Mumbai: NCP’s Zeeshan Siddique on Friday lodged a second complaint with Bandra police, alleging that he has received an audio death threat on WhatsApp from an unknown person claiming to be Zeeshan Akhtar, an alleged member of Lawrence Bishnoi gang and a key accused in the murder of his father, former NCP minister Baba Siddique.The…
Thane: BJP MLA Sanjay Kelkar on Wednesday hit out at Maha-Metro for seeking residents’ objections and suggestions only after work on the Integral Ring Metro project had begun, questioning why citizens and key stakeholders were not consulted before the project secured crucial approvals from various central and state agencies.The meeting, held a week after Deputy…
With the Independence Day approaching, the Tricolour has become available for sale in shops across local markets Pune: On a day when the local BJP unit has appealed citizens to participate in the Tiranga Rally to be held on FC Road on Tuesday, NCP corporator Amol Balwadkar opposed the plan, saying that the procession during…
This was Shinde’s first meeting with PM Modi after the Cockroach Janta Party-led student protests Mumbai: Political circles were once again rife with speculation after DCM Eknath Shinde visited Delhi on Friday and met PM Narendra Modi in Parliament. This was Shinde’s first meeting with PM Modi after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led student protests…
Nine people died in the Moshi landfill collapse on June 8 Pune: A proposal by PCMC to set up a 375 metric tonne waste-to-biogas plant at the Moshi garbage depot has run into trouble after opposition corporators said the project’s plans were prepared by the very same civic officials who were suspended for alleged negligence…
Supriya Sule of NCP (SP) and Sunetra Pawar of NCP (File Photo). PUNE: NCP and NCP (SP) have switched focus on restructuring parties, as the merger talks have shown no progress.Sunetra Pawar-led NCP have made some appointments to vacant posts. Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP) announced that new faces would be given an opportunity in a…
Pune: NCP state president Sunil Tatkare on Wednesday pulled up party colleague Dhananjay Munde for intervening during deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar’s news conference in Beed last week, after which Congress referred to her as “Gungi Gudiya”.“When an important person interacts with the media, others should not intervene,” Tatkare told reporters in Delhi on Wednesday.Munde…
Congress’s social media post calling Sunetra Pawar ‘Gungi Gudiya’ ignited a significant political controversy. (Photo credit: X/@SunetraA_Pawar) PUNE/CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The social media post of Congress referring to deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar as “Gungi Gudiya” sparked a controversy on Tuesday, as NCP reminded the party the same term was used against former Prime Minister Indira…
Locating voters and their exact addresses has become a task for BLOs Pune: When a BLO in Pune’s Ambegaon assembly constituency tried tracing a woman voter whose surname had changed after marriage and whose address in the 2002 electoral roll no longer matched her present residence, the official expected help from the party-appointed booth-level agent….
Opposition parties alleged students washed BJP corporator Varsha Sathe’s feet during the ceremony (Photo credit: X) PUNE: A simple Guru Purnima event at a pre-primary school snowballed into a controversy after the opposition party members alleged that students washed feet of BJP corporator Varsha Sathe, 41, at the programme.Sathe, the corporator of Ward 39 (Upper…
