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Mumbai, Apr 7 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of Mumbai Metro Line 9 from Dahisar East to Kashigaon, linking the city with neighbouring Mira Bhayandar in Thane district. The services will be thrown open to the public on Wednesday. Fadnavis flagged off the train from Dahisar East and travelled to Kashigaon, along with Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik, and Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde. Speaking to reporte ...Read More >
Thane, Apr 7 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday hoped that the Congress party will honour "public sentiment" and ensure an unopposed election in the Baramati assembly constituency by withdrawing its candidate against Deputy CM and NCP president Sunetra Pawar. The seat fell vacant after the death of Sunetra's husband and then Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28. Polling is scheduled for April 23, and votes will be counted on May 4. ...Read More >
Mumbai: The first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), named Nayak, has been launched to begin excavation for the Thane-Borivali Twin Tunnel project today. The inaugurated was officially done by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis along with Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar. Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik was also present at the event, which took place at the TBM launch site in Manpada, Thane. At present, the 23-kilometre journey between Thane and Borivali takes anywhere between 6 ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 7 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday inaugurated the first phase of Mumbai Metro Line 9 from Dahisar East to Kashigaon, linking the city with neighbouring Mira Bhayandar in Thane district. The services will be thrown open to the public on Wednesday. Fadnavis flagged off the train from Dahisar East and travelled to Kashigaon, along with Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik, and Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde. With this, Mumbai n ...Read More >
Pune, Apr 6 (PTI) NCP leader Parth Pawar on Monday said the Congress would "suffer" for fielding a candidate against his mother and Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar in the Baramati assembly bypoll, drawing a rare public rebuke from NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and a sharp reaction from the grand old party. The Pawar senior questioned the "political maturity" of his grandnephew while upholding the Congress's "right" to contest an election as an independent political party. The Congress was unsparing in wo ...Read More >
Baramati (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar on Monday said that Baramati is not merely a constituency, but "Dada's heartbeat," and that every person connected to it holds deep importance for her. She emphasised that the upcoming by-election is not a personal contest, but one that belongs to every Baramatikar who holds affection and respect for Dada. In view of the upcoming by-election, an all-party workers' meeting of the Mahayuti allianc ...Read More >
Pune, Apr 6 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar on Monday vowed to carry forward her late husband Ajit Pawar's legacy of development as she filed nomination papers for the April 23 bypoll to the Baramati assembly seat in Pune district. She submitted the papers in the presence of her senior party colleagues Sunil Tatkare, Praful Patel, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dhananjay Munde and Hasan Mushrif as well as another Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, and BJ ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nationalist Congress Party-SP president Sharad Pawar on Monday said that the Pawar family decided not to contest the Baramati by-election out of grief over the untimely demise of Ajit Pawar, but refrained from criticising the Congress for choosing to contest the bypoll. Speaking to reporters in Delhi after taking oath as a Rajya Sabha member, Pawar noted that while the Congress party has decided to field a candidate in Baramati, it is within its right to do s ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 6 (PTI) Under fire from the Opposition, activist Anjali Damania on Monday claimed that she had used AI-based large language model (LLM) Claude to analyse call data records (CDR) of arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat. Addressing a news conference here, Damania said she would never do anything illegal and slammed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for indulging in "politics of convenience". Damania, who claimed to have received the CDR on WhatsApp from a person claiming to be a p ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 6 (PTI) NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Monday said no fresh discussions are underway regarding the merger of his party and the ruling Nationalist Congress Party, headed by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Pawar senior reiterated that the issue had been discussed between his late nephew Ajit Pawar, who headed the NCP, and NCP (SP) leader Jayant Patil in the past. "Currently, no fresh talks are underway regarding any merger of N ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 6 (PTI) NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday said the Congress has every right to contest the Baramati assembly bypoll, questioning the "political maturity" of his grandnephew Parth Pawar, who criticised the Congress for fielding a candidate against his mother and Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar. He said the Pawar family didn't field a candidate for the April 23 byelection as they were saddened by the death of the then Deputy CM and his nephew Ajit Pawar in a plane crash, which necessitate ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Social activist Anjali Damania reinforced self-styled godman Ashok Kharat's links with the rich and powerful on Friday a she presented call records between Kharat and several key political figures in the state, apart from former state women's commission chief Rupali Chakankar, who resigned from the post after her association with Kharat came to light. She claimed deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde received 17 calls from the rape-accused last year and made 7 calls; one of the calls last ...Read More >
Baramati (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Monday filed her nomination for the forthcoming Baramati assembly bypoll and urged for an unopposed election. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sunetra Pawar will contest the Baramati by-polls in alliance with the BJP. Following the filing of nomination, she told reporters here that she was trying to request Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to "get the election unopposed", inferring that ...Read More >
PUNE: Deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar on Monday filed nomination for the Baramati bypoll, the traditional seat of the Pawar family, which is left vacant after Ajit Pawar's death in a plane crash on Jan 28 this year.Before filing her nomination in Baramati, Sunetra addressed a rally of NCP supporters wherein, in an emotional message to party workers, she said, "I never thought that a day would arrive where I would have to file nomination for the bypoll. It has been two months since Ajit dada ...Read More >
Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said that the ruling Mahayuti alliance is united in contesting the Baramati Assembly by-election and expressed hope that the poll would be held unopposed as a mark of respect to late leader Ajit Pawar. Shinde was speaking at a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) rally in Baramati ahead of Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar filing her nomination papers. He said that people of Baramati stand firmly behind Sunetra Pawar. "It is our sin ...Read More >
Pune, Apr 6 (PTI) NCP leader Parth Pawar on Monday said he would not speak to anyone with regards to unopposed Baramati assembly bypoll being contested by his mother and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, and asserted the Congress, which has fielded a candidate, will "suffer". The ruling Mahayuti had sought for unopposed elections as a mark of respect to Ajit Pawar, whose death in a plane crash on January 28 necessitated the bypoll. While the NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT), part of ...Read More >
Pune: The Maharashtra Congress on Monday said it 'can consider' withdrawing from the Baramati assembly bypoll if a first information report (FIR) is registered in the plane crash that killed former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. In a video message posted by State Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe, he addressed the criticism of fielding a candidate in Baramati, which has been an Ajit Pawar stronghold. He slammed the BJP for playing politics and questioned, "After the death of Vasantrao Chava ...Read More >
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state president Sunil Tatkare on Monday said that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar must be elected with a record margin in the Baramati Assembly by-election, calling it a true tribute to late leader Ajit Pawar. Tatkare was addressing a large gathering of party workers in Baramati ahead of Sunetra Pawar filing her nomination papers. He became emotional while recalling his long political association with Ajit Pawar. He said a request had been ...Read More >
Baramati: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP national president Sunetra Pawar on Monday filed her nomination for the Baramati Assembly by-election, describing the contest as a mission to fulfil the unfinished dreams of her late husband and veteran leader Ajit Pawar. The seat fell vacant following the tragic demise of Ajit Pawar in a plane crash earlier this year. Accompanied by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, her sons Parth and Jay and a host of ...Read More >
Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Monday filed her nomination for the Baramati Assembly by-election from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The bypoll is scheduled to be held on 23rd April. She submitted her nomination papers in the presence of senior leaders from the ruling Mahayuti alliance. Among those present were NCP's Sunil Tatkare, Praful Patel, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dhananjay Munde and Hasan Mushrif. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who leads the Shi ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 6 (PTI) Activist Anjali Damania on Monday claimed she used Artificial Intelligence-based large language model (LLM) Claude to analyse call data records (CDR) of arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat. Addressing a press conference here, Damania, while asserting that she would never do anything illegal, slammed Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for indulging in "politics of convenience". Damania, who claimed she got the CDR on WhatsApp from a person claiming to be a private detecti ...Read More >
Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar turned emotional while addressing a rally in Baramati on Monday, ahead of filing her nomination for the upcoming Baramati Assembly constituency by-election. Speaking before a large crowd of supporters, she said the election is not just a political contest but a moment of tribute to her late husband, Ajit Pawar. With tears in her eyes, Sunetra Pawar said she never imagined that such a by-election would take place. She recalled the sudden los ...Read More >
Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Sunetra Pawar on Monday filed her nomination papers for the April 23 Baramati assembly bypoll. She filed the papers in the presence of her party colleagues Sunil Tatkare, Praful Patel, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dhananjay Munde and Hasan Mushrif, as well as Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, and state minister and BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule. The three parties comprise the ruling Mahayuti. Before filing her nomination papers, s ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Congress on Sunday dashed the NCP's hopes to secure an unopposed victory for deputy chief minister and party chief Sunetra Pawar in the Baramati assembly bypoll, announcing Akash More, a prominent Dhangar leader, as its candidate. The announcement was made late in the evening, after state Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal turned down Pawar's plea for support citing a policy decision by the party. "As Baramati has a significant number of Dhangar voters, the Congress wants to unite t ...Read More >
Pune: Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday warned the Congress party against contesting the upcoming Baramati Assembly by-election. He said the party would face a crushing defeat if it entered the race. Bawankule made the remarks while addressing a rally in Baramati. The event was held ahead of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar filing her nomination papers. He said that people of Maharashtra would not forgive the Congress if it decided to contest. "You ...Read More >
Baramati Bypoll: In a surprise turn of events, Congress candidate Advocate Akash More said he may consider withdrawal of his nomination from the April 23 Baramati Assembly bye-election against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Sunetra Pawar. But, he added a rider saying he would not contest if his demand to file an FIR and conduct a probe into the aircraft accident that led to Ajit Pawar's death. "The accident involving Ajit Pawar was not just a coincidence; it is essential to re ...Read More >
Pune, Apr 6 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Sunetra Pawar on Monday filed her nomination papers for the April 23 Baramati assembly bypoll. She filed the papers in the presence of her party colleagues Sunil Tatkare, Praful Patel, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dhananjay Munde and Hasan Mushrif as well as Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, who heads the Shiv Sena, and state minister and BJP leader Chandrashekhar Bawankule. The three parties comprise the ruling Mahayuti. Before filing her nominati ...Read More >
Baramati Bypoll: As Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar is slated to file her nomination for the Baramati bypoll, the NCP and NCP (SP) are looking an uncontested victory. The April 23 bypoll for the Baramati assembly seat was necessitated following the death of then Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28. While the Opposition, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) have extended their support for an unopposed bypoll in Baramati, the Congress has nominated its state uni ...Read More >
The Maharashtra Congress on Monday (April 6, 2026) said it will consider withdrawing from the Baramati assembly bypoll if a first information report (FIR) is registered in the plane crash that killed former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. State Congress spokesperson Atul Londhe, in a statement, rejected claims that the April 23 by-election should be held unopposed, and accused the BJP of adopting a "convenient" political stance. The Congress on Sunday (April 5, 2026) fielded its state unit s ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Indian National Congress on Sunday announced Akash Vijayrao More as its candidate for the upcoming Baramati Assembly by-election, setting up a direct contest against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar. Who Is Akash More? More, currently serving as secretary of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee, has a political lineage. His father, Vijayrao More, was a former Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council. A lawyer by profession, More had previously contested th ...Read More >
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