Maharashtra Irrigation Scam

Maharashtra irrigation scam inquiry shut 48 hours after Ajit Pawar allies with BJP: All you need to know about case

Here is all you need to know about the infamous Maharashtra irrigation scam, in which NCP leader Ajit Pawar was allegedly involved.

Maharashtra irrigation scam: ACB puts onus on former deputy CM Ajit Pawar, files 24 FIRs against contractors and officers

Pawar was among the NCP ministers who were in-charge of the irrigation department at different times between 1999 and 2014 during the Congress-NCP coalition rule in Maharashtra. ACB's Director General Sanjay Barve filed an affidavit before the Nagpur bench of the high court on Tuesday in response to a petition filed by an NGO, Janmanch.

Irrigation scam: HC seeks Maharashtra govt's reply to PIL

The Bombay High Court today gave time to Maharashtra Government to respond to an affidavit filed by activist Praveen Wategaonkar with regard to his PIL questioning the validity of Special Investigating Team (SIT) formed to probe the irrigation scam.

Ajit Pawar reinstated as Maharashtra Deputy CM, Sena calls it 'tamasha'

Barely 10 weeks after he quit over the alleged irrigation scam in the state, senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar was reinstated as the Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister today.

Ajit Pawar set to return as Maharashtra deputy CM today

The move comes just days after Ajit Pawar got a clean chit in the alleged scam and before the winter session of the legislature.

Ajit Pawar to be sworn in tomorrow

Pawar will be sworn-in 9.30 am on Friday by Governor K Sankaranarayanan.

White Paper sham: Pawar cannot escape corruption sting

The manner in which allegations and court cases open up in the months to come will be more crucial to Pawar than the state government’s recently-released White Paper.

White Paper on Maha irrigation projects not a probe: NCP

The Nationalist Congress Party said that the White Paper on irrigation projects in Maharashtra was not an enquiry report but a compilation of the status of various projects in the state.

Maharashtra irrigation scam: Will white paper give clean chit to Ajit Pawar?

Months after Ajit Pawar resigned as the deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra over the irrigation scam, a white paper on irrigation projects is to be tabled in the state cabinet today.

BJP demands SIT probe in Maharashtra irrigation scam

Maharashtra BJP today alleged that administrative work in the government had come to a "standstill" as a result of internal bickering between Congress and NCP and demanded a SIT probe into the alleged irrigation scam.