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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
TopicAjit Pawar

Topic: Ajit Pawar

Not good, says Deputy CM Pawar amid row over Maharashtra civic bodies banning meat sale on 15 August

Kalyan-Dombivli, Malegaon, Nagpur & Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar municipal bodies have ordered closure of slaughterhouses in their jurisdiction on Independence Day. 

How a new Pawar is becoming a big headache for Maharashtra govt, with a senior Pawar’s blessing

From exposing ministers’ alleged misconduct to joining protests, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar's new role as party general secretary has seen him taking on state govt more aggressively.

Farmers’ crosshairs to ‘rummy’ row, NCP’s Kokate loses agri ministry after string of controversies

NCP had elevated Manikrao Kokate to council of ministers as counterweight to Bhujbal. After the latest row, he has now been given the sports portfolio.

Why Ajit Pawar’s cornered over Manikrao Kokate, NCP’s trouble-maker minister who’s always dodged the rap

Kokate had held a press conference where he denied playing rummy in the house, but while he tried to put out one fire, he started another that has put Ajit Pawar's NCP in quite a spot.

Panel backed by Ajit Pawar sweeps Malegaon Sugar Mill polls, Sharad Pawar group draws blank

Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's Nilkantheshwar panel won 20 out of 21 seats. He is now set to become chairman of the sugar mill.

Why Ajit Pawar returned to cooperative politics, making a routine sugar mill poll a high-stakes battle

The poll this time was a high-decibel, high stakes quadrangular contest, between two panels backed by two Pawars, their traditional rival Taware and a panel of Independents.

4 dead, 32 injured in bridge collapse over Indrayani River near Pune, 10-15 people feared swept away

The incident took place near Kundamala, a tourist spot about 30 km from Pune. Deputy CM Ajit Pawar says many tourists were on the bridge at the time, some with motorcycles.

Rakhi gift before polls, now strain on coffers, how Mahayuti’s Ladki Bahin scheme has undergone a squeeze

The scheme, brought in as 'Raksha Bandhan gift', brought relief to many low-income women, but stricter post-poll checks have deemed many women ineligible, triggering political backlash.

With talks of leadership change & mega membership drives, both NCPs kick off local polls campaign

Both NCP factions held their functions in Pune—an NCP stronghold. Sharad & Ajit Pawar said any decisions on alliances in different places would be made after consulting local leaders.

Who is Sena’s Sanjay Shirsat, once an aspiring minister now fuming at ‘finance dept’s Shakuni’

Maharashtra minister Shirsat slams fund cuts for his social justice dept as tensions among Mahayuti allies over budgets, schemes spills out into public glare.

On Camera

China won’t change course. Modi’s PR events with stage-managed applause have never worked

If Indira Gandhi had based her foreign policy on “good vibes” with world leaders, Bangladesh would still be East Pakistan.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.