Dhananjay Munde: News
Dhananjay Munde, the nephew of the late politician and BJP leader Gopinath Munde, is a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He was born in 1975 in Parli, Maharashtra, and grew up in a political environment as his uncle was a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Beed. Munde has been passionate about politics from a young age and initially worked for the BJP before leaving behind his cousin, Pankaja Munde, who is a part of the saffron party. He joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in 2013 and quickly rose to prominence, and proved to be an indispensable member of the party. At a young age, he was assigned the role of Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, a position he held for five years. He ran for the 2019 Assembly elections from Parli and defeated his estranged cousin Pankaja. As of 2021, he is a Cabinet minister in the Uddhav Thakeray-led government of Maharashtra and holds the portfolio of Minister for Social Justice and Special Assistance.
04 Feb 2021
MaharashtraWoman accuses Maharashtra minister of confining their kids
A woman who had been in a relationship with Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde has submitted a police complaint alleging he has kept their two children in his bungalow in Mumbai for the last three months and was not allowing her to meet or speak to them.
22 Jan 2021
FacebookMaharashtra: Woman withdraws rape allegations against minister Dhananjay Munde
The woman who accused Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde of rape has withdrawn her complaint, reports said on Friday.
13 Jan 2021
MaharashtraRape accused Maharashtra minister cries conspiracy; BJP demands action
Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde has been accused of rape, a charge he denied saying he was in a consensual relationship with the accuser's sister and that they were blackmailing him.
13 Jun 2020
MumbaiIn Maharashtra, people aged 31-40 most affected by coronavirus: Data
Till Friday evening, the number of coronavirus infections in Maharashtra had crossed 1 lakh. The state is notably India's worst-hit in the COVID-19 outbreak, that started in India in late-January.
05 Jan 2020
MaharashtraMaharashtra portfolio allocated: Check full list of Ministers here
After causing much fuss, the Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra announced the portfolio allocation for Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State on Sunday.
03 Jan 2020
MaharashtraIn Maharashtra Cabinet, NCP expected to get lion's share
Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) could emerge as the biggest winner in Maharashtra, as it is all poised to get key Cabinet berths like Home, Finance, Irrigation, and Housing, reports NDTV.
23 Nov 2019
MumbaiMaharashtra coup: 48 NCP MLAs return to Sharad Pawar
After Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar called a meeting of all party MLAs earlier on Saturday, 48 out of the party's 54 legislators in the Maharashtra Assembly attended the meeting.
24 Oct 2019
Pankaja MundeMaharashtra elections: BJP heavyweight Pankaja loses to cousin, "weeps inconsolably"
In a shocker for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party heavyweight Pankaja Munde has been defeated in the Maharashtra Assembly polls on her home turf, the Parli constituency in Beed district, by a huge margin.
24 Oct 2019
HaryanaAssembly elections 2019: How did star-candidates perform in Haryana, Maharashtra?
With each passing hour, the picture of Haryana and Maharashtra assemblies are becoming clearer.
25 Feb 2019
MaharashtraMaharashtra budget-session begins, Opposition boycotts Governor's address over RSS remarks
Opposition parties today boycotted Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao's address to the joint sitting of the Maharashtra legislature to voice their protest against his recent remarks on the RSS.
18 Jan 2019
Narendra Modi7,000 apply for 13 canteen waiter posts in Maharashtra secretariat
As many as 7,000 persons, mostly graduates, had applied for 13 vacant posts of canteen waiters in Mantralaya, the Maharashtra secretariat, an official said today.
14 Jul 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: 639 farmers ended lives between March-May this year
In Maharashtra, 639 farmers committed suicide between March and May this year due to crop failure, debt, and inability to repay bank loans.
18 Jun 2018
MumbaiSafety net: Maharashtra secretariat gets network of 420 CCTV cameras
After a suicide and two attempted suicides at the Mantralaya in recent months, Maharashtra Government is installing a CCTV network of 420 cameras at the state administration headquarters, located in South Mumbai.
07 Mar 2018
MaharashtraMaharashtra: Sale of gutka to become non-bailable offense with 3-year-imprisonment
The Maharashtra Government has told the Legislative Council that sale of gutka -banned in the state- would be made a non-bailable offense.
09 Apr 2017
Pakistan NewsMaharashtra Govt. congratulates Aamir Khan for Dangal decision
The Maharashtra Government passed a resolution congratulating Aamir Khan for not releasing his movie Dangal in Pakistan.
07 Apr 2017
Pakistan NewsDangal: Pak censor board want national flag, anthem scenes cut
Two months after Pakistani cinema owners lifted a self-imposed ban on screening of Bollywood movies, they sought that the blockbuster 'Dangal' be screened in their movies.