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Topic: NCP

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.

Former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse’s ex-son-in-law & 6 others detained after raid at Pune party

NCP (SP) leader Khadse said a probe should be conducted to find out if there was a political motive behind the police action after a raid based on a tip-off about a 'rave party'.

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.

Amid reports of NCP(SP) Maha chief Jayant Patil’s resignation, party to hold meeting on 15 July

According to reports in the media, NCP (SP) Maharashtra unit chief Jayant Patil has resigned from the post & party MLC Shashikant Shinde will take over from him.

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.

‘BMC a centre for corruption’: Cong MP Gaikwad seeks white paper on BMC under Mahayuti govt

Congress MP and Mumbai party unit chief Varsha Gaikwad alleges that BMC funds are being used like party funds and are given to middlemen, contractors.

Nagaland CM Rio gains absolute majority as all 7 NCP MLAs merge with ruling NDPP

With this merger, NDPP's tally in assembly increased from 25 to 32. NCP emerged as third-largest party in 2023 assembly elections, after NDPP and ally BJP, which won 12 seats.

Is a Pawar reunion on the cards? What the two NCPs are thinking

Hopes of the factions joining hands were raised after frequent meetings between Sharad & Ajit Pawar. Rohit Pawar says it’ll be an ‘emotional decision’.

NCP tried crop rotation with Manikrao Kokate’s elevation. Agri minister now in farmers’ crosshairs

NCP elevated Manikrao Kokate to council of ministers as counterweight to Bhujbal. But leadership is now miffed with him for walking into one controversy after another, it is learnt.

Fact Check: NCP protest against Aurangzeb film is falsely linked to Chhaava

The viral photo is unrelated to Chhaava released in February 2025. It shows a 2013 protest by the NCP Minority Division, Aurangabad, against the Bollywood film Aurangzeb.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

Over six-fold spike in digital transactions since 2019-20, govt informs Parliament

Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.