Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday praised Dharmendra Pradhan for putting national interest above personal position. In his post on X, the Chief Minister said Pradhan implemented several key reforms in the education sector and played a crucial role in rolling out the National Education Policy (NEP). He spearheaded initiatives like the PM SHRI schools project, the expansion of IITs, and making entrance exams available in 19 languages. Demonstrating com…
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Pune, July 25 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) president and former Union minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday clarified that he personally met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to facilitate dialogue between protesting students and the government, emphasising that the outcome of those discussions was visible in the Centre’s response. He, however, strongly criticised the government’s heavy‑handed handling of the agitation at Jantar Mantar.Speaking at a press conference, Pawa…
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Opposition parties in Maharashtra on Saturday claimed that the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation is “major victory of the youth power in the country”. The NCP-SP President and former Union Minister Sharad Pawar said: “The struggle and determination shown by the youth over 28 consecutive days at Jantar Mantar in Delhi in the NEET paper leak case is truly commendable. In response to the insistent demand of the protesters, the Union Education Minister …
Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) Maharashtra Congress leaders on Wednesday launched a major protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to condemn the lathi charge on agitating students over the NEET paper leak and the treatment meted out to Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, and other Congress MPs. Congress organised a protest march from Gandhi Bhavan towards the BJP office in South Mumbai.The party intended to reach the BJP office and presen…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, accompanied by his daughter and Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule, on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Parliament office, submitting a memorandum on Maharashtra’s agrarian distress and urging Government intervention in student protests regarding the NEET‑UG examination paper leak. The meeting came during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, a day after Pawar and Sule visited protesting students at Ja…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Police forcibly removed Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and several opposition MPs from their dharna site near Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence in New Delhi on Tuesday, after they marched towards Lok Kalyan Marg demanding action over alleged examination paper leaks and police action against student protesters. Rahul Gandhi, who sat on the road refusing to lea…
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) NCP (SP) leader and former minister Jayant Patil on Saturday rubbished rumours of the party led by Sharad Pawar joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or merging with the NCP faction led by Sunetra Pawar. Speaking to the media in Pandharpur, where he had travelled to support the protest against the Shaktipeeth Expressway, Patil clarified the nature of his meetings and dismissed the rumours with humour.“Has the NDA extended an invitation to us? If not, where is the ques…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) After Delhi Police hospitalised climate activist Sonam Wangchuk over his deteriorating health following 20 days of hunger strike, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Central government, accusing it of “Asatya (lies) and Hinsa (violence)”.Taking to X with the hashtag ‘ChhatronKiGoonj’, LoP Gandhi said: “The core tenets of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government are ‘Asatya’ and ‘H…
Baramati (Maharashtra), July 18 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday condemned the police action against activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is on an indefinite hunger strike over the NEET-UG issue, saying the agitation would continue unabated.Speaking to reporters, Pawar said, “We had anticipated that they would arrest him within five or six days, and that is exactly what has happened. The protesters’ main demand was the resignation of the Union Educat…
Chennai, July 16 (IANS) Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram and Congress MP Karti Chidambaram have urged the DMK to maintain its opposition to the proposed Delimitation Bill, warning that any change in its stand would amount to a betrayal of its own principles. Their remarks come amid reports that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is preparing to reintroduce the proposed constitutional amendment on parliamentary delimitation during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, which is scheduled …