Prithvi Raj Chavan
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Contesting LS polls a matter of survival for MNS: Chavan
National | Mar 10, 2014, 08:31 PM ISTMumbai: A day after MNS chief Raj Thackeray endorsed BJP's PM nominee Narendra Modi and announced his party's decision to contest Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said MNS entered the electoral fray
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Emergency Medical Services launched.
India | Mar 02, 2014, 08:00 AM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra's ambitious Emergency Medical Services initiative was launched yesterday by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.Over 970 ambulances will be deployed in the state and will provide service free of charge,” the chief minister said.Chavan inaugurated
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Raj Thackeray meets CM, says, anti-toll stir will continue
India | Feb 13, 2014, 03:55 PM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena supremo Raj Thackeray today met Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and later said his agitation against toll collection would continue. "The government has promised to come out with a new toll
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Speed up work on water connections, deemed conveyance: Chavan
India | Feb 04, 2014, 09:21 PM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today asked officials to speed up work on development projects like completion of water supply and deemed conveyance.Addressing a meeting of Mumbai MPs here, Chavan said all efforts must
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Power tariff reduction soon; toll tax review in a week: Chavan
India | Jan 16, 2014, 05:35 PM ISTNagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithiviraj Chavan today said the state government will soon make an announcement in connection with reduction of power tariff while toll tax will be reviewed within a week's time.The government had
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Maharashtra Govt should publish Adarsh report online: RTI activist
India | Dec 29, 2013, 07:13 PM ISTMumbai: Mumbai-based RTI activist Anil Galgali today demanded that Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan should publish the Adarsh judicial Commission's report on the Maharashtra government's website and make it public. “The various facets of the scam
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President pays rich tributes to Shivaji, recalls his era
India | Dec 28, 2013, 03:38 PM ISTThane: President Pranab Mukherjee today paid rich tributes to Shivaji and said the great Maratha warrior achieved success in life without any formal education or training in statecraft.It was sheer dedication of his people and
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Adarsh scam is an unhappy episode, says Prithviraj Chavan
India | Dec 22, 2013, 08:10 AM ISTMumbai: Dubbing the Adarsh Housing Society scam as an “unhappy episode”, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan yesterday said rejection of the inquiry commission report was a decision of the state cabinet. “It (Adarsh scam) was
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Maharashtra land allotment policy's base rate impractical: CM
India | Dec 15, 2013, 10:56 PM ISTNagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said here today that the base rate of the state land allotment policy of 1976 would be changed soon as it was not practical and often mired in controversy.
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Chavan heckled by group for 'delay' in passing Jan Lokpal Bill
National | Dec 13, 2013, 09:16 PM ISTAhmednagar (Maharashtra): Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan was heckled during a public meetinghere today by a group of people who protested against the "delay" in passing in Parliament of Jan Lokpal Bill.Congress and NCP had
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Cong takes dig at NCP's 'opinion poll' over mill land issue
India | Nov 27, 2013, 08:17 AM ISTMumbai : Criticising NCP for conducting an “opinion poll” on its portal insinuating that Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan was responsible for delay in the transfer of Indu Mill land to construct memorial of B
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NCP criticises Chavan for 'delay' in Dr Ambedkar memorial
India | Nov 23, 2013, 07:52 AM ISTMumbai : NCP's Vice-President in Maharashtra Vijay Kamble yesterday blamed Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for the “delay” in developing Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's memorial on the land of the defunct Indu Mill in the city. Kamble,
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PM inaugurates Bharatiya Mahila Bank, Sonia attends function
India | Nov 19, 2013, 05:17 PM ISTMumbai: The first all-women Bharatiya Mahila Bank, a pioneering initiative to empower women, was today launched with a corpus of Rs 1,000 crore to function as a universal bank.Coinciding with the 96th birthday of late
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Modi hijacking UPA's development agenda: Chavan
National | Nov 14, 2013, 06:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Congress Wednesday said the BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi was a "demagogue trying to force a divisive agenda" and accused him of attempting to "hijack the UPA's development plank"."Modi is being
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Running coalition will be different cup of tea for Modi: Chavan
National | Nov 13, 2013, 08:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Criticising BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for not spelling out his views on important issues, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said it would be difficult for the Gujarat Chief Minister to
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Chavan promises to cut delays in clearances for housing sector
India | Oct 10, 2013, 06:35 AM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has assured developers that he wold ensure that approvals to housing projects in the city and Pune were given speedily. At a meeting with developers from Mumbai and Pune,
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Chavan's poll campaign rally cancelled due to bad weather
National | Sep 21, 2013, 05:24 PM ISTAkola: Heavy rains played spoilsport at the Congress' first ‘vachanpurti' (promises fulfilled) rally, marking the campaign for 2014 elections, to be held at Washim in Vidarbha region.Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who was supposed to
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Candidate's ability to win criterion for seat sharing, says Chavan
National | Sep 18, 2013, 11:54 AM ISTPune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today said seat sharing between Congress and NCP for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections should be decided on the criteria of the candidate's ability to win."The candidate of the
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Candidate's ability to win criterion for seat sharing: Chavan
India | Sep 18, 2013, 07:41 AM ISTPune: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan yesterday said seat sharing between Congress and NCP for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections should be decided on the criteria of the candidate's ability to win. “The candidate of
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Wakf land: Submit ATR on Shaikh panel report, says Chavan
India | Sep 13, 2013, 08:25 AM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan asked senior officials yesterday to submit an action taken report (ATR) on the findings of the Shaikh Commission which probed Wakf Board land dealings between 2002 and 2006.“The chief