Nationalist Congress Party (NCP): News

23 Oct 2017

Karnataka

Two dropped cockroach in Indira Canteen meal for 'publicity', arrested

Karnataka police have arrested two men for allegedly dropping a cockroach in a meal served at Indira Canteen for 'publicity'.

20 Oct 2017

Gujarat

Gujarat elections: NCP ready to form pre-poll alliance with Congress

Reports have emerged about Gujarat NCP president Jayant Patel alias Boskey claiming the party wants a poll alliance with Congress to defeat the BJP.

16 Oct 2017

Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab: Meeting Ramdev at airport in 2011 was a mistake

The release of the third volume of former president Pranab Mukherjee's autobiography "The Coalition Years: 1996 to 2012" has raked up issues about UPA days.

06 Sep 2017

Karnataka

No breakfast at Indira Canteen for K'taka Congress President Parameshwara

Karnataka Congress President G Parameshwara conducted a random check at the Indira Canteen in Bengaluru's Ganganagar.

18 Aug 2017

Karnataka

Video: Cong leader holds MLC's hand, she pushes him away

A video has gone viral on social media in which Karnataka Congress leader TP Ramesh is seen holding MLC Veena Achaiah's hand, who resists the attempt.

18 Aug 2017

India

Report: BJP secured 74% of corporate funding to political parties

The BJP party received a whopping 73.8% of the Rs. 956.8 crore funds corporate houses donated to five national parties over four years, according to a report by the Delhi-based non-profit Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

10 Aug 2017

Gujarat

Congress crackdown on cross-voting MLAs; 8 expelled for 6 years

After Ahmed Patel's win, Congress has shown that there is no place for dissent in the party.

03 Aug 2017

Uber

Uber, Ola will not be allowed in Goa, says minister

In April, an NRI of Goan origin, Mahesh Sardesai, tired of Goa's taxi mafia, had started an e-petition directed towards chief minister Manohar Parrikar, to allow the entry of Ola and Uber in the state, which went viral.

03 Aug 2017

Maharashtra

Maharashtra Housing Min Prakash Mehta caught in fresh corruption controversy

Congress and NCP accused Maharashtra Housing Minister Prakash Mehta of being involved in a shady land deal, and demanded his resignation in the state assembly.

31 Jul 2017

Gujarat

Parliament Day 11: Mob lynching issue rocks session

The issue of mob lynchings took the Parliament by storm on its 11th day. Comments by TMC's Saugata Roy drew particular ire.

01 Jul 2017

India

GST: Modi launches 'Good and Simpler Tax' in historic ceremony

At midnight on July 1, PM Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee pressed a ceremonial button to herald the Goods and Services Tax, shifting India towards a 'One Nation, One Tax' regime.

19 Jun 2017

Karnataka

Bengaluru bit by yoga bug, from old to young everyone's practising

Bengaluru has reached a yoga frenzy with people as old as 79-year-old to young men, women practising yoga and not missing it for a single day.

17 May 2017

Mumbai

WannaCry ransomware attack- Maharashtra government releases helplines

Owing to the recent WannaCry ransomware attack on government office computers, the Maharashtra government has come up with helpline numbers.

03 Apr 2017

Germany

Mumbai's sea-water most polluted globally

Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany, assembled 1,237 scientific studies into a single database called 'Litterbase', which identifies places around the world with the most marine plastic pollution.

30 Mar 2017

Mumbai

Mumbai: Two college-going youths detained for trafficking LSD from USA

Mumbai Police's anti-narcotics cell arrested five people, including two students from two well-known colleges in the western suburbs.

27 Mar 2017

Delhi Police

Quality of education in Delhi's municipal schools diminishing

In the last 5 years, the Delhi Municipal Corporation has had a 98-100% success rate in improving toilet, drinking water and infrastructural facilities in their schools.

27 Mar 2017

Kerala

Sex tape: Kerala minister quits after "objectionable" video surfaces

Kerala Transport Minister AK Saseendran resigned after a news channel, Mangalam TV, aired clips of him having "lewd" conversations with a woman.

22 Mar 2017

Maharashtra

Mumbai: Residents can use free, unlimited WiFi for another month

The Maharashtra government has postponed its plan to start charging residents for WiFi till April.

16 Mar 2017

Maharashtra

5,000 doctors from Maharashtra to 'mass bunk'

On Friday, over 5,000 doctors from Maharashtra's public hospitals are planning a 'mass bunk' to protest the assault on a resident-doctor by a patient's relative at a government hospital in Dhule.

24 Feb 2017

Lok Sabha

Rs. 19L raised for expenses of Eman, world's heaviest woman

The family of Eman Ahmed, the world's heaviest woman currently in Mumbai for surgery, has managed to raise Rs. 19L from 169 well-wishers to cover her expenses.

23 Feb 2017

Mumbai

Plagiarism case against Rangoon

Production-house Wadia Movietone Pvt. Ltd has taken the 'Rangoon' makers to court, alleging the character played by Kangana Ranaut is copyright violation of 'Fearless Nadia', a famous Australian stunt actor.

09 Jan 2017

Mumbai

Roll-out of largest public WiFi

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the launch of the largest public WiFi service in Mumbai earlier today: there will be 500 WiFi live hotspots across the city.

09 Jan 2017

Raman Singh

Rapes in Bijapur by policemen; NHRC steps in

According to National Human Rights Commission report released on January 7, 2016, 16 women were prima facie victims of rape and sexual assault at hands of policemen in Bijapur district.

23 Dec 2016

Kolkata

Mumbai-where million dreams take a flight

A Kolkata tycoon was picked up by Enforcement Directorate sleuths from Mumbai airport while he was trying to escape to Malaysia.

22 Dec 2016

India

Ambiguity in donation disclosures to parties

According to a report by 'Association for Democratic Reforms' (ADR), much ambiguity continues to exist with respect to donations that were received by major political parties.

20 Dec 2016

Mumbai

News from Mumbai, of Mumbai and for Mumbai!

Noose tightened on electricity mafias and power theft offenders as the vigilance department of BEST registered more FIRs this year to serve as a deterrent.

05 Dec 2016

Mumbai

Mumbai, where dreams and distress go hand in hand

Aditi Laddha from IIT-Bombay landed the top offer during campus placements, becoming the first girl from the institute to get a US job.

30 Nov 2016

Bombay High Court

All that kept Mumbai buzzing

The Haji Ali dargah of Mumbai is in the news again.

29 Nov 2016

Shiv Sena

What did Mumbaikars do on 29th Nov?

BJP won big in the municipal council polls, winning 51 out of 147 municipal councils.

24 Nov 2016

WhatsApp

What all made news in Mumbai today?

Demonetization woes continue to haunt people as farmers are throwing produce on streets.

18 Nov 2016

Maharashtra

What is happening in Mumbai today?

High court asked the Enforcement Directorate to file status report on NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal's money laundering case.

07 Nov 2016

Navi Mumbai

Mumbai's news on 7th November

BMC inaugurated Kalina pond, a three-century-old pond, which was revived after two decades of struggle by residents of Kolovary village.

13 Sep 2016

Maharashtra

NCP's Praful Patel blames Congress for its downfall

NCP's Praful Patel lashed out at senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra CM, Prithviraj Chavan, for NCP's debacle in the assembly elections of 2014.