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In the News (Thu 31 May 12)

  
  colaco.net
Although there was a certain amount of uncertainty about the arrival of the ashes as early as 11:30 this morning, Chief Minister Bandodkar and his cabinet colleagues were at the airport hoping against hope that the ashes would arrive by a special plane.
Tony Fernandes, Minister for Labour and Law, said he had no knowledge about the trunk call reported to have been made by the Maharastra Chief Minister to the Prime Minister's house.
A hurried conference soon followed between the ministers and other government officials and it was finally agreed that Chief Minister Bandodkar should go to New Delhi and bring the ashes.
www.colaco.net /4/GoaLib23.htm   (1201 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
He is survived by son Ashok, who is transport minister in the Democratic Front government in the state, and five daughters.
Chavan had served as chief minister of Maharashtra from 1975 to 1977 and between 1986 and 1988.
He was education minister in the Indira Gandhi cabinet in 1980 and held the foreign, finance, defence and home portfolios in subsequent Congress governments.
www.telegraphindia.com /1040227/asp/nation/story_2942803.asp   (194 words)

  
 S M Krishna sworn in as Maharashtra CM
Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Dalveer Bhandari administered the oath of office to Krishna.
Krishna is the second former chief minister of Congress to be made governor.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and energy minister Dilip Valse Patil were present on the occasion.
specials.rediff.com /news/2004/dec/06maha.htm   (186 words)

  
 Tehelka - The People's Paper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He’s been chief minister of Maharashtra (four times), defence minister (when the Bombay riots took place), Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, and Leader of Opposition as well in the Lok Sabha.
In between, he’s been chief minister of Maharashtra (four times), defence minister (when the post-December 6, 1992, Bombay riots took place), Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, and Leader of Opposition as well in the Lok Sabha.
When he was 38, Pawar became Maharashtra chief minister for the first time by toppling the Congress government of Vasantdada Patil, splitting the party, and forming a government in coalition with the Janata Party under the banner of the Progressive Democratic Front.
www.tehelka.com /story_main14.asp?filename=Ne100805up_close.asp   (1500 words)

  
 Chief Minister will be Shiv Sena's -- Pramod Mahajan
The chief ministership would continue to be with the Shiv Sena while deputy chief ministership would be with the BJP till the term of the present assembly lasted, Mahajan said.
Mahajan said he met the Sena Chief in the afternoon and clarified that his party had not passed any resolution seeking ouster of Joshinor had discussed the issue at its meeting in Karnala as reported in a section of the press.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi today scotched rumours that he had submitted his resignation to Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday and asserted that he enjoyed full confidence of all sections of his party and his ruling alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state cabinet.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980711/19250784.html   (598 words)

  
 Exit Manohar Joshi
Deputy Chief Minister Gopinath Munde, who had been in the forefront of the State BJP's war with the Shiv Sena, was equally euphoric.
The BJP made clear its displeasure with regard to the allegations of corruption against Welfare Minister Babanrao Gholap, who was alleged to have embezzled funds meant for the development of members of backward castes.
However, Joshi's worst crime as perceived by the Shiv Sena chief was his failure to aid the Shiv Sena's pre-election mobilisation.
www.flonnet.com /fl1604/16040330.htm   (2082 words)

  
 THE CHIEF MINISTER'S MESSAGE
It has been proved time and again that Maharashtra is the most favoured destination for foreign direct investment in the country.
Although Maharashtra is one of the front-running States in terms of per capita income, there are certain parts of the State, particularly rural areas, that need greater attention to improve the livelihood opportunities and facilities for education and health service.
Maharashtra is poised for all-round development and I sincerely believe the Special Feature will be a genuine attempt to present the same to the people.
www.flonnet.com /fl2223/stories/20051118002809600.htm   (796 words)

  
 Vilasrao to be sworn in Maharashtra CM
Vilasrao to be sworn in Maharashtra CM Vilasrao to be sworn in Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh will be sworn in as the 24th Chief Minister of Maharashtra today along with his deputy, NCP leader RR Patil.
Clearly both parties are struggling with distribution of ministries and its the Congress, which faces the larger problem having given away three to the NCP to retain the chief minister's post.
First the Congress and NCP were fighting over chief ministership and now the conflict has turned inwards with both parties grappling with too many aspirants for too few posts.
www.spiritofchennai.com /news/a0074.htm   (293 words)

  
 NCP : NCP Party President
In 1978, he became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra at the age of 38.
During these years, Maharashtra became and retained a position as the leading industrial state in the country and also a state with a very managed treasury.
As Chief Minister he has consistent encouraged people of different communities, living in Maharashtra, to develop their special cultural and ethic identity while contributing to the over all development of the state.
www.ncp.org.in /president.htm   (472 words)

  
 Punjab Kesari NewsDetails
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil, Public Works Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray also attended the wedding, which took place as per the 'Bramha' rituals.
Former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde, Rahul's mother Rekha and sister Poonam greeted the guests.
No elaborate arrangements were made for the wedding in the wake of the recent death of Pramod Mahajan, the subsequent arrest of Pravin, the brother of the slain leader, and the arrest of Rahul in a drug abuse case.
www.punjabkesari.com /frmNewsDetails.aspx?uid=32633   (268 words)

  
 The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Years ago, chief minister Sharad Pawar was meeting drought-hit farmers in Tasgaon.
Patil is now deputy chief minister of Maharashtra; he also handles the vital home portfolio.
He is pleased with the success of the Yeshwant Chavan gram village development programme initiated during his term as rural development minister in the previous government.
www.the-week.com /25jan02/currentevents_article2.htm   (1035 words)

  
 Attack On Missionaries In Kerala, Shinde Replaces Deshmukh As Maharashtra Chief Minister, FBI Raid On Madrassa In ...
After being eluded of the 'honour' for a number of times, Shinde's candidature for the chief minstership was finalized after the CLP left the issue of announcing the new leader to the party high command through a one-line resolution.
The resolution was moved by parliamentary affairs minister Rohidas Patil and seconded by industry minister Patangrao Kadam, both of whom were believed to be in the race.
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has asked the United States to lift INS curbs as the difficulties Pakistanis are facing in America will affect their relatives here as well as the Government of Pakistan, reports the News.
www.indiatraveltimes.com /news/jan03/jan1603.html   (1213 words)

  
 UPDATE (India): Please send a letter to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra calling for right to land for Adivasi people
The Maharashtra Agricultural Land (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, which came into effect in 1961, was intended to redistribute land among landless farmers.
Please send a letter to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and request that he ensure that the huts of the tribals are not disturbed until the matter is finally disposed off as per the directions of the High Court in response to the writ petition filed by the adivasis.
Please write a letter to the Chief Minister of the State of Maharashtra and express your concern about this case.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2004/642   (1011 words)

  
 Special Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
MAHARASHTRA'S former chief minister Sharad Pawar's statement criticising Madhav Godbole, the head of the renegotiation team, and the timing chosen by him to air his views, has focused attention on his role in the Enron controversy.
Pawar, who had first inked the Enron deal as the chief minister of Maharashtra in 1992, was at the center of controversy when the Opposition accused him of "favouring" the US energy giant.
The board officials had discussed the issue with the state's advocate-general and were believed to have received a go-ahead from chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.
economictimes.indiatimes.com /enron/enro33.htm   (649 words)

  
 Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He was Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1995.
He took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on October 18, 1999.
As the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, he led a official delegation in May 2000, to U.S.A. and UK and visited New York, Los Angeles, San Jose, Washington and London to interact with the investors to bring investment to Maharashtra.
www.maharashtra.gov.in /english/government/index.php?rep_type_id=1   (559 words)

  
 Vilasrao Deshmukh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vilasrao Dadoji Deshmukh (born May 26, 1945) is the current Chief Minister of Maharashtra (Term: October 2004 - October 2009).
He is a member of the Congress party and originally belongs to Marathwada region of the state of Maharashtra.
As the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, he led an official delegation in May 2000 to U.S.A. and UK and visited New York, Los Angeles, San Jose, Washington and London to interact with the investors to bring investment to Maharashtra.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vilasrao_Deshmukh   (639 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | South Asia | New Maharashtra chief appointed
Mr Deshmukh was chief minister in Maharashtra until two years ago.
His deputy, Mr Patil, beat four other challengers, including outgoing deputy chief minister, Vijaysingh Mohite Patil, and a powerful but controversial local party leader, Chhaggan Bhujbal, to the new deputy post.
Maharashtra is a powerful political prize, with its capital Mumbai (Bombay) the home of India's film industry and its financial centre.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/south_asia/3966067.stm   (327 words)

  
 NCP blinks, Cong to head new govt in Maharashtra - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Congress on Wednesday night had the last laugh taking the key post of chief minister in Maharashtra capping 11 days of nerve-wracking negotiations with ally NCP which had to be content with two additional cabinet berths and as many portfolios.
While the NCP has so far been insisting on two posts of deputy chief ministers, the party started singing a different tune on Wednesday with a senior leader remarking that his party was not interested in creating two power centres, an indirect admission that Congress was not willing to play ball.
The NCP, which has got to retain the deputy chief ministership, is unlikely to replace the incumbent Mr Vijaysinh Mohite Patil, a Maratha leader with a solid base in the sugar belt of south-western Maharashtra.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/oct282004/i1.asp   (836 words)

  
 William Gates meets Maharashtra chief minister
The Maharashtra government suggested that the funds could also be used for proper training of young doctors and medical students who will be handling the cases.
Shinde said that since Solapur, (his constitutuency) bordering Karnataka and Maharashtra, had a high incidence of AIDS, future funds could be used in that region.
Later talking to the chief minister, president of a local NGO People's Health Organisation, Dr I S Gilada said the state had to set up a comprehensive centre where research, training, prevention and rehabilitation programmes could be taken up simultaneously.
www.rediff.com /news/2004/oct/01gates.htm   (264 words)

  
 albawaba.com middle east news information::Gulf Finance House in association with Gulf Energy to develop India’s ...
The MOU was signed by Shri V.K. Jairath, Secretary – Industries, Government of Maharashtra, and Mr Esam Janahi the Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Gulf Finance House, in the presence of Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Honourable Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Commenting on Energy City India, Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, Honourable Chief Minister of Maharashtra, said: “The Indian energy sector is growing rapidly as consumption expands to fuel the high economic growth of India.
Janahi said: “The Maharashtra Government’s pro-industry, pro-investment policy, its strategic position in India’s energy sector and, most importantly, the immense support extended by the Honourable Chief Minister and his team, were the key deciding factors behind our decision to locate the project in Maharashtra.”
www.menareport.com /en/business,Oil_and_Energy/204175   (957 words)

  
 [Hunger Alert] INDIA: Adivasi community unable to grow food, asserts their right to land in Maharashtra
In 1961, the Maharashtra Agricultural Land (Ceiling on Holdings) Act was passed whereby the MSFC had the right to cultivate this land.
The AHRC urges you to write to the Chief Minister and other related officials asking them to not interfere with the renovations the community has begun so that the adivasis can have homes and land to cultivate crops.
Since the crops and huts of the adivasis were destroyed in the previous cropping season, the adivasis had to look for their livelihoods elsewhere.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2005/1044   (1413 words)

  
 Ask Maharashtra Chief Minister to immediately rehabilitate the dwellers of demolished slums of Mumbai Petition
While you are touring the USA we are writing to remind you of the plight of thousands of families living in the open in Mumbai, amidst heavy rains, in wet mud floors and with no shelter even for the children, sick and the aged.
The slum people of Mumbai need immediate respite and are looking to their Chief Minister to do the needful.
The Ask Maharashtra Chief Minister to immediately rehabilitate the dwellers of demolished slums of Mumbai Petition to Vilasrao Deshmukh (CM, Maharashtra) was created by and written by Prashant Jawalikar (pjawalikar@yahoo.com).
www.petitiononline.com /AID0561/petition.html   (488 words)

  
 Economy: The Dabhol script can have no happy ending, Feb 9, 2003, The Week   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
And the bride with her sheltered upbringing under the shadow of bullying bureaucrats is the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, unable to refuse her elders.
Enron, the first foreign investor to invest in the power sector, had known that MSEB was so poorly endowed in all respects that she was fortunate to have a suitor at all.
She kept the chief minister of Maharashtra waiting for hours, because she decided to drop in on the way from the airport to see his Ôremote control'.
www.the-week.com /23feb09/biz3.htm   (836 words)

  
 rediff.com: How chief ministers woo NRIs
And there were six state chief ministers on hand to help.
The session's common message was spelt out in a presentation by Vilasrao Deshmukh, chief minister of Maharashtra: We are here not to criticise, but to work in tandem.
The session was chaired by Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the Planning Commission, and there were presentations made by the chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala and Maharashtra, for their respective states.
specials.rediff.com /news/2006/jan/09psld1.htm   (125 words)

  
 MAEER'S Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT), PUNE - INDIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
For the Top Ranker BE (Petrochemical) Installed by MAEER'S MIT in the memory of Late Shri Vasantrao Naik, Freedom Fighter and the most famous Chief Minister of Maharashtra and a pioneer of green revolution in Maharashtra State.
Vasantdada Patil, a freedom fighter, leader of masses, pioneer of the co-operative movement in Maharashtra, former Chief Minister and architect of the policy of non-aided technical and medical education in the State of Maharashtra and who had laid down the foundation stone of MIT in the year 1983.
Installed by MAEER'S MIT, Pune in the memory of Late Shri Yashwantrao B Chavan, the great patriot, and architect of modern Maharashtra, First Chief Minister of Maharashtra State, Ex-Deputy Prime Minister of India and a pragmatic national leader.
www.mitpune.com /mit/mit_awards.html   (879 words)

  
 Farooq Guest at Maharashtra Chief Minister's Birthday Bash
The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir was not an unexpected guest: Joshi and Abdullah have been old friends ever since the latter stitched up a cut suffered by Mrs Anagha Joshi during an accident on one of their Kashmir tours years ago.
For after all, Dr Abdullah's presence at the bash was a great boost to their efforts to give the Sena a "secular" image in its bid to build bridges with the minorities.
Thackeray expressed annoyance with his political detractors, including the city's businessmen who had complained to Prime Minister IK Gujral that the business atmosphere in Mumbai was vitiated by mafia and gangland killings of businessmen.
www.jammu-kashmir.com /archives/archives1997/97december02b.html   (774 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
He will go to Maharashtra Governor Mohammad Fazal on Saturday to stake claim to form the government after obtaining letters of support from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), smaller parties and Independents, according to sources.
Mr Patil pipped outgoing Deputy Chief Minister Vijaysinh Mohite-Patil to the post after a debate lasting several hours at the NCP's offices in downtown Mumbai.
Mr Patil, who is tipped to be Maharashtra's Home Minister, said he would work for the uplift of the downtrodden, minorities, women and the weaker sections.
www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20041030/main2.htm   (475 words)

  
 Ninth International Ozone Day
  Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde, Chief Minister, Maharashtra was the Chief Guest, Hon;ble Union Minister of Petroleum  and Natural Gas-Shri Ram Naik and Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra-Shri Chhagan Bhujbal were Special Guests of Honour.
  The pledge was administered by the Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister-Shri Chhagan Bhujbal.
            Prizes were also distributed by the Chief Guest and Guests of Honour to all the winners of the various competitions organized by Govt.
envfor.nic.in /news/julsep03/niod.htm   (400 words)

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