Supriya Sule: News

Supriya Sule is a social worker, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) politician, and Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Maharashtra. She is the daughter of party supremo and founder, Sharad Pawar. Sule has done her graduation in microbiology and pursued higher education at the University of California, Berkeley. She became a Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra in 2006. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, she successfully contested from the Baramati constituency, defeating BJP’s Kanta Jaysing Nalawade. She was re-elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Elections, and has served as a member of the Standing Committee on External Affairs; Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance & Corporate Affairs; and the Committee on Empowerment of Women. Sule is vocal about the issues affecting women and, in 2011, ran a campaign across Maharashtra against female foeticide. She, apart from her cousin, Ajit Pawar, is seen as the successor of Pawar in NCP.

23 Oct 2024

Ajit Pawar

'Only remember 1 Ajit..': Supriya Sule's latest dig at cousin

Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Supriya Sule has taken a dig at her cousin, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, for his frequent trips to New Delhi.

26 Sep 2024

Narendra Modi

'Modi would've inaugurated Pune Metro 6th time...': Supriya Sule's swipe

Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) MP Supriya Sule on Thursday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that he had already inaugurated the metro in Pune five times.

25 Sep 2024

Ajit Pawar

'Badla-Pura' posters with gun-wielding Fadnavis emerge after Badlapur accused's death 

Two days after the accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case was shot dead by police, posters featuring Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have surfaced across Mumbai.

Engineer named in FIR denies involvement in Shivaji statue collapse

Chetan Patil, a structural engineer implicated in the First Information Report (FIR) following the collapse of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's statue at Fort Rajkot, has denied responsibility for the incident.

24 Jun 2024

Mahua Moitra

'Warriors are back...': Moitra's post on Parliament's inaugural session

The 18th Lok Sabha session began on Monday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet ministers taking their oaths as members of Parliament.

06 Jun 2024

Ajit Pawar

Ajit Pawar faction's MLAs in talks with Sharad Pawar's camp

Ahead of the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls, approximately 10-15 MLAs from Ajit Pawar's faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are reportedly in contact with Sharad Pawar's camp.

04 Jun 2024

Ajit Pawar

Election results: INDIA takes considerable lead over NDA in Maharashtra 

Proving the exit poll predictions wrong, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance is leading in 27 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra.

07 May 2024

Sharad Pawar

Sharad faction alleges coercion, vote buying in Baramati, shares videos 

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction led by Sharad Pawar accused Ajit Pawar's faction of manipulation and bribery, during polling for the Baramati seats on Tuesday.

17 Feb 2024

Lok Sabha Elections

Meet Sunetra Pawar, likely candidate from Baramati against Supriya Sule

Speculation is rife that Sunetra Pawar, the wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, could contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Sharad Pawar's grandnephew appears before ED in MSCB case

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Rohit Pawar—who is also the grand-nephew of party chief Sharad Pawar—appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Mumbai on Wednesday.

19 Dec 2023

Parliament

In a first, over 140 opposition MPs suspended from Parliament

Forty-nine opposition MPs were reportedly suspended from the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, pushing the total Parliament Winter Session suspensions to 142.

31 Oct 2023

Apple

iPhone hacking row: Centre orders probe, asks Apple to join 

The central government has reportedly ordered a probe into the allegations by several opposition leaders and journalists that tech giant Apple warned them of alleged "state-sponsored attacks" on their iPhones.

30 Oct 2023

Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Maratha reservation protesters torch NCP MLA Prakash Solanke's house

Protesters rallying for Maratha reservations reportedly vandalized and torched Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Prakash Solanke's house in Maharashtra's Beed district on Monday.

16 Jul 2023

Ajit Pawar

NCP crisis: Rebel leaders pay surprise visit to Sharad Pawar 

In a new twist to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) crisis, rebel party leaders led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar met party supremo Sharad Pawar at Mumbai's YB Chavan Centre on Sunday and sought his blessings.

05 Jul 2023

Ajit Pawar

Ajit Pawar approaches ECI to claim NCP, party symbol

In a new twist to the politics in Maharashtra, National Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Wednesday petitioned the Election Commission of India (ECI), staking claim to the NCP led by Sharad Pawar and its symbol, the alarm clock.

03 Jul 2023

Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra: NCP files disqualification petitions against Ajit Pawar, 8 others

After Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar and eight other party MLAs took oath as ministers in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Maharashtra, the party filed a disqualification petition against them with Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar.

Pawar appoints Praful Patel, Supriya Sule as NCP's working presidents

Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar officially appointed Praful Patel and Supriya Sule as working presidents of the party on Saturday.

09 Jun 2023

Sharad Pawar

Sanjay Raut, Sharad Pawar receive death threats; Sule demands action

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar reportedly received death threats from unknown persons on Friday.

02 May 2023

Sharad Pawar

Will rethink decision: Sharad Pawar after resigning as NCP chief

Hours after announcing his resignation as the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president, Sharad Pawar said that he "needs two-three days to rethink his decision."

24 Sep 2021

Maharashtra

Maharashtra reduces duty hours for women cops to 8 hours

The Maharashtra government has decided to reduce working hours for women police officers from 12 hours to eight hours, Maharashtra Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey said on Friday.

04 Feb 2021

Ghazipur

Farmers' protest: Opposition delegation stopped from reaching Ghazipur site

A delegation of 15 Opposition leaders was on Thursday stopped from meeting the farmers protesting against three laws at the Ghazipur border of Delhi.

05 Dec 2019

Egypt

What Nirmala Sitharaman said after 'Don't eat much onions' remark

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said in the Parliament that she doesn't eat a lot of onions or garlic and neither does her family.

03 Dec 2019

Narendra Modi

Modi proposed BJP-NCP alliance in Maharashtra, claims Sharad Pawar

With the Maharashtra political drama settled, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had proposed "working together."