NCP leader Patil sent to seven days CBI custody

September 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has retained all its state ministers in the first list of 80 candidates it released Wednesday for the Oct 13 Maharashtra assembly elections. Contesting in alliance with the Congress, the NCP is fighting on 114 seats and the Congress on 174 in the 288-member assembly.

August 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - Former union minister Buta Singh will also be questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million) corruption case against his son Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh, an official said here Saturday. "We shall question Buta Singh and all other people whose names figure in the complaint," the official said on condition of anonymity.

June 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition as well as incriminating documents from two houses owned by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Padamsinh Patil, accused of murdering his cousin and his driver. A CBI team supervised by Western Region Joint Director Rishi Raj Singh raided two apartments owned by Patil in Colaba in south Mumbai late Thursday, a CBI source said.

June 14th, 2009 NAVI MUMBAI - Suspended Nationalist Congress Party leader and Member of Parliament Padamsinh Patil, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the 2006 murder case of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, was produced at Panvel court here on Sunday. The court has asked him to remain in CBI custody till June 20.

June 14th, 2009 PANVEL - A magistrate's court in Panvel, Maharashtra, on Sunday extended suspended senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Padamsinh Patil's CBI custody to June 20. Patil has been declared a prime accused in the 2006 murder of Congress leader Pavan Raje Nimbalkar.

June 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will never merge with the Congress and will continue to maintain its independent identity, a top party office-bearer said here Wednesday. Setting at rest all speculation, NCP Maharashtra unit chief R.R.

June 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday suspended its murder case accused MP Padamsinh Patil from its primary membership. The Sharad Pawar-led NCP was facing tremendous pressure from all around over its Patil's alleged involvement in the double-murder case.

June 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - The CBI has recorded the statement of social activist Anna Hazare in connection with the 2006 murder of Maharashtra Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, in connection to which Nationalist Congress Party MP Padamsinh Patil has been arrested. Speaking to reporters, Hazare said he had become a target as he exposed the malpractices and corruption in the Terna sugar factory, of which Patil was the chairman.

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 OSMANABAD - Irate supporters of an arrested Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Padamsinh Patil, forced business establishment to close down in Osmanabad area of Maharashtra on Sunday. Padamsinh Patil, a newly-elected lawmaker was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday for his alleged involvement in the 2006 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 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - The arrest of senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Padamsinh Patil rocked the Maharashtra legislature Monday with the opposition parties demanding resignation of state Home Minister Jayant Patil and Information Minister Rana Jagjitsinh Patil, who is also the son of the accused. The entire opposition was on its feet minutes after the house assembled for the day and raised slogans accusing the state government of allegedly attempting to shield Padamsinh Patil.

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 7th, 2009 BANGALORE - President Pratibha Patil arrived in the Karnataka capital Thursday evening on a two-day visit during which she will attend the concluding function of the centenary celebrations of the prestigious Indian Institute of Science here. President Patil will unveil a plaque at the IISc to mark the end of the celebrations here Friday.

March 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will be visting Arunachal Pradesh for three days beginning Wednesday, when she would arrive in Itanagar. According to official sources, Patil is slated to deliver the convocation address at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) during her visit.