the international...
Ajit Pawar’s mortal remains taken for last rites
The hearse van carrying the mortal remains of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar moves towards Vidya Pratishthan ground for the last rites. People gather on the street to pay him their last respects. MNS chief Raj Thackeray expresses condolences before NCP-SCP...
Fadnavis, Shinde, Maha guv meet Ajit Pawar’s wife
Maharashtra governor Acharya Devvrat, CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, met Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, in Baramati. Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash in Baramati this morning. He is survived by wife...
Ajit Pawar death: Public holiday, 3-day mourning in Maha
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis on Wednesday announced a state holiday and three days of mourning following the demise of Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, in a plane crash this morning. Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, CM Fadanvis said...
Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra deputy CM, dies in plane crash
Baramati: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and five other persons were killed after an aircraft carrying them crashed in Pune district on Wednesday morning, news agency PTI reported. The incident occurred when a Learjet 45 aircraft (registration VT-SSK), operated by...
‘I am retiring,’ says singer Arijit Singh
Popular Bollywood singer Arijit Singh has announced on Tuesday that he is retiring from playback singing. The singer confirmed this in a post on Instagram saying that he will not accept new film assignments. Arijit said that he wanted to focus on...
SC puts Maha Govt, SEC in the dock over Banthia Commission’s OBC quota report
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Maharashtra Government and the State Election Commission (SEC) on a petition seeking the cancellation of the 2022 report of the Justice Banthia Commission, which formed the basis for granting...
India, EU sign historic trade agreement
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that India and the EU have reached a free trade agreement (FTA), saying it accounts for 25 per cent of global GDP and one-third of global trade. People are discussing it as a...
Massive fleet heading towards Iran, warns Trump
"I said, if you hang those people, you're going to be hit harder than you've ever been hit. It will make what we did to your Iran nuclear look like peanuts," Trump told mediapersons on board Air Force One on...
SC to close hate speech pleas pending since 2021
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will close most of the petitions related to hate speeches pending since 2021 and in which the court has asked police to suo motu register FIRs. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep...
BJP-Shinde Sena soar over Thackerays in BMC polls
Early trends being reported from the counting of votes in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections on Friday showed the BJP-Shiv Sena Mahayuti alliance leading in 83 wards, while Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS alliance trailed with 57 leads. The Congress...
‘Thackeray brothers’ future is to work from home’
Amid the ongoing counting of the 227 wards of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC asserted confidence in the Mahayuti's victory in the Maharashtra civic body elections. The exit polls have predicted a victory for the BJP-Shiv...
We fought poll on the basis of work done by us: Gadkari votes
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday cast his vote in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation elections and expressed confidence that the BJP will win with record margins in the civic polls across Maharashtra. Voting was underway on Thursday for 29 municipal...
Voting begins for civic polls in Maha
Voting in 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra began on Thursday morning with spotlight on Mumbai, where the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is locked in an intense battle with the reunited Thackeray cousins for control of India's largest and richest civic body. ...
Modi inaugurates remaining phase 2 stretch of metro service in Gandhinagar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening inaugurated the remaining stretch of phase 2 of the Ahmedabad metro, completing a key transport link between the twin cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The remaining phase connects Sector 10A of Gandhinagar to...
