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 34-day-old Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry in Maharashtra will be expanded on Friday, amid indications of a "patch up" with former ally Shiv Sena.The ceremony will be held at Vidhan Bhawan premises at 4 pm,
Mumbai: Shiv Sena wants one more Cabinet berth in Central government, besides the post of a Minister of State, even though it has almost sealed a power-sharing deal with the BJP government in Maharashtra.The demand
Mumbai: After a long and hard bargain, Shiv Sena is likely to join Devendra Fadnavis government on December 5.If sources are to be believed then 12 ministers from Shiv Sena are likely to be inducted
Mumbai: Concerned over the recent farmer suicides, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said his government is working round-the-clock to mitigate their hardships and has sought a Rs 4,500 crore financial package from the Centre
Mumbai: A day after Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the talks with Shiv Sena over power sharing were 70-80 per cent complete, a senior Sena leader today said both the parties have "buried" their
Mumbai: Shiv Sena today said talks with BJP over power sharing will continue today amid indications that the two estranged allies were close to sealing a deal after a month long stand-off over ministerial berths.
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Monday unveiled a slew of proposals designed to rid Mumbai of its sprawling slums, where 46 percent of the city's population lives. "For the allround development of Mumbai, it is
Mumbai: The prospects of Shiv Sena joining the first-ever BJP government in Maharashtra brightened today with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis saying that the talks on power sharing being almost complete and Sena also hinting at
Thane: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here today that he did not become a chief minister to “sit” on files.“I have not become a Chief Minister to sit on files, like the previous ones,
Mumbai: In a veiled attack on senior Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said "only the official interlocutors in the BJP-Sena talks should comment on the parleys." "My request is
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court will today hear three petitions which challenge the formation of Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government in Maharashtra on the ground that it had failed to prove majority on the floor of
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said infrastructure development and the ease of doing of business are keys to growth in Maharashtra, while promising to bring down the number of permissions needed to start
Nagpur: Maharashtra Congress president Manikrao Thakre today said that BJP government in the state was unconstitutional as it had failed to prove its majority on the floor of the house.He was here to attend a
Amravati: Maharashtra government has demanded Rs 4,500 crore from the Centre to provide relief to farmers reeling under drought-like situation in the state, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said. He also announced that the
Mumbai: BJP today said it would talk to Shiv Sena with an “open mind” on the issue of the latter's participation in the Devendra Fadnavis-led government in Maharashtra.“We are going to meet Shiv Sena leaders
Mumbai: Ending weeks of acrimony between the former saffron allies, the BJP and Shiv Sena will today resume talks on the issue of the latter joining the four-week-old government in Maharashtra.The BJP, facing the heat
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said drought situation in Marathwada and parts of Vidarbha was grim and the state government has sought a Rs 4,500 crore relief package from the Centre.“The situation is
Mumbai: Notwithstanding the recent bickering between the former allies, the BJP today announced that it will start afresh talks with Shiv Sena on the issue of the latter's joining the four-week-old government in Maharashtra. “From
Mumbai: The Congress' Maharashtra unit on Wednesday moved Bombay High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government and seeking its dismissal.Former minister M Naseem Khan filed a writ petition before the
Gadchiroli: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was non-committal about a separate state of Vidarbha today and said that any decision in this regard would be taken at an “appropriate time”.Fadnavis was responding to a question
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