December 22, 2024 11:58 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Ambedkar row: BJP slaps assault charge against Rahul Gandhi in parliament, Cong rebuts with counter-allegation | Rahul, Priyanka, other opposition leaders demand Amit Shah's resignation over Ambedkar row | Kashmir: 5 terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in Kulgam, 2 soldiers injured | 13 killed as Navy speedboat collides with ferry near Mumbai | My quitting won't help Congress: Amit Shah on resignation demands amid Ambedkar row | Elon Musk denies Starlink use in Manipur, says beams turned off in India | Congress' lies can't hide their misdeeds: Modi on row over Amit Shah's Ambedkar comment | 'Daily drama': BJP hits back at Congress' attack on Amit Shah over Ambedkar remark | Spin bowling legend Ravichandran Ashwin retires from international cricket | India-Australia third Test ends in a draw as rain plays spoilsport

Maharashtra reduces prices of petrol by Rs. 5, diesel by Rs. 3

Jul 14, 2022, at 07:42 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: In a key decision taken by the new Maharashtra cabinet, the prices of petrol and diesel are reduced by Rs. 5 and Rs. 3 per litre respectively, media reports said.

Requested Uddhav Thackeray 3-4 times to go with natural ally BJP: Eknath Shinde

Jul 10, 2022, at 01:56 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Newly appointed Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who is in Delhi and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday, said that the Shiv Sena MLAs who broke off from the Thackeray camp had tried to persuade former Chief Minister and Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray "three to four times" to go with "natural ally" Bharatiya Janata Party.

Eknath Shinde is true Shivsainik: Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis

Jul 04, 2022, at 07:18 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Eknath Shinde is a true Shivsainik and has become the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Monday.

Devendra Fadnavis accepted Dy CM post after PM Modi's calls: Report

Jul 02, 2022, at 10:14 pm

Mumbai: BJP leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was aware of the developments that led to the ouster of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the state and accepted the role of deputy CM to honour the calls of the top BJP leadership, media reported.

Eknath Shinde takes oath as chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy

Jul 01, 2022, at 01:29 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Shiv Sena's rebel leader Eknath Shinde took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Thursday evening. Bharatiya Janata Party's Devendra Fadnavis took oath as his deputy CM a day after the BJP-architected coup forced Uddhav Thackeray to resign.

Eknath Shinde will be new Maharashtra CM, announces Devendra Fadnavis

Jun 30, 2022, at 10:25 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde will become the new Maharashtra Chief Minister with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), announced Devendra Fadnavis Thursday.

Uddhav Thackeray out. Is Devendra Fadnavis on way for third stint as Maharashtra CM?

Jun 30, 2022, at 06:06 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis is undoubtedly eyeing a third stint as the Maharashtra Chief Minister after Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray resigned ending a long political drama in the western state Wednesday night.

Sena rebel Eknath Shinde met BJP leaders in Vadodara: Report

Jun 26, 2022, at 04:53 am

Rebel Sena leader Eknath Shinde held a meeting with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis in Gujarat's Vadodara last night to discuss the possible government formation, media reports said.

No role in Shinde's revolt: BJP amid Maharashtra political crisis

Jun 24, 2022, at 07:34 pm

Kolhapur/UNI: Maharashtra BJP state president Chandrakant Patil Friday said that 'the party has no role in the ongoing crisis in Shiv Sena'.

BJP leader alleges mob attack near Uddhav Thackeray's home in Mumbai, tweets images of damaged SUV

Apr 23, 2022, at 06:20 am

Mumbai/IBNS: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has alleged that he was attacked while returning home from a wedding in Mumbai's Kalanagar area where Maharasthra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's residence is located.

Devendra Fadnavis' wife Amruta Fadnavis sends legal notice to Nawab Malik

Nov 11, 2021, at 11:58 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Amruta Fadnavis, wife of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Thursday sent a legal notice to state minister Nawab Malik for 'tarnishing the image of her family' through his alleged defamatory tweets.

Nawab Malik links Devendra Fadnavis to D-gang

Nov 10, 2021, at 06:51 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, Nawab Malik, on Wednesday lashed out at former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis redirecting the BJP leader's salvo back at him for connecting Malik to the 'D Company'.

Nawab Malik has close links with Mumbai blast convicts, underworld: Fadnavis

Nov 09, 2021, at 09:42 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Former Maharashtra chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday made an explosive claim that state minister and senior NCP leader Nawab Malik has close links with 1993 Mumbai serial blast convicts and the underworld.

Devendra Fadnavis refutes Nawab Malik's accusation of drug links

Nov 01, 2021, at 08:49 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has refuted NCP spokesperson and state Minority Development Minister Nawab Malik's allegations connecting the senior BJP leader and his wife to an alleged drug peddler.

NCP leader Nawab Malik accuses former Maharashtra CM Fadnavis of having links with drug peddler

Nov 01, 2021, at 06:22 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson and Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik Monday pointed his guns at former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis saying the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader is closely linked to alleged drug peddler Jaideep Rana.

Devendra Fadnavis' 23-year old nephew gets Covid-19 vaccine shot, stirs row in Maharashtra

Apr 20, 2021, at 06:15 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis landed himself in a fresh pool of controversy after the picture of his 23-year old nephew getting the Covid-19 vaccine went viral on social media.

Param Bir Singh letter row: Devendra Fadnavis accuses MVA govt of 'protecting' Anil Deshmukh

Mar 23, 2021, at 06:09 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday accused the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the state of "protecting" state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, accused of corruption, over Param Bir Singh letter row, media reports said.

A team of experts should be formed to probe surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis

Mar 20, 2021, at 11:06 pm

Nagpur/UNI: Senior BJP leader and former chief minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said a team of experts should be formed to probe the reasons for the surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra.

Devendra Fadnavis demands arrest of Maharashtra cop accused of harassing man killed in Mukesh Ambani security scare case

Mar 10, 2021, at 02:23 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Opposition leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday demanded the arrest of Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze, who was initially investigating the explosive-loaded SUV found near Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani's house.

India is being defamed using platform of farmers' protest: Devendra Fadnavis

Feb 05, 2021, at 01:06 am

Nagpur/UNI:: Disapproving of tweets by some prominent international celebrities and activists in support of the farmers' protests, former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday claimed there was an international conspiracy to defame India using the platform of farmers’ protest.

MVA tapers off Fadnavis, Patil, Thackeray's security cover

Jan 11, 2021, at 12:08 am

Mumbai/UNI: Maha Vikas Aghadi government has trimmed the security covers of Opposition BJP leaders Devendra Fadnavis and Chandrakant Patil, and MNS party head Raj Thackeray.

Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis tests Covid-19 positive, in isolation

Oct 24, 2020, at 08:32 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19.

Speculations rife after Sanjay Raut and Devendra Fadnavis hold meeting

Sep 27, 2020, at 08:19 pm

Mumbai/IBNS:A meeting between BJP leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday  has triggered speculations, amid the altercation between the two parties in the past few months, said media reports.

Ex-Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis terms Kangana's office demolition 'cowardice and revenge'

Sep 10, 2020, at 12:45 am

New Delhi/UNI: Former Maharashtra chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday came out in support of actor Kangana Ranaut and said civic body BMC moving in to demolish alleged illegal structures at her office in Mumbai, was an act of 'cowardice and revenge'.

Devendra Fadnavis accuses Mah govt, BMC of hiding COVID-19 death toll

Jun 16, 2020, at 04:45 pm

Pune/UNI: Maharashtra Assembly Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday alleged that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government as well as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) are underreporting COVID-19 deaths.

Is Maha Vikas Aghadi govt unstable? Uddhav Thackeray's meeting with alliance partners triggers speculation

May 27, 2020, at 03:14 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra, which is already reeling uder the surge in Covid-19 cases, is staring at a political crisis once again as reports of a possible rift in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government gained ground with Chief Minister and Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray meeting his alliance partners on Wednesday.

Budget failed to fulfil needs of people of Maharashtra: Fadnavis

Mar 06, 2020, at 07:52 pm

Mumbai/UNI: Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly, Devendra Fadnavis, on Friday took a swipe at the Maha Vikas Aghadi government over the presentation of the state budget.

Devendra Fadnavis demands ban on booklet maligning Veer Savarkar

Jan 03, 2020, at 10:01 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday demanded a ban on the booklet, being circulated by a Congress affiliated organisation, that maligned the character of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

Devendra Fadnavis lashes out at Shiv Sena for 'betraying' BJP

Jan 01, 2020, at 06:24 pm

Palghar/UNI: Maharashtra Assembly Leader of Opposition(LoP) Devendra Fadnavis here on Wednesday made scathing verbal attacks at the Shiv Sena for 'betraying' the BJP and forming government with the NCP and Congress.

Ajit Pawar likely to be sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Dec 30, 2019, at 11:01 am

Mumbai/IBNS: Ajit Pawar, who had broken ranks with NCP-Shiv Sena-Congress alliance to support the formation of a BJP led government in Maharashtra, is likely to be sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, an NDTV report said.