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  BJP leader Pankaja Munde tests positive for COVID

  India | April 29, 2021 16:41 IST

  Taking to Twitter, the BJP's national secy said, "I have tested positive for coronavirus. I have already isolated myself and taking precautions. I met so many people and families of corona victims, I must have caught there."

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  Won't be in BJP core committee, declares Pankaja Munde during rally on home-turf

  National | December 12, 2019 16:03 IST

  Pankaja Munde was addressing supporters in a rally in her home turf Beed.

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  Pankaja Munde drops 'BJP' from Twitter bio after cryptic FB post

  India | December 02, 2019 13:19 IST

  Pankaja Munde was a minister in the earlier Devendra Fadnavis-led government. She remained present in all core committee meetings of the state BJP unit held before the formation of the new government led by Sena chief Thackeray.

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  Gopinath Munde’s daughter Pankaja trashes claim that her father was murdered

  India | January 24, 2019 13:23 IST

  Gopinath Munde had died in a road accident in New Delhi, weeks after the BJP won the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. 

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  Maharashtra civic polls: Pankaja Munde offers to quit after Beed results, BJP tries to downplay

  National | February 23, 2017 18:58 IST

  Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde today offered to quit the Devendra Fadnavis-led government after BJP's poor performance in the local body polls in Beed district.

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  Maharashtra ACB gives clean chit to Pankaja Munde in 'chikki' scam

  National | December 21, 2016 15:13 IST

  The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has given clean chit to state Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde in Rs 206 crore ‘chikki’ scam and recommended the closure of the case the BJP leader.

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  Opponents trying to embroil me in corruption cases, alleges Pankaja Munde

  National | October 11, 2016 20:24 IST

  Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde today accused her detractors of embroiling her in corruption cases and entangling her like Abhimanyu. Addressing her supporters at the annual Dussehra rally at the foothills of Bhagwangad shrine in the

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  Pankaja Munde lands in soup after her ‘threat’ audio clip emerges

  National | October 08, 2016 11:32 IST

  Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde found herself embroiled in a fresh controversy after a purported audio clip appeared in which she is heard "threatening" a priest of the Bhagwangad hill shrine in Ahmednagar

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  Devendra Fadnavis asks ‘defiant’ Pankaja Munde to attend water summit in Singapore

  National | July 10, 2016 18:58 IST

  A day after losing water conservation portfolio in Cabinet reshuffle, Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde expressed her displeasure on Twitter, forcing Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis placating his colleague by asking her to attend an international w

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  Selfie-row: Was only taking pictures of water at a dry place, clarifies Pankaja Munde

  National | February 21, 2023 18:12 IST

  New Delhi: Facing flak over selfies she clicked in drought-hit Latur region, Maharashtra Water Conservation Minister Pankaja Munde today clarified that she was really happy to have found water in such a dry place and

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  Pankaja Munde clicks ‘drought-selfie’ in Latur, draws flak

  National | April 18, 2016 14:52 IST

  Maharashtra's Rural Development and Water Conservation Minister Pankaja Munde landed herself in a controversy when she clicked selfies during her visit to drought-hit Latur district on Sunday.

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  Pankaja Munde defends 'ban' on women at Maharashtra temple

  National | December 03, 2015 22:52 IST

  Mumbai: Defending the practice of not allowing women to perform 'puja' at Shani Shingnapur temple in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra Rural Development minister Pankaja Munde today opined that traditional rituals cannot be "linked with insult" of

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  Sharad Pawar, Pankaja Munde invoke Bollywood icons to compliment each other

  National | August 15, 2015 16:56 IST

  Latur (Maharashtra):  Setting aside their political differences, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde invoked Bollywood icons to compliment each other during the unveiling of late Vilasrao Deshmukh's statue in his hometown Latur

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  Pankaja Munde's defence for man carrying her slippers: He wasn't a govt employee

  National | August 13, 2015 13:37 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra rural development minister Pankaja Munde has got embroiled in a controversy after a member of her staff was seen carrying her slippers during her recent tour of drought-affected regions in the state.The Congress,

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  Uproar in Maharashtra House over resignation of 'tainted' ministers

  National | July 24, 2015 16:43 IST

  Mumbai:  The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly today saw pandemonium created by opposition members when Opposition Congress-NCP demanded resignation of ministers facing corruption charges.The ruling BJP-Sena also demanded probe in the multi-crore Annabhau Sathe Corporation scam and

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  Graft charges against Maharashtra ministers: Uddhav Thackeray seeks probe

  National | July 24, 2015 14:46 IST

  Mumbai: Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Friday demanded a probe into the allegations of corruption against some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in Maharashtra's ruling coalition."A probe must be immediately conducted to ascertain the

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  Chikki scam: 2 labs clear samples but Zilla Parishad chief sticks to stand

  National | July 08, 2015 11:17 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Pankaja Munde has got some reprieve as the snack supplied to Ahmednagar district schools has been found unadulterated and fit for consumption by two government labs.President of Ahmednagar Zilla Parishad Manisha Gund,

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  Lait Modi row: Congress tells Hansraj Bhardwaj to exercise restraint

  National | July 02, 2015 17:55 IST

  New Delhi: Congress today sounded a note of caution to former Union Minister H R Bhardwaj to exercise restraint, in the wake of him questioning party's strategy in Parliament over the Lalit Modi row."Bhardwaj is a

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  Chikki scam: Have done nothing wrong, asserts Pankaja Munde

  National | July 01, 2015 16:34 IST

  Mumbai: Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde, who is under fire for allegedly flouting rules in awarding contracts worth Rs 206 crore, today said that she has not done anything wrong.Clarifying her stand on what has come

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  After Pankaja Munde, another Maharashtra minister Vinod Tawde faces scam allegations

  National | June 30, 2015 15:59 IST

  New Delhi: A few days after Pankaja Munde was accused of corruption in awarding contracts worth Rs 206 crore, another Maharashtra minister Vinod Tawde is facing allegations of irregularities in awarding contract.As reported by Indian