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.
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today congratulated AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for his party's massive win in the Delhi Assembly polls.“AAP has won a decisive mandate. I hope his government will concentrate on development
Mumbai: Terming the first meeting of NITI Aayog's Governing Council as “very successful”, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said he sought that states should be allowed to prepare their own strategic plans and NITI
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Mumbai: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis today urged the Centre to resolve issues regarding the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission even as he hoped to complete the pending projects that were initiated under JNNURM.“As of
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said that improving agriculture productivity and increasing capital expenditure are the focus areas of his government, which has completed 100 days in power."100 days is too short a
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who missed a dinner date with US President Barack Obama, today said he will look into reasons behind the invite not reaching him in time, though it was received
Thane: Residents of Ganeshpuri village in Thane district have demanded action against a ration shop keeper and its owner, alleging unfair practices being followed at the shop in connivance with supplies department officials. Village sarpanch
Mumbai: A state funeral will be accorded to eminent cartoonist R K Laxman, who died at the age of 94 after suffering multi-organ failure, officials said.Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will attend the last rites of
Davos: India is back in the reckoning at the global centre-stage and the huge build-up in positive sentiments among investors should soon start converting into real investment flows on the ground, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
Mumbai: The swearing-in ceremony of BJP's first government in Maharashtra at Wankhede stadium here last year costed Rs 98.33 lakh, an RTI query has revealed.At a time when Maharashtra was facing severe drought and also
Mumbai: As four senior leaders from Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) today joined the ruling BJP, party chief Raj Thackeray met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis earlier in the day, reportedly worried over the defections. “Lately, the
Hyderabad: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday asked youngsters to develop skills that will boost their employment prospects.Every youth in the country should acquire skills required for gaining employment thus leading to overall development
New Delhi: To counter AAP's claim of representing the common man, BJP has decided to rope in for campaigning in Delhi the newly-elected chief ministers of Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra who have risen from the
New Delhi: Amidst the row over the furlough to actor Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis today said government will go by rules and will not grant undue favour to anyone but
Mumbai: Even as the fate of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's application for extension of leave of absence from the jail remains uncertain, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said the government would follow the law
New Delhi: The 2050 sq ft, three-storey house Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar in London looking for buyers as the Indian government fails to purchase it again after all these years.Rao's house has market price of Rs
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has made a pitch for decentralising power by empowering Mayors for better administration of the cities."I am in favour of empowering Mayors, whether they are elected by the people
New Delhi: Union minister Raosaheb Patil Danve was on Tuesday appointed as the new BJP chief of Maharashtra. Danve (59) succeeds Devendra Fadnavis, who has since become the state Chief Minister after the party's stunning
Mumbai: Admitting that Mumbai suburban rail services needs urgent attention, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that the government will aggressively invest to improve the infrastructure.He also assured creation of a mechanism for better
Thane (Maha): With a view to reduce the alarming number of road accidents in Maharashtra, the state government will formulate a road safety policy, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced here Monday. “It has been observed
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