Two members of the Pawar family, Sharad Pawar and his grandnephew Parth, are contesting Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra, marking a potential first where both serve simultaneously in Parliament.
Sunetra Pawar, wife of the late Ajit Pawar, has been appointed as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, marking a new chapter for the NCP and presenting her with the challenge of leading the party.
'A poor candidate was given a chance so that the concerns of ordinary, needy citizens could be represented.'
He said that the structure had been declared dangerous by the district collector before the incident, and villagers had also placed warning boards.
He said six people have been rescued so far, and a search operation is being conducted on a war footing as some people are swept away.
Seven months after Maval firing incident in which three farmers were killed and nine were injured when police fired upon protesters, Pune rural police has arrested 47 persons for attacking the police.
A month after a farmers' agitation at Maval near Pune turned violent killing three farmers and injuring several others after police fired at them, a local directed the police to lodge a first information report against the policemen.
According to the police, 16-17 members of a family from Sayyad Nagar in Pune's Hadapsar area had hired a private bus to visit the scenic spot near Lonavala for a picnic on the rain-soaked day.
The Bombay high court on Wednesday said the agitators who were protesting against construction of water pipeline in Maval area had created a riot-like situation, which led to the police firing last August, in which three persons were killed.
Shiv Sena spokesman Rahul Narvekar, who recently withdrew his candidature from the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, today joined the Nationalist Congress Party and will contest the Lok Sabha polls on the party's ticket from the Maval constituency.
The Bombay high court on Friday dismissed a contempt petition filed against Maharashtra government in the Maval police firing incident of August 2011 wherein three farmers were killed.
The Maharashtra government has appointed retired Bombay High Court judge M G Gaikwad to conduct an inquiry into the Maval firing in August which killed three farmers. Gaikwad has been asked to submit his report in three months. In August, farmers' demonstration against a drinking water supply scheme from the Pavana dam to Pimpri-Chinchwad city turned violent. Policemen fired upon the protesting farmers, killing three of them.
The Bombay high court on Wednesday lashed out at the Maharashtra government for dragging its feet on initiating action against erring police officers whose firing on agitators at Maval in Pune district resulted into the death of a farmer in August 2011.
Ajit Pawar also said he was "not interested" in contesting elections anymore.
Even as the two parties appeared confident that they have reached out to every voter and publicised their new symbols, experts suggested varying impact of the split and the symbols on the vote bank.
Shrirang Barne, an MP of Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde, on Monday expressed disappointment over the party not getting a cabinet berth in the newly-formed Narendra Modi-led government and alleged partiality.
The IMD issued a 'red alert' for Pune district and asked people to take precautions.
The opposition's Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition in Maharashtra on Tuesday announced its seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections with the Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray securing a substantial portion with 21 seats, while the Congress will contest 17 seats, and the Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar 10 seats.
Pawar said there are complaints of lack of signboards on the route and, therefore, there was need for a thorough inspection of the entire route so that it is made safe for commuting.
Narvekar's father-in-law Ramraje Naik of NCP is the chairperson of the Legislative Council.
We left the Congress-NCP govt because we didn't want to be with them, Shiv Sena spokesperson said.
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Asked if the fear of possible defeat made him rethink of contesting from Madha, Pawar said, "I have successfully faced 14 elections. Do you think a 15th will deter me?"
Shewale insisted that a large number of Sena leaders were in favour of an alliance with the BJP and keen to contest the next Lok Sabha polls under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Friendship with Ajit Pawar and the eventual destruction of the NCP can only strengthen him and the BJP.
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Bullets don't seem to have dented the intent of residents of Maval taluka, protesting against land acquisition. In fact, the killing of four of their fellow agitationists in the police action has only made their resolve stronger. N Ganesh reports
Mumbai Dabbawala Association is skeptic about resumption of services in full capacity amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Maharashtra government on Friday suspended two police officers in connection with the Maval firing, in which three people were killed and several injured.
Sule has been renominated from the Pawar family turf of Baramati, which she represents in the outgoing Lok Sabha whereas grand nephew Parth Pawar, as it does not mention Maval constituency.
The bandwagon of Bollywood stars and their sudden affinity to agriculture has unwittingly given a much needed thrust to a long standing crisis faced by actual farmers in Maval taluka and surrounding areas.
Considering the recent spike in COVID-19 cases, the administration in Maharashtra's Pune district has directed schools and colleges to remain shut till March 31 and curtailed the operating time for hotels and restaurants.
The alliance won 41 of the 48 seats leaving the Congress-NCP combine with just 5 seats.
Anand Abhyankar, 50, and Akshay Pendse, 33, were on their way to Mumbai from Pune when the accident happened.
Trouble broke out after about 400 agitators held a rally against a dam water pipeline project along the Mumbai-Pune expressway, blocking the busy vehicular traffic and refusing to disperse despite police request.
Opposition leaders in Maharashtra on Friday met Governor K Sankaranarayanan and demanded the dismissal of the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party government in the state over the death of three farmers in police firing in Maval near Pune on Tuesday.Leader of Opposition in Assembly Eknath Khadse, Opposition leader in Council Pandurang Phundkar and group leaders of opposition parties in the legislature were among those who met the governor at the Raj Bhavan on Friday morning.
The trouble broke out after about 400 agitators held a rally along the Mumbai-Pune expressway, blocking the busy vehicular traffic and refusing to disperse despite police request, Sandeep Karnik, Superintendent, Pune Rural police, said.
The situation in Maval near Pune, where three people were killed in police firing on Tuesday, was peaceful and under control. A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the firing in which three farmers were killed and one seriously injured. Farmers who were seriously injured in the firing were being treated at a hospital at Talegaon.Nearly 50 police personnel, including ten policemen, were injured in stone pelting during the farmers' protest on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
Launching a scathing attack on Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede, Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Nawab Malik on Thursday dubbed the officer as 'bogus' and asserted that once 'proof' against him is out, he can not remain in government service for even one day.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday said that the violence witnessed during the farmers' protest in Maval taluka of Pune district on Tuesday was "pre-planned".
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