Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar is an Indian politician. He served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and in the Union Council of Ministers as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of P.V. Narsimha Rao as well as the Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Manmohan Singh. He is the first and former president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),"which he founded in 1999,after separating from the Indian National Congress". His faction of the NCP was split by his nephew,Ajit Pawar. He leads his faction of the NCP in the Rajya Sabha,the upper chamber of the Indian parliament. He is the chairperson of Maha Vikas Aghadi,a regional Maharashtra-based political alliance.
The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India and is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra with a recognised state party status in Nagaland and Kerala. The party has its presence in legislative assemblies of Maharashtra,Nagaland,and Arunachal Pradesh,with being in the governing coalition in all of these states. Besides this,the party is also part of the current governing coalition National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The 1993 Bombay bombings was a series of 12 terrorist bombings that took place primarily in Hindu majority areas in Bombay,Maharashtra,on 12 March 1993. The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries. The attacks were coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim,leader of the Mumbai-based international organised crime syndicate D-Company. Ibrahim was believed to have ordered and helped organize the bombings through his subordinate Tiger Memon.
Kurla is a suburb of East Mumbai,India. It is the headquarters of the Kurla taluka of Mumbai Suburban district. The neighbourhood is named after the eponymous East Indian village that it grew out of. It falls under Zone 5,Ward 'L' of the Bombay Municipal Corporation. Its railway station,spelt as Coorla until 1890,is one of the busiest on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai as is the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) for out-station passenger/express trains.
Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje,popularly known by his moniker Chhota Rajan,is an Indian gangster and convicted criminal who served as the crime lord of a major crime syndicate based in Mumbai.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari is an Indian politician who served as the 22nd governor of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2023. An RSS veteran,Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and party's 3rd State president for Uttarakhand. He also served as 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2001 to 2002 and thereafter,was the leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. He also served as an MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and MLA in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He later served as an MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency,earning him the distinction of being elected in both houses of State Legislature and both houses of National Parliament respectively.
Vikhroli Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Anil Vasantrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party. Deshmukh served as the Minister for Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra between 2019 and 2021. Deshmukh resigned in 2021 as the Home Minister of Maharashtra due to allegations of money laundering and other charges by Param Bir Singh. He was arrested by ED and was kept in custody for 1 year before being released by a court order.
Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Anushakti Nagar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India and Mumbai South-Central.
Dawood Ibrahim is an Indian mob boss,drug lord,and terrorist. He reportedly heads the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company,which he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s. Ibrahim is wanted on charges including murder,extortion,targeted killing,drug trafficking,and terrorism.
Sunil Dattatray Tatkare is an Indian politician currently serving as Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Raigad. He formerly served as the Member of Legislative Assembly,Maharashtra from Shrivardhan and as Minister of Water Resources,Maharashtra. He also formerly served as the leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Vidhan Sabha. He has been alleged to have been associated in a number of cases due to which the Anti-Corruption Bureau has sought the state government's nord to launch an "open inquiry" against him over allegations of land grab and disproportionate assets. The Enforcement Directorate has started a probe against him in an assets case.
Line 2 (Yellow Line) is a rapid transit metro line of the Mumbai Metro in the city of Mumbai,Maharashtra,India. The line connects Dahisar in the northwest with Mandale in Mankhurd via Andheri,BKC and Chembur in the east. Phase One of Line 2A was partially opened on 2 April 2022 from Dahisar East to Dahanukarwadi.
Sion Koliwada Assembly constituency is one of the ten constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in Mumbai City district.
Ramesh Kadam was a leader of the Nationalist Congress Party and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. In August 2015,he was arrested for alleged fraud and embezzlement of funds from a state-run corporation.
Jitendra Satish Awhad is a senior leader and Indian politician from Maharashtra. Previously he served as a member of legislative council of Maharashtra from 2002 to 2009. He also served as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly with Ajay Choudhari in 2024 and currently a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 3 terms representing Mumbra-Kalwa in Thane. He has previously served as the Acting Leader of the Opposition Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and he has previously served as Cabinet Minister of Medical Education and Horticulture in 2014 and Housing and Minority Affairs from 2019 to 2022. He belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party.
Nehrunagar Vidhan Sabha seat was one of the seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. It was made defunct after constituency map of India was redrawn in 2008. Nehrunagar is a suburb of Mumbai,next to Kurla.
Sameer Wankhede is an officer of the Indian Revenue Service from the 2008 batch. Until 2021,he worked as Zonal Director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). Prior to joining NCB,Wankhede worked with the National Investigation Agency and the Air Intelligence Unit.
The Mahadev Betting App Case is a high-profile scandal involving an online betting platform that enabled illegal gambling on various games,including poker,card games,badminton,tennis,football,and cricket. The app was operated by Dubai-based Saurabh Chandrakar,a former juice seller,and his accomplice Ravi Uppal,both of whom hail from Chhattisgarh,according to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ED has alleged that the app operated by franchising "panel/branches" to known associates on a 70-30 profit ratio,using the platform to enroll new users,create IDs,and launder money through a complex network of Benami bank accounts. The operation reportedly generated an astounding ₹200 crore daily.
Sana Malik is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. She is also an architect turned lawyer. She is serving as the member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Anushaktinagar Assembly constituency since 23 November 2024 representing the Nationalist Congress Party. She is daughter of Nawab Malik,a former minister in the cabinet of Maharashtra.
