Shinde, who was speaking at an event to commemorate Marathwada Liberation Day, also said he had made such a request to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
In the MVA government's last cabinet meeting, Aurangabad was renamed as Sambhajinagar, but the Shinde government added 'Chhatrapati' prefix to it
The activist is sitting on an indefinite hunger strike since Aug 29 at Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district demanding reservation in govt jobs and education under the OBC for Maratha community
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The Rasta Roko movement also got started in multiple locations and Raj Thackeray has been stopping and meeting the people
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will also attend the meeting, the CMO said
"In two to two-and-a-half years, Mumbai will be free of potholes and all roads will be concretised," the CM said
The honour comprised a shawl, a citation and a memento from the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC)
He also announced higher financial aid for people affected by heavy rains and floods
During the meeting, the chief minister said, he apprised the prime minister of the situation due to the landslide at Irshalwadi, a tribal village nestled in the Sahyadri mountain ranges in Raigad
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and adjoining Thane and Palghar districts on Wednesday, disrupting suburban rail traffic and causing water-logging in low-lying areas from where people were evacuated
It will be the first session after former Leader of Opposition and NCP leader, Ajit Pawar, broke ranks with his uncle, Sharad Pawar, who is also the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo
But Uddhav Thackeray repaid this gesture by severing the alliance with the BJP two years later, the CM said on Saturday at a conclave of the Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) workers here
Shinde was speaking to reporters after holding a meeting with Maharashtra deputy CMs, Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, at his official residence, on Tuesday late night
While arithmetic political stability is a reality, politics in Maharashtra is likely to see a silent upheaval
Reacting to the political developments in Maharashtra after Ajit Pawar split the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and joined the Eknath Shinde-led government in the state with 8 fellow rebel MLAs
On the split in the NCP, Shinde said the party should introspect on everything that was happening within the rank and file
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Speaking on the occasion, Shinde said he was an active grassroot cadre and wanted to work with Eknath Shinde who was working for the development of the state
With Ajit Pawar's move to join the ruling Eknath Shinde-BJP coalition changing political dynamics in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut also claimed that Shinde will lose the post