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Pune land deal: HC asks if cops are protecting Parth Pawar

Pune land deal: HC asks if cops are protecting Parth Pawar

Rediff.com10 Dec 2025

The Bombay High Court has questioned the police investigation into a land deal, asking why Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's son, Parth Pawar, has not been named in the FIR.

BJP Gears Up For National President Election

BJP Gears Up For National President Election

Rediff.com3 Jul 2025

The BJP's constitution mandates that the party should complete the process of electing block, district and state chiefs before it elects its national president.

BJP has promised CM's post to Ajit Pawar: Prithviraj Chavan

BJP has promised CM's post to Ajit Pawar: Prithviraj Chavan

Rediff.com3 Jul 2023

"Just bargaining was going on over what he (Ajit) should be getting. As per our information, he has been given a promise of chief minister's post by pushing Eknath Shinde aside with the help of Assembly speaker's decision (on disqualification of 16 Shiv Sena MLAs)," the former CM claimed.

Indian wins $500,000 WISE prize

Indian wins $500,000 WISE prize

Rediff.com14 Nov 2012

An Indian scholar has been awarded the USD 500,000 WISE prize for innovation in the field of education, for his relentless work of providing low cost education to children in Mumbai slums.

'Doesn't anyone have the right to express his pain and disappointment?'

'Doesn't anyone have the right to express his pain and disappointment?'

Rediff.com16 Feb 2024

'I am not a person who would do such things from behind the scenes.' 'I don't believe in taking somebody else's support for speaking out my mind.'

Mahayuti Or MVA? Which Way Will Jarange Patil Tilt?

Mahayuti Or MVA? Which Way Will Jarange Patil Tilt?

Rediff.com14 Nov 2024

If Maratha activist Manoj Jarange Patil drops a hint of supporting or opposing a particular coalition on the eve of polling on November 20, things may change overnight.

Is Maharashtra A Lost Cause For Modi?

Is Maharashtra A Lost Cause For Modi?

Rediff.com10 Jul 2024

'There are legions of unemployed degree holders across rural and semi-urban belts in Maharashtra. Now, they aren't finding brides.' 'This issue has now snowballed into a social crisis. In 2014 and 2019, they had voted for the BJP.'

Biggest challenge for BJP, allies in Maharashtra assembly polls is...

Biggest challenge for BJP, allies in Maharashtra assembly polls is...

Rediff.com9 Jul 2024

'The BJP alliance needs to handle the Maratha quota issue skilfully and address its root cause, which is agrarian distress. Then there is stalled industrialisation. If these issues are addressed, caste fault lines would wither away. But, this is next to impossible in a short span of three-four months.'

NCP had premeditated plan to topple state govt: Prithviraj Chavan

NCP had premeditated plan to topple state govt: Prithviraj Chavan

Rediff.com1 Oct 2014

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday claimed that the centre imposed President's rule in the state even after the governor had asked him to continue as caretaker chief minister.

Only first wife of man entitled to lay claim on his money: HC

Only first wife of man entitled to lay claim on his money: HC

Rediff.com26 Aug 2020

If a man has two wives and both lay claim to his money, only the first wife would be entitled for it but his children from both marriages would get the money, says HC.

Maharashtra govt orders SIT probe into irrigation scam

Maharashtra govt orders SIT probe into irrigation scam

Rediff.com17 Dec 2012

The Maharashtra government on Moday announced a probe by Special Investigation Team into the alleged multi-crore irrigation scam.

Maharashtra CM's decision not to share dais with PM Modi unfortunate: BJP

Maharashtra CM's decision not to share dais with PM Modi unfortunate: BJP

Rediff.com21 Aug 2014

Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday termed as "unfortunate" Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's decision to boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi's programme in Nagpur and said Congress should introspect why people are "unhappy" with the state leadership.

MNS chief's visit to BJP office raises eyebrows

MNS chief's visit to BJP office raises eyebrows

Rediff.com20 Dec 2010

Eyebrows were raised on Monday in political circles after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray visited the Bharatiya Janata Party office in Mumbai and met the party's Maharashtra President Sudhir Mungantiwar.

This ex-investment banker is changing rural lives

This ex-investment banker is changing rural lives

Rediff.com9 Nov 2018

Gaurav Mehta, one of 100 'Young Global Leaders', is tapping entrepreneurs inside rural Indians.

Hattrick: Not as entertaining as a cricket match

Hattrick: Not as entertaining as a cricket match

Rediff.com16 Mar 2007

The Rediff Review.

Congress eyes dy CM's post in Maharashtra

Congress eyes dy CM's post in Maharashtra

Rediff.com16 Jun 2020

'Who else will solve these issues if not the chief minister?' 'Who else shall we take our complaints to?'

Modi has been let down by bureaucracy

Modi has been let down by bureaucracy

Rediff.com28 Nov 2016

'The experience so far is a shocking example of how critical scheme of national importance can be brought into disrepute by inefficient and badly designed implementation,' says Dr Madhav Godbole, the former Union home secretary.

BJP keeps Thackeray on tenterhooks

BJP keeps Thackeray on tenterhooks

Rediff.com14 Apr 2021

'Can we slip through the cracks in the alliance and use the situation to our advantage?'

Photos: In search of Lord Shiva in India

Photos: In search of Lord Shiva in India

Rediff.com13 Feb 2018

Journeys from the mountains to the temples.

BJP, Sena in war of words over Khadse's removal

BJP, Sena in war of words over Khadse's removal

Rediff.com2 Jun 2016

The BJP, however, retorted saying the Sena should stop interfering in its internal affairs and that the party leadership was capable of taking a call on the issue.

Excited & happy: Aaditya Thackeray files nomination from Worli

Excited & happy: Aaditya Thackeray files nomination from Worli

Rediff.com4 Oct 2019

He was accompanied by his father, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, and mother Rashmi while filing nomination papers.

'Modi has been scrupulously honest. Indira Gandhi institutionalised corruption'

'Modi has been scrupulously honest. Indira Gandhi institutionalised corruption'

Rediff.com21 Jul 2018

'Modi has shown political courage by instituting several economic reforms which include demonetisation, ushering in GST, eradication of benami transactions...'

'BJP taking exit route from self-created tumult'

'BJP taking exit route from self-created tumult'

Rediff.com20 Jun 2018

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that the 'opportunistic BJP-PDP alliance' set fire to Jammu and Kashmir, killing many innocent civilians and brave soldiers, and that the damage would continue even if the state was put under central rule.

Brooks Report: Four failures that led to the 1962 debacle

Brooks Report: Four failures that led to the 1962 debacle

Rediff.com21 Mar 2014

It is well-known, and the Brooks-Bhagat report vouches for it, that the real failure for the 1962 debacle against China was not military, but political, says Ram Madhav.

Seeking revival, Dabhol embraces a brand new plan

Seeking revival, Dabhol embraces a brand new plan

Rediff.com29 Oct 2015

Dabhol's assets will be demerged into the power plant and the LNG terminal.

'The poor have come to the BJP'

'The poor have come to the BJP'

Rediff.com1 Jan 2017

'Their vote bank has shifted to the BJP; the Congress is yet to realise it.'