Vinod Tawde
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Celebrating V-Day as Mom's Day - order withdrawn
India | Feb 14, 2015, 08:44 AM ISTSatara (Maharashtra): A directive asking schools and colleges in Maharashtra's Satara district to celebrate St. Valentine's Day as "Mother's Day" was withdrawn Friday, an official said.Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde said of the Feb 11
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Maharashtra: Shopkeepers should speak in Marathi, says BJP Minister
National | Jan 13, 2015, 06:57 AM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra Minister for Culture and Marathi language Vinod Tawde on Monday said shopkeepers in the state should speak in Marathi as there should be people's movement to promote the local language.After releasing the 20th
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Strike hits 60,000 Maharashtra aided schools
India | Dec 12, 2014, 11:23 AM ISTMumbai/Nagpur: Over 60,000 government aided schools across Maharashtra remained shut Friday as around 700,000 teachers and non-teaching staff went on a strike to press for their demands, an official said here."We are opposing the state
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Management quota admissions should be transparent: Vinod Tawde
National | Dec 09, 2014, 05:56 PM ISTNagpur: Maharashtra Higher Education Minister Vinod Tawde on Tuesday said there should be transparency in the admissions for management quota seats in various colleges and the process should be done on merit basis.Tawde was talking
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Maharashtra keen to groom youth leaders via college elections: Tawde
National | Nov 22, 2014, 06:06 PM ISTMumbai: The Maharashtra government is keen to re-start college elections as they would groom student leaders and help them develop leadership skills, Education Minister Vinod Tawde said here today. College elections were stopped in the
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Fadnavis' team a mix of old and new
National | Oct 31, 2014, 07:32 PM ISTMumbai: The 10-member Devendra Fadnavis ministry sworn in here today in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a blend of youth and experience. The seniormost among them is Eknath Khadse (born in 1952),
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Devendra Fadnavis leads the race for Maharashtra Chief Minister
National | Oct 20, 2014, 02:29 PM ISTMumbai: With Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging the single largest party in the assembly polls, the race for the post of Chief Minister is gaining momentum in Maharashtra.BJP's State unit chief Devendra Fadnavis (44) is
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Maharashtra polls: Top 6 CM aspirants of BJP
National | Oct 25, 2014, 10:07 AM ISTNew Delhi: Maharashtra Assembly election results will be out on Sunday. Exit polls have predicted BJP emerging as single largest party. The party is also exploring possibilities of joining hands with parties like NCP and
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Sena leaders reach BJP office to salvage alliance
National | Sep 23, 2014, 01:33 PM ISTMumbai: Senior Shiv Sena leaders today held talks with BJP aiming to end the deadlock on seat sharing that is threatening to disintegrate their 25-year-old alliance ahead of the October 15 Maharashtra Assembly elections. Sena
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Chavan's decision to skip Narendra Modi's function "unfortunate": BJP
National | Aug 21, 2014, 03:25 PM ISTMumbai: The BJP in Maharashtra today termed as “unfortunate” Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's decision to boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi's programme in Nagpur and said Congress should introspect why people are “unhappy” with the state
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BJP Asks Maharashtra Government to Declare Drought in State
National | Aug 13, 2014, 04:34 PM ISTLatur: The BJP today asked the Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra to declare drought in the state, and to seek relief from Central contingency fund to tackle the acute water shortage in areas like Marathwada which
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Final decision on alliance only after leaders meet: BJP
National | Jul 06, 2014, 12:49 PM ISTMumbai: BJP today said final decision on the alliance with Shiv Sena for the upcoming Assembly polls in Maharashtra would be taken only after leaders of both parties meet and discuss the issue.At a party
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Why Maharashtra buying costlier electricity from private firms: BJP
National | Jul 06, 2014, 12:48 PM ISTMumbai: BJP leader and leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Vinod Tawde today said the state government should have sought electricity from the central grid in the face of power shortage.“I spoke to
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Don't transfer 'Adarsh' CBI officer: Maha BJP leader to PM
National | Jul 07, 2012, 01:50 PM ISTMumbai, Jul 6:Calling the transfer of CBI Joint Director Rishi Raj Singh, who headed the probe in the Adarsh scam, as “inappropriate”, a senior Maharashtra BJP leader has requested the Centre to put it on
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People Have Spurned Ajit Pawar's Money Politics, Says BJP
India | Feb 17, 2012, 05:35 PM ISTMumbai, Feb 17: Today's results of the civic elections in Maharashtra showed that “politics of money” propagated by Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar had been rejected by the people, BJP said. “The