Padamsinh Patil’s arrest embarrassing for party: NCP

August 19th, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Congress maintained silence Wednesday after a party legislator from Ambikapur seat, T.S. Singhdeo, was held at the Bhopal airport after security personnel found him carrying 10 live cartridges.

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 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 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 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 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 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - Renowned social worker and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday in connection with its probe into the murder of Congress leader Pavan Raje Nimbalkar. Padamsinh Patil, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP from Osmanabad, was arrested Sunday in connection with the killings of Nimbalkar and his driver Samad Qazi in 2006.

June 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - The arrest of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Padamsinh Patil by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) rocked the Maharashtra assembly Monday with the opposition demanding the resignation of Home Minister Jayant Patil and Information Minister Rana Jagatjitsinh Patil, the son of the accused. The issue came up prominently in the assembly and council when the day's proceedings began in the morning, leading to adjournments of the houses amid an uproar created by the opposition.

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.

June 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Padamsinh Patil, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP, was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) late Saturday in connection with the murder of a Congress leader in 2006, official sources said here. Patil, a former Maharashtra home minister who now represents Osmanabad in the Lok Sabha, was questioned till late into the night, they said.

June 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Padamsinh Patil, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP and a former Maharashtra home minister, was detained by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) late Saturday night in connection with the murder of a Congress leader in 2006, official sources said here. The detention came after Patil, who represents Osmanabad in the Lok Sabha, was questioned till late into the night, the sources said.

June 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Padamsinh Patil, a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP and a former Maharashtra home minister, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) late Saturday night in connection with the murder of a Congress leader in 2006, official sources said here. Patil, who represents Osmanabad in the Lok Sabha, was earlier detained after being questioned till late into the night, the sources said.

April 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Noticed something? Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan is conspicuously absent from the Samajwadi Party campaign scene. With party general secretary Amar Singh being a close friend, Bachchan had campaigned extensively in the assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh in 2007.

March 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday backed its controversial candidate Varun Gandhi, in the dock for his alleged communal speeches, and indicated that he could go ahead and court arrest after he withdrew his bail plea from the Delhi High Court. 'There is definitely an element of political vendetta against Varun Gandhi.