NCP suspends Padamsinh Patil from primary membership

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.

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 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 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Wednesday suspended Padamsinh Patil, its MP from Maharashtra, three days after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of a Congress leader in 2006. NCP leader Praful Patel told reporters here that the party's disciplinary action committee had decided to suspend Patil from its primary membership.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Padamsinh Patil, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP from Maharashtra arrested on charge of murder, was suspended from the party Wednesday, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said. A senior party leader, Patel told reporters here that the NCP's disciplinary action committee decided to suspend Patil from its primary membership.

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 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Coming out in support of party MP Padamsinh Patil, arrested for the murder of a Congress leader, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Tuesday said that he is "innocent, until proved guilty". "NCP believes that the law would take its course and Patil is innocent till he is proved guilty.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Monday said that the arrest of its senior leader Padamsinh Patil by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on charges of murdering a Congress leader has been "embarrassing" for the party. "Of course it is embarrassing for the party...

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 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.

June 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - A close aide of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Padamsinh Patil, who was detained on Saturday by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for his alleged involvement in the murder of senior Congress leader Pawanraj Nimbalkar in 2003, may not appear in court Sunday. According to sources, Patil complained of severe chest pain this morning and has now been admitted to the ICU of Mumbai's J J Hospital.

June 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - Nationalist Congress Party leader Padamsinh Patil was on Sunday sent to seven days Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody by a Panvel court after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of senior Congress leader Pawanraj Nimbalkar in 2006. The CBI picked up Patil for questioning late on Saturday night from his son's house in South Mumbai.

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.