Maharashtra Cm Prithviraj Chavan

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  Ashok Chavan Wanted Deputy Chief Minister Post, Says Ex Party Colleague

  Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday claimed that his former party colleague Ashok Chavan wanted the post of deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, but the BJP sent him out of state politics by giving a Rajya

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  Uddhav Thackeray To Be 8th Maharashtra Chief Minister To Take Oath Without Being MLA Or MLC

  Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will be the eighth person to take oath as Maharashtra chief minister while not being a legislator. Congress leaders A R Antulay, Vasantdada Patil,Shivajirao Nilangekar-Patil, Shankarrao Chavan, Sushilkumar Shinde and Prithviraj Chavan are among the leaders who were not members of any of the state legislature Hou...

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  Sanjay Dutt's parole extended as per norms, says Maharashtra Chief Minister

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today defended extension of parole of actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted in the 1993 Bombay serial blasts case, saying the action was taken as per law and no rules were violated.

• This Chief Minister loves Bob Dylan, his hero is Steve Jobs

  What have we done to deserve a CM who did his masters from University of California, Berkeley, reads Rene Descartes, enjoys sushi and listens to the Doors and Bob Dylan?

• Farmer attempts to kill self at Maharashtra Chief Minister's rally

  A farmer tried to commit suicide by consuming poison at Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's rally in Maharashtra today.

• Pune farmer deaths: Prithviraj Chavan heckled by families of victims

  After three farmers were killed in police firing while protesting on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on August 9, Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday faced the wrath of the family of one of the one of the victims.The incident occurred when Mr Chavan had gone to the houses of the deceased. Angered by the death of their sole breadwinner...

• Bollywood has lost an iconic figure: Chavan

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said the industry has lost an "iconic figure".

• Full transcript: Couldn't contact police chief for 15 minutes after Mumbai blasts, says Chavan

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan revealed today that in the first fifteen minutes after Wednesday's serial blasts in Mumbai, he was unable to call his senior-most police officers and bureaucrats because mobile networks were congested. Mr Chavan also explained why he does not believe that the latest terror attacks amount to an intelligen...

• Couldn't contact police chief for 15 minutes after blasts: Chavan on Mumbai blasts

  The Maharashtra Chief Minister spoke to NDTV about the trio of blasts that struck Mumbai on Wednesday evening. These are the main points made by Prithviraj Chavan in his interview:

• Maharashtra CM visits Sonawane family, promises action

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan visited late Additional Collector Yashwant Sonawane's family to offer his condolences.He assured them that those who killed Sonawane would be punished. Chavan also told the family that the oil mafia was being investigated."We have arrested the accused in this case and the investigations are going on. Thi...

• Prithviraj Chavan meets the Prime Minister

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today.This was Chavan's first meeting with Singh after he took over the reins of Maharashtra government following the ouster of his predecessor Ashok Chavan in the wake of Adarsh Housing Society scam. The new Chief Minister is understood to have apprised Singh about deve...

• Mumbai: Don't call city Bambai, Raj to 'Delhiite' Chavan

  Even before Prithviraj Chavan takes oath as the Chief Minister, the sons of the soil have set out to exploit his perceived lack of understanding of state politics. And what better way to kick-start the campaign than by pulling up the to-be CM for getting Mumbai's name wrong. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday derided ...

• Prithviraj Chavan sworn in Maharashtra Chief Minister

  Former Union Minister Prithviraj Chavan was sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar as Deputy Chief Minister on Thursday.Governor K Sankaranarayanan administered them the oaths of office at the Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.Chavan of the Congress party and Pawar, of the NCP, were accompanied by other senior leaders from both the alliance partn...

• The challenges of the Prithviraj Chavan takeover

  By the early afternoon, the profusion of bouquets and their enthusiastic bearers signalled the headliner-status of Prithviraj Chavan.On Wednesday morning, Chavan, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, was hand-picked by Sonia Gandhi to take over as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra. "I am highly honoured and humbled by my responsibi...

• Who is Prithviraj Chavan?

  From the relative obscurity in the backroom of the Prime Minister's office to the most coveted seat of power in Maharashtra, Prithviraj Chavan has reaped the reward for his personal integrity, professional ability and unflinching loyalty to 10, Janpath.