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  Narendra Modi offers medical help to Vilasrao Deshmukh

  Politics | September 23, 2012 12:27 IST

  Ahmedabad, Aug 13: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked officials from the health department to offer medical help to union minister and senior Congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh who is undergoing treatment for a

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  Vilasrao Deshmukh still on ventilator

  Politics | September 20, 2012 14:31 IST

  Chennai, Aug 9 : Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's health condition is still critical, doctors said.  Deshmukh is presently on ventilator at Global Hospital here.  Doctors however said, a slight improvement has been noticed in his

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  Vilasrao Deshmukh still critical

  India | August 08, 2012 12:10 IST

  Chennai, Aug 8: The condition of Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, admitted to a private hospital here for a liver-related ailment, was “still critical”, hospital officials said today.“He is still critical and continues

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  'India Against Corruption' to hold protests from July 25

  India | July 02, 2012 20:47 IST

  Mumbai, Jul 2: As part of Team Anna's demand for an independent probe into the corruption allegations against 15 Union ministers, NGO India Against Corruption today announced that its activists will stage protests from July

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  39 Mumbai housing plots given to trusts, politicians and builders to be taken back

  India | June 29, 2012 11:08 IST

  Mumbai, Jun 29: The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) has decided to revoke the controversial allotment of 39 public housing plots in land-starved Mumbai to politicians, their educational or charitable trusts, and even

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  Deshmukh lays 'Adarsh' blame at Ashok Chavan's door

  India | June 27, 2012 10:48 IST

  Mumbai, Jun 26: Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today appeared to be laying the blame for ‘Adarsh' scam at former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's door when he told the judicial panel probing it that the land

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  SC Refuses To Stay HC Verdict Remarks Against Vilasrao Deshmukh

  India | March 23, 2012 15:50 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 23: The Supreme Court today refused to stay a Bombay High Court judgment making remarks against former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in a case involving allotment of 20 acre land to

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  BJP Demands Deshmukh's Resignation Following HC Indictment

  Politics | February 12, 2012 8:33 IST

  Pune, Feb 12 : BJP on Saturday demanded the resignation of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in the wake of the Bombay High Court's decision to cancel the land allotment made by him as the Maharashtra

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  BJP Demands Vilasrao Deshmukh's Dismissal

  Politics | February 11, 2012 18:48 IST

  Mumbai, Feb 11: Former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh should quit the Union cabinet in the wake of the critical observations made by the Bombay High Court on his role in the land deal involving

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  Why Anna Calls It A Half Victory

  India | August 28, 2011 13:29 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 28: After Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh read out the Prime Minister's letter at Ramlila Maidan on Saturay, Anna Hazare announced he was calling off his fast, and described it as a half

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  Cabinet Minister Objected To Giving In-Principle Approval To Anna's Points

  India | August 28, 2011 8:27 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 28: Here is how the Indian Express describes the various twists and turns which ultimately led to the government acccepting Anna's three main demands albeit conditionally.The report says, barely an hour before

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  Vilasrao Deshmukh Meets Hazare, Requests Him To End Fast

  India | August 25, 2011 17:04 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 25 :  Amidst efforts to break the deadlock between government and Anna Hazare team, senior Maharashtrian leader and Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today met the Gandhian to appeal to him to end

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  Adarsh Plot Was Never Reserved For Defence, War Heroes, Says Deshmukh

  India | June 17, 2011 15:59 IST

  Mumbai, June 17: Union Minister for Rural Development and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today said the Adarsh Society land belonged to the state and was never reserved for defence personnel or Kargil war

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  Adarsh Scam: Tiwari Says, Vilasrao Approved All Proposals

  India | May 20, 2011 19:46 IST

  Mumbai/New Delhi, May 20: Suspended State Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari, an accused in Adarsh Housing scam, today targeted Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, saying he had approved all proposals regarding the controversial high rise when he

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  Adarsh Scam Probe Panel To Be Named In 2-3 Days: Chavan

  India | December 17, 2010 8:26 IST

  Nagpur, Dec 16 (PTI) The Maharashtra Government will constitute a two-member judicial panel to probe the alleged irregularities in the Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai within two to three days. "We have discussed the issue

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  While Farmers Committed Suicides In Vidarbha, Vilasrao Shielded MLA's Moneylender Family

  India | December 15, 2010 10:10 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 14 : : In a stinging criticism of Maharashtra chief minister-turned Union cabinet minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said he had abused his constitutional position to prevent the police

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  Chavan Asked Adarsh Society To Change Bye-Laws

  India | November 01, 2010 19:55 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 1: Starting a blame game, Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today said it was Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan as the then Revenue Minister who asked the controversial housing society involved in a

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  Deshmukh Denies Recommending Any Case For Housing Society

  India | October 31, 2010 15:55 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 31 : Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh today said that he had not recommended any case for membership of the controversial Adarsh Housing Society and that allegations in this regard were a "conspiracy

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  Nothing Wrong In Minsters Donating For Sonia's Rally: Deshmukh

  India | October 16, 2010 20:58 IST

  Latur, Oct 16: Union minister for heavy industries Vilasrao Deshmukh today said he saw nothing wrong in Maharashtra Congress ministers donating money for party chief Sonia Gandhi's public rally near Nagpur. "Workers and leaders of

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  Ministers Asks PSUs To Withhold CWG Sponsorship

  India | August 19, 2010 20:35 IST

  New Delhi: In what could be a severe jolt to the crisis-ridden Commonwealth Games, the Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Thursday  said his ministry has asked PSUs to hold back sponsorship