Fadnavis, who heads the Home Ministry in the Eknath Shinde government which came to power last June, also directed the police to take strict action against those harassing industries
He said a strategy is being prepared to eradicate the drug menace in the state and a drive would be launched
This is an opportune time and "we have to be ready," he said
Perhaps, he is not aware that the construction of the Ram temple (in Ayodhya) is going on with full vigour. He, too, will be invited for a darshan (visit) once the temple is complete''
Fadnavis, who was in the Madhya Pradesh capital for a conference, said the construction of the Ram temple was going on at a brisk pace
The Maharashtra government plans to provide solar pumps to five lakh farmers under the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Kusum Yojana, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday
Devendra Fadnavis said the state will ask Karnataka to stop the work of the raising of the height of Alamaty dam on Krishna river till an ongoing study to assess its flood impact is completed
Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Ajit Pawar accused the state government of financial indiscipline after it tabled a more than Rs 52,000 cr supplementary demand last week
Fadnavis said measures are being taken to remove the 'ecosystem' of paan shops, cafeterias and anti-social elements near schools
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the govt will not revert to the old pension scheme as it would put a burden of Rs 1.10 trn on the exchequer and lead to bankruptcy of the state
Devendra Fadanvis said youth from the Naxalism-affected Gadchiroli district in Vidarbha are not joining the outlawed movement anymore and the new recruits are brought from Odisha and Chhattisgarh
Maharashtra will have a Lokayukta law on the lines of the Centre's Lokpal legislation which will also bring the chief minister and ministers under its ambit, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has said
Work on a Patanjali plant at MIHAN in Nagpur will be completed soon, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here on Sunday
Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule suggested that as long as he is the party's state unit chief, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis should become the chief minister
Maharashtra Dy CM Fadnavis said the resounding victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Gujarat Assembly polls underlined the people's faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership
A video surfaced on social media showing some people throwing stones at vehicles entering Karnataka from Maharashtra, prompting Deputy CM Fadnavis to take up the matter with Karnataka CM Bommai
NCP ridiculed Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde for reportedly meeting an astrologer and said superstition would not help him
In her written complaint to the police, Shraddha Walkar had said her partner Aaftab Poonawala had beaten her and threatened to kill her
Walkar had two years ago complained to the police in Maharashtra's Palghar district that Poonawala tried to kill her in 2020 and she feared he would cut her into pieces
If farmers pay the bills for the current season their connections should not be snapped. Those who can repay bills, they should pay it, he added