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 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
New Delhi: Amid reports of a possible rapproachement between BJP and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, a senior Sena leader today said that his party would fully support Government agenda in Parliament session begining tomorrow and
Mumbai: BJP leader and Maharashtra PWD Minister Chandrakant Patil said the estranged ally Shiv Sena "will be accommodated" in the Cabinet expansion before the winter session of the Assembly starts on December 8.The Sena, on
Mumbai: Stepping up its attack on the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government for winning the trust vote in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in a "controversial" manner, opposition Congress today said it would "expose and depose the illegal
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is keen to re-start college elections as they would groom student leaders and help them develop leadership skills, Education Minister Vinod Tawde said here today. College elections were stopped in the
New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today exuded confidence that an agreement with the Shiv Sena would soon be reached, even as he said that his party has neither accepted nor denied the “unilateral”
Mumbai: Assuring decentralisation of transfers in the Forest Department, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said his government will focus on the development of forests to boost revenue income from the current Rs 150 crore to
Mumbai: Maharashtra MPs should take up development-related issues with the Centre, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here on Thursday.Fadnavis, who addressed a meeting of MPs from all parties from the state ahead of Parliament session
Mumbai: Asserting that there were no differences in the party over its decision to extend outside support to the BJP government in Maharashtra, NCP MP Supriya Sule today denied that she had reservations about the
Mumbai: Maharashtra is unlikely to scrap the Local Body Tax (LBT) unless the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is introduced by the Centre, the state government has said.Though, the scrapping of LBT was featuring prominently
Alibaug/Mumbai: A day after his remarks on possibility of mid-term polls in Maharashtra caused a flutter, NCP chief Sharad Pawar today sought to downplay the matter saying he did not intend to dislodge the fledgling
Mumbai: Congress is now mulling on the legal action against the Devendra Fadnavis government whom it has accused of winning the trust vote in Legislative Assembly last week by "circumventing" the rules.The party is taking
Alibaug (Maharashtra): A day after his remarks about snap polls in Maharashtra created ripples, NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said it was not his intention to topple the Devendra Fandnavis-led BJP government in the state."We
Mumbai: Asserting his willingness to make changes in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said the only way to boost the state's economy is by easing the business culture.
Mumbai: Maharashtra Government has convened a meeting of municipal commissioners on November 20 to discuss the scrapping of local body tax (LBT) and octroi.Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told a delegation of the Federation of Associations
Alibaug/Mumbai: The nascent BJP government in Maharashtra today appeared on a sticky wicket with NCP chief Sharad Pawar making it clear that its stability was not his party's responsibility even as Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
Alibaug, Maharashtra: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday asked his party workers to be prepared for snap polls in Maharashtra considering the political situation after the recent state assembly elections."We have to be ready to
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