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TopicDevendra Fadnavis

Topic: Devendra Fadnavis

Challenge for Maharashtra collectors: Fulfil promises to farmers, get good appraisals

To keep its word to ‘kisan long march’ farmers, the Devendra Fadnavis govt has made settling claims under Forest Rights Act part of collectors’ KRAs.

TalkPoint: The Congress-NCP-Sena opposition to Nanar refinery: Will it help BJP or kill its fortunes in Konkan?

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnvais is planning a multi-crore refinery and petrochemicals project in the Nanar area of Konkan’s Ratnagiri district that has become a political hot potato. Experts weigh in.

No funds if Swachh Bharat targets not met, Maharashtra govt tells urban local bodies

The move is seen as a last-ditch attempt to give push to PM Modi’s pet project ahead of 2019 state assembly and Lok Sabha polls.

Mumbai wants to go as high as Tokyo & New York but where’s the infrastructure on the ground?

Maharashtra govt to allow more growth on a given plot area, and let affordable housing be built in former No-Development Zones and salt pan land.

BJP keeps extending olive branch, Shiv Sena keeps swatting it away

CM Fadnavis and many other BJP leaders have made many unsuccessful overtures to miffed ally Sena. What’s behind these attempts and snubs?

Maharashtra plans land, houses, jobs for victims of serious offences under SC/ST Act

Maharashtra will be the third state after Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh to have such a scheme, a govt-constituted panel to finalise modalities of the plan.

Maharashtra to draft its own civil aviation policy to boost regional connectivity

‘First-of-its kind’ policy to allow public-private partnership model for construction of airports & helipads; aviation-related industries to be set up as well.

Anna Hazare’s hunger strike comes to an end, with some assurances and much bitterness

Team Anna members say their leader accepted the assurances because without strong public support, they didn’t have as big a bargaining chip as needed.

Maharashtra govt gives in to most demands of agitating farmers, protesters to return home

The Maharashtra government said it would meet all the demands of the protesting farmers and gave firm assurances of compensation. Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led...

Maharashtra farmers’ discontent boiling over, protest march to reach Vidhan Bhavan Monday

March began at Nashik; crop failures and BJP govt’s inability to deliver on its promise of a farm loan waiver are at the heart of the discontent.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.