The writer is a senior journalist based in Mumbai.
June 22,2009 03:42:00 AM
Shattered by the lacklustre performance of his party in the recent Lok Sabha elections,NCP Sharad Pawar....
Mon, Jun 22, 2009June 19,2009 01:42:35 AM
Behind the rhetoric of the Congress-NCP and the Shiv Sena-BJP alliances criticising each other in the run-up to the Assembly elections...
Fri, Jun 19, 2009June 17,2009 03:24:16 AM
Kerala Governor Gavai,who allowed action on CPMs Pinarayi in Lavalin scam,is known for doing the right thing at the right time
Wed, Jun 17, 2009June 10,2009 00:40:08 AM
On May 25,1999,Sharad Pawar,P A Sangma and Tariq Anwar decided to form a new political party the Nationalist Congress Party...
Wed, Jun 10, 2009May 25,2009 02:29:12 AM
While the Congress celebrates its victory in the Lok Sabha elections and cries itself hoarse about its secular credentials....
Mon, May 25, 2009May 18,2009 23:30:26 PM
The Lok Sabha results are expected to change the political equations between ruling allies Congress and NCP as well as the opposition BJP...
Mon, May 18, 2009May 17,2009 01:31:44 AM
The Congress added to its 2004 Lok Sabha tally in Maharashtra,brushing aside indications of anti-incumbency.
Sun, May 17, 2009May 14,2009 01:45:44 AM
In a state where major political parties have remained polarised in two formations the secular (Congress-NCP-RPI) and the saffron (Shiv Sena-BJP)....
Thu, May 14, 2009May 13,2009 03:19:57 AM
In an honest admission that theirs was an alliance born of political necessity,Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Maharashtra president R R Patil....
Wed, May 13, 2009April 30,2009 23:25:02 PM
The ruling Congress-NCP alliance is likely to lose a couple of seats in the third and final phase of polling in Maharashtra on Thursday when 10 constituencies....
Thu, Apr 30, 2009April 25,2009 23:26:52 PM
In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls,the hobnobbing between the Shiv Sena and NCP leaders had led to speculation about a possible tie-up...
Sat, Apr 25, 2009April 23,2009 23:45:00 PM
Already reeling from the economic downturn,Nashik region,a bastion of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray....
Thu, Apr 23, 2009
April 23,2009 14:53:28 PM
Three years ago,when Sonia Gandhi visited the Muslim-dominated textile town of Malegaon in Maharashtra after serial bomb blasts....
Thu, Apr 23, 2009April 23,2009 02:15:52 AM
NCP chief Sharad Pawars dream of occupying the prime ministers chair is at stake as Maharashtra votes for 25 seats....
Thu, Apr 23, 2009April 13,2009 23:32:20 PM
The BJP is missing its Maharashtra poster boy,the late Pramod Mahajan,before the Lok Sabha polls.
Mon, Apr 13, 2009
April 11,2009 15:21:58 PM
When Sharad Pawar left his well-nurtured family borough of Baramati to daughter Supriya Sule and chose to contest from Madha...
Sat, Apr 11, 2009April 10,2009 00:04:02 AM
The most powerful political families in Maharashtra in terms of clout across the state are headed by Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray...
Fri, Apr 10, 2009March 27,2009 23:20:54 PM
Whenever confronted with the inevitable question about his prime ministerial ambitions these days...
Fri, Mar 27, 2009March 19,2009 23:08:12 PM
The redrawing of boundaries in the delimitation exercise has created problems for all parties in Maharashtra and jeopardised...
Thu, Mar 19, 2009March 05,2009 23:53:21 PM
Ever since Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been appointed as in-charge of the BJPs party affairs in Maharashtra...
Thu, Mar 05, 2009
February 24,2009 16:06:26 PM
Hoping to open its account in Maharashtra in the coming Lok Sabha polls,the BSP has set its eyes on the state's beleaguered north Indian migrants.
Tue, Feb 24, 2009February 18,2009 00:59:30 AM
With the Congress opting out of entering any national-level tie-up with its allies,the Nationalist Congress Party and the Samajwadi Party...
Wed, Feb 18, 2009January 24,2009 00:24:50 AM
While his estranged uncle Bal Thackeray has not made any bones in the past about his admiration for Hitler...
Sat, Jan 24, 2009January 15,2009 02:01:17 AM
Rifts have cropped up in the new state Cabinet headed by Ashok Chavan even as it prepares to tackle the security of Mumbai post 26/11.
Thu, Jan 15, 2009January 15,2009 01:59:05 AM
In a bid to revamp vigilance and strengthen the security of the metropolis after the 26/11 terror attacks,the state Government is considering a proposal moved by the Power Grid Corporation of Indian Ltd (PGCI) to install 5,000 CCTV cameras across the city.
Thu, Jan 15, 2009


