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: The BJP-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra will withdraw police cases lodged in the over last nine years against people who took part in various political or social agitations in the state.A decision to this
Mumbai: Days after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced compensation for hailstorm-affected farmers, Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray today said his party would ensure that the funds reached the right people.“We will ensure that the
Kolhapur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said his government was committed to fulfilling the election promise of scrapping the local body tax, and an announcement would be made soon. Traders in the state are
Mumbai: Three weeks after approving probe into graft charges against senior NCP leaders, the BJP-led government in Maharashtra has now shifted its attention on allegations of graft against State Congress leaders. The Home department, headed
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today ruled out any probe into Aamir Khan starrer ‘PK', a day after MoS for Home ordered an inquiry into the film's “content” amidst raging protests, and promised adequate
Mumbai: The two-month old Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry in Maharashtra will be expanded soon, with the induction of 12 more ministers. Of the 12, six will be from BJP, two from Shiv Sena and four from
Ranchi: Dismissing criticism for installing a first non-tribal chief minister in Jharkhand, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said tribal or non-tribal is a non-issue as development in the state is the need of the
Mumbai: From New Year, people in Maharashtra will be able to seek information under RTI Act online.Aiming to simplify the process of filing Right to Information (RTI) queries and usher in transparency in the system,
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today attributed BJP's success in Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls as the victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's politics of development and the party's hard work under
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here today that his government is committed to ensure skills development among youth through educational reforms and also help enhance their overall personality.“Maharashtra is a young state, where
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport will be operational by 2019. “As all the environmental-related permissions are cleared for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport, this project
Bhopal: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis yesterday said both the proposed memorials- that of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the Arabian sea off Mumbai and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's in Gujarat will be gigantic. Talking to reporters
Mumbai: NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not head the proposed high-level committee for the development of Mumbai.“You are a strong proponent of good governance, Mr Prime Minister. May
Mumbai: The return of a BJP-Sena regime after a love-hate war and gap of 15 years, demise of senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde, collapse of Congress-NCP alliance and rising cases of farmers' suicides dominated Maharashtra's
Nagpur: The stalemate on non-appointment of a Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, even ten days after the commencement of the winter session, today intensified when Congress and NCP members again stalled the
Nagpur: Asserting that Mumbai will never be separated from Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said his suggestion of a committee for Mumbai headed by the Prime Minister is meant for the fast track development
Mumbai: A day after unseasonal rains and hailstorm damaged cash crops across seven tehsil towns in Nashik district, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today visited the affected regions and said a separate financial package for
New Delhi: Without committing to a definite time-frame, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said a decision on separate Vidarbha will be taken at the “right time”.Fadnavis, a strong votary of carving out a separate
Nagpur: In a veiled attack on Shiv Sena for criticising his suggestion of a high-level committee for Mumbai's development, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said politicising the issue would amount to playing with
Mumbai: Cautioning Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over his suggestion of a high-level committee for Mumbai's development, the Shiv Sena today said the control over the city should lie with the state government.“There is no
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