
Mumbai: A Shiv Sena legislator on Monday moved a breach of privilege notice against Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for "misleading" the Assembly on a housing society promoted by top bureaucrats and police officials. The MLA, Subhash Desai, alleged that Chavan, who heads Urban Development portfolio, had given directives to regularise illegal constructions at Patliputra Housing Society in suburban Mumbai even as the Speaker had withheld the question when it...

05:44 PM, Apr 02, 2012

Mumbai: Ruling out handing over the investigations into murder of senior journalist J Dey to CBI, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday said that the Mumbai police would crack the case soon. "If the High Court orders the government to do it, the case would be given to the CBI to honour the court verdict. But, Mumbai police would put forth its case before the court properly," Chavan said....

04:31 PM, Jun 21, 2011

New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has ruled out a CBI probe into the murder of veteran crime reporter J Dey. Journalists in Mumbai go on a relay fast to protest the tardy probe. Chavan wants Dey's family and friends to have faith in the city police. With no breakthrough even after circulating a sketch of one of the accused, Mumbai Police is still hunting for the four men...

07:47 AM, Jun 15, 2011

Mumbai: Social activist Medha Patkar's fast over Maharashtra government's decision to hand over 140 acres of land to a private builder entered eighth day on Friday, even as Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan called her on Thursday night over the issue. Patkar has been demanding the removal of clause 3K, which allows the government to take over land without seeking the consent of slum dwellers. The social activist is demanding that...

11:05 AM, May 27, 2011

26 Cabinet rank ministers, 13 of the state are a mix of NCP plus Congress. ...

08:43 PM, Dec 08, 2008

Chavan is a MLA from Nanded and is also the state Industries Minister. ...

08:55 PM, Dec 04, 2008

No central minister to be CM: sources to CNN-IBN. ...

12:43 PM, Dec 04, 2008

The race is nearly over as the successor will be named today. ...

09:04 AM, Dec 04, 2008

Deshmukh has had two incomplete terms as chief minister. ...

08:49 AM, Dec 04, 2008

Ashok Chavan is the front-runner, agreeable to the NCP and Congress. ...

08:03 AM, Dec 04, 2008

Finding a successor to Vilasrao is also proving to be difficult. ...

02:41 PM, Dec 03, 2008

In a matter of hours Maharashtra should have a new CM. ...

11:26 AM, Dec 02, 2008

Former IPL chief Lalit Modi insisted that there was no conflict of interest till he was there in the IPL. ...

11:38 AM, May 24, 2008