Arrested Pawar aide in ICU, may not appear in court for alleged murder charge

August 20th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday submitted a 5000-page chargesheet, in which it named suspended Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Padamsinh Patil as the prime accused and conspirator in the 2006 murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimabalkar. "The charge sheet, filed in a Panvel court, includes the statements of 181 witnesses and over 200 documents alleging the involvement of Patil and others in the crime," said P Kandaswamy, the head of CBI's Mumbai Zone.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of the assembly elections in Maharashtra, Union Agricultural Minister and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of merger with the Congress Party. Pawar also termed the statements by some Congress leaders on the issue as cheap publicity.

August 6th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A court in Shopian on Thursday rejected the bail application of Jammu and Kashmir police officers, who were arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian. The court rejected their plea under the Section 497 of CRPC (discretionary powers of the judge to grant bail or not).

July 19th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Blood samples of the four policemen charged for dissipation and suppression of evidence in the rape and murder of two women in Shopian town were taken here on Sunday. Medical officers assisting the investigation of Shopian murder took blood samples of the four police personnel, who are presently in police custody.

June 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - Former Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Tuesday said the Congress Party should go alone in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls. The above statement came after NCP MP Padamsinh Patil was arrested by the CBI in the case of the murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior NCP leader and Union Civil Aviation minister Praful Patel said here on Monday that their party will completely dissociate itself from MP Padam Singh Patil, if the charges alleged against him are proved. "If the charges are proved, then the NCP will completely dissociate itself from Patil," said Praful Patel.

June 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the "law will take its own course" in the case of the murder of Maharashtra Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, in which his party MP Padamsinh Patil was arrested by the CBI. "I do not want to influence the inquiry process in any way by making a comment," Pawar said when asked for his reaction on the arrest of the senior NCP leader from Osmanabad.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Monday took charge as Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pawar had previously held the posts of Defence Minister and Maharashtra Chief Minister. He convened a meeting of senior officials and took stock of the situation in the field of agriculture.

April 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Samajwadi Party (SP) General Secretary Amar Singh on Friday said his party would support Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar as Prime Minister. "The NCP is expected to win at least 15 of 21 seats in Maharashtra.

April 23rd, 2009 BARAMATI - Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar Thursday tripped the Congress by saying that the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will pick its prime minister only after the Lok Sabha election results are known. Going against the Congress stand that Manmohan Singh will remain the prime minister of any future UPA government, Pawar said that the 'election and selection' of the leader of the government would occur after the elections get over May 16.

April 20th, 2009 BHOPAL - A Madhya Pradesh Congress leader was arrested Monday for his alleged involvement in the murder of party legislator Makhan Singh Jatav, police said. 'The investigation conducted so far in the Jatav murder case indicated that Congress leaders had conspired to kill him, with the main culprit being Bhind district Congress vice president Tej Narayan Shukla who is now under arrest,' R.S.

April 20th, 2009 BHOPAL - A Madhya Pradesh Congress leader was arrested Monday for his alleged involvement in the murder of party legislator Makhan Singh Jatav, police said. 'The investigation conducted so far in the Jatav murder case indicated that Congress leaders had conspired to kill him, with the main culprit being Bhind district Congress vice president Tej Narayan Shukla who is now under arrest,' R.S.

April 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar was in Panaji, but the party's Goa chief Wilfred D'Souza managed to give him the slip. D'Souza's 'inability' to accompany Pawar to the inauguration of the party's youth wing office and a subsequent press conference on the third floor of a building almost left the latter red-faced.

February 7th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - One more person has been arrested in Orissa for his alleged involvement in the rape of a nun during the communal violence last year in the state's Kandhamal district, police said Sunday. 'Jayaban Digal, a resident of Sainpada village, was arrested Saturday night.

January 12th, 2009 PUNE - A man convicted in a murder case resigned from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) here -- within 48 hours after joining it with fanfare. Baba Bodke, 35, sentenced to life imprisonment but out on bail, was given the membership of NCP Sunday in the presence of Maharashtra Water Resources Minister Ajit Pawar.