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 MoreMaharashtra 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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has successfully isolated Pakistan globally in the aftermath of Uri attack, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has sought to downplay the rift between the BJP and Shiv Sena, saying his party is ‘keen on’ joining hands with its junior partner for the upcoming Municipal Council and Corporation polls across the state.
With the opposition parties in Maharashtra continuing to target Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for ‘brokering a deal’ between the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the makers of ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, the BJP leader today defended the government’
Police on Wednesday arrested twelve MNS workers when they barged into Metro Cinema to threaten the owners against the screening of Karan Johar's upcoming film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday took a dig at its junior ally Shiv Sena for challenging it to ‘strike off’ their alliance ahead of the crucial Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls.
In efforts to study the cosmic gravitational waves, Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday announced the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) which will come up in Hingoli district. The LIGO — part of
Tech giant Oracle Corp has announced that it is collaborating on a smart city initiative with the Maharashtra government. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the ongoing Oracle OpenWorld conference here.
Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, will be walking the ramp for a Pune-based fashion design institute at the New York Fashion Week.
To acknowledge the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, megastar Amitabh Bachchan picked a broom and led the way in the mission to clean up the area around Mumbai's JJ Hospital. The incident took place on Saturday. "At
A Mumbai Police report indicting controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik for alleged provocative speeches and involvement in unlawful activities has been forwarded to the Centre.
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has said that he was working towards solving the problem of water crisis in Maharashtra and in the next five years he will make sure that the state is declared drought-free.
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is on an official visit to Russia, today presented a Ganesha idol to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during the ongoing International Industrial Exhibition ‘Innoprom’ in Ekaterinburg. A
A day after losing water conservation portfolio in Cabinet reshuffle, Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde expressed her displeasure on Twitter, forcing Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis placating his colleague by asking her to attend an international w
Mumbai: Two Shiv Sena MLAs have joined the Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra, after today's cabinet expansion, putting to rest the speculation whether the Uddhav Thackeray-led party would be part of the exercise in the
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today directed Mumbai Police to launch a probe into controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's public documents.
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