The party won only one seat at Osmanabad-Beed-Latur, while its candidates were humbled at Chandrapur and Amravati constituencies, where the BJP candidates held sway. The results also led to yet another round of accusations between the Congress and its ...

BJP candidates Nitesh Bangadia (Chandrapur) and Pravin Pote (Amravati) were victorious over their Congress opponents.Dilip Deshmukh (Congress), former minister and brother of ex-chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh also registered a clean sweep by ...

The party, however, lost Chandrapur and Amravati, where BJP's Nitesh Bhangadia and Praveen Pote polled 403 and 194 votes each. NCP retained Raigad and Parbhani seats, held by Congress but was allotted to NCP as pre-poll understanding.

Among the six districts of Vidarbha, Buldhana and Amravati have been declared drought-hit. The immediate outcome is that children have to brace the scorching sun and walk for miles to collect water. Each child has been spending at least four hours ...

Congress could retain only the Latur local bodies seat to which Dilip Deshmukh, younger brother of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, was re-elected for the third time, while lost Chandrapur and Amravati local bodies seats in the polls held on May 25 ...

Paresh, the son of Amravati divisional commissioner Ganesh Thakur, was produced before additional chief judicial magistrate VK Yawalkar, after his CBI custody expired on Monday. CBI special prosecutor Vivek Saxena urged the court to extend Thakur's ...

In Amravati, the Congress fielded Aniruddh Deshmukh, the district president, despite opposition from some MLAs and he lost to BJP's Praveen Pote. Local MLAs were in favour of Ajay Nawandar who contested as an independent and scored 107 votes off the ...

AMRAVATI: Despite its strong efforts, the Congress could not wrest the legislative council seat from local body constituency in Amravati when BJP candidate Praveen Pote won the poll on Monday. BJP has thus maintained its winning streak since 12 years.