Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra. A member of Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Fadnavis holds the honour of being the second youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra after Sharad Pawar. In the past, he has also been recognised as the youngest municipal corporator of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation at the age of 21. He was the second youngest mayor elected in India, when he served as the Mayor of Nagpur at the age of 27, in 1997. He is also the only person to be re-elected as the Mayor in Council in Maharashtra. He has been an MLA representing Nagpur, since, 1999. A lawyer by profession, Fadnavis holds law degree from Nagpur Law College. He also has a Post Graduate Degree in Business Management and a diploma in Project Management from DSE, Berlin. His wife, Amruta Ranade is a branch manager in Axis Bank.
Read MoreFadnavis, who himself is grappled with a simmering farmers' protest in his state for quite some time now, said there could be no justification for such killings.
Fadnavis, in late evening, tweeted that the government has decided to appoint a committee to look into the modalities of the loan waiver scheme.
Maharashtra farmers decided to withdraw their agitation after holding a meeting with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who promised to take a series of measures to meet their demands.
Gadkari and Fadnavis inaugurated India’s first multi-modal electric vehicle project at the Nagpur Airport Complex here on Friday.
The first person to rush to the rescue was small-time scrap dealer Irfan Shaikh, who shouted "Our king (CM) is trapped in the chopper"
A look at the politicians who survived air crashes and those who didn't
Amitabh Bachchan speaking about the chopper crash of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that it was a ‘providential escape’ for him and his team when their chopper crash-landed here at noon on Thursday.
The CM, who was travelling with other senior officials of the state, is safe. A technical fault is said to be the reason why the CM’s helicopter failed to take off and fell to the ground within seconds of taking off
Continuing its winning march in Maharashtra, BJP on Friday emerged victorious in two out of three civic bodies that went to polls on April 19.
A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced crop loan waiver up to Rs 1 lakh, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said the state government will study the UP model of farm loan waiver worth Rs 36,000 crore.
As many as 389 farmers in the state committed suicide first two months of 2017, the state Assembly was told today. The corresponding period last year saw 480 farmers committing suicide, official figures show.
Making a statement in the assembly, Fadnavis said that attacks on doctors were condemnable but the doctors had forgotten their (Hippocratic) oath to serve the sick.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today denied speculations over his appointment as a Union minister and insisted that he will continue to stay in the state.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today made a surprising announcement and said that the BJP will not contest the March 8 Mayoral polls. He also made it clear that the decision of the BJP should
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today ruled out any alliance with the Congress party in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said BJP's huge victory in BMC and other civic bodies was achieved on the agenda of transparency.
The bickering among the ruling partners in Maharashtra -- the BJP and Shiv Sena reached a new level on Monday when latter’s supremo Uddhav Thackeray predicted mid-term polls in the state.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife Amruta Fadnavis will soon make her debut to the glamour world with a music video opposite megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
BJP on Monday emerged as the major gainer in the first phase of municipal council polls winning 39 municipal chief's posts of the 147 urban local bodies.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu today informed that that the government has not imposed any restrictions on Pakistani artistes working in India.
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