Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has refused to accept the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, said sources.
The Chief Minister, who was on his way to Pune, had returned after Ajit Pawar, the nephew of NCP chief Sharad Pawar, announced his decision to quit as the Deputy Chief Minister over allegations of irregularities in irrigation projects.
This came after other ministers from the NCP in the state Cabinet offered to resign and other party legislators demanded that the support to the government be withdrawn, and outside support be given.
However, NCP chief Sharad Pawar maintained that his party did not intend to topple the government, adding that no one other than Ajit Pawar needed to resign....
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08:53 PM, Sep 25, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is facing a strong rebellion from within the Congress party. CNN-IBN has accessed a letter of grievance written by the Congress MLAs in Maharashtra to state party chief Manikrao Thakre. The letter, signed by 43 of the 82 Congress MLAs in the state, points that there is anger among the constituents of the government over the lack of progress on several projects. The letter...
05:04 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Manual scavenging was banned by Karnataka in 1970 and across the country in 1993 but a report by the people's union for civil liberties says that even today there are 8000 manual scavengers in India. ...
11:58 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Manual scavenging was banned by Karnataka in 1970 and across the country in 1993 but a report by the people's union for civil liberties says that even today there are 8000 manual scavengers in India. ...
11:58 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Mumbai: Days after CNN-IBN aired the plight of manual scavengers in Pandharpur, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday took up the matter in the Assembly. The Chief Minister said that he will meet the members of the community, who have been forced to undertake manual scavenging, on Thursday. The CM will discuss with officials on how to enforce stricter laws. A ban on manual scavenging was passed in 1993....
02:21 PM, Jul 17, 2012
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
