ashok chavan

When Ashok Chavan was appointed as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra he was little known outside of political circles and his own State. In the last few months, he has become one of India's most high profile Chief Minister. The profile is partly a consequence of the strong stand he took.  

The Maharashtra government has sanctioned Rs 175 crore to the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) under the 'Suvarna Jayanti Nagar Punruthhan Urban Renewal' scheme. Disclosing this at a joint news conference here today, KMC commissioner Vijay Singhal, city mayor Sagar Chavan and Congress MLA Satej Patil said the amount was sactioned today in a meeting between state and KMC officials in Mumbai. Chief minister Ashok Chavan had assured to give funds for developmental works in Kolhapur during his recent  

Chief minister Ashok Chavan on Saturday said he had not promoted SRK's film My Name is Khan and was only doing his duty of ensuring that its release in Mumbai was safe. He was reacting to an editorial in the Shiv Sena's mouthpiece, Saamna, on Saturday, which slammed him for deploying 22,000 policemen to ensure the safe release of the movie. Saamna said that the ATS in Gujarat had recently interrogated terrorists who confessed that MNIK was being used propaganda material by terrorist organisations.  

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member in legislative council, Vinod Tawde on Saturday made serious allegations of corruption against the state government in Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) projects. He alleged that a certain builder was given land at Goregaon for Rs150 crore less than the market price. He also said that SRA projects are being cleared from a flat situated opposite chief minister Ashok Chavan's official bungalow Varsha and demanded clarification from the government.

The SRA scheme was launched for the benefit of the poor. But now builders are reaping benefits   -Vinod Tawde

 

Bal Thackeray doesn't lose an opportunity to attack Shah Rukh Khan. And his latest assault is based on reports of a terrorist's alleged confessions. The terrorist is believed to have said that SRK's My Name Is Khan is being used to brainwash young jehadis. In party mouthpiece Saamna , the Shiv Sena supremo has slammed Shah Rukh Khan and makers of the film along with Maharashtra Chief Minister.  

The Maharashtra government has decided to set up a special cell to handle sex crimes against children. It has also decided to move pending rape cases to a fast track court. These decisions were announced in the legislature after the Opposition criticised the Home department for the growing incidence of sex crimes against children and an increase in rape cases.  

The Maharashtra government on Friday halved the entertainment duty to be paid by the organisers of various award functions and reality shows, while increasing the service charges on movie tickets. The government, however, appears to be undecided over levying entertainment tax on the IPL. "The entertainment duty in respect of the award function organised only for invitees without selling tickets shall be 12.5% of the total sponsorship amount," the amendment to the Bombay Entertainment Duty Act 1923, whic  

Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has said it was wrong of people to go to parties like the Shiv Sena to seek permission to screen a film or hold cricket matches. Chavan was referring to Union Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar's meeting with Sena chief Bal Thackeray before the IPL started to get an assurance from the Sena that the matches in Mumbai pass peacefully. This was soon after the Sena, protesting the attacks on Indians in Australia, said it would not allow Australian cricketers to pla

Sharad Pawarji is a senior leader. He is in the Union government and they say he went to discuss the IPL matches and issues like that….Yes, there were a lot of eyebrows raised and asking why did he go?   -Ashok Chavan

 

Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Eknath Khadse today said that the ruling Congress-NCP coalition which come to power for the third consecutive time was showing arrogance of power despite the fact that this was possible because of the split in Shiv Sena-MNS votes. Initiating the debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor for his address to the joint session of the State Legislature, Khadse accused the Ashok Chavan-led government of all round failure. "There is no co-ordi

Chavan says the issue of tax is under consideration of the Cabinet while Finance Minister Sunil Tatkare says the Cabinet has decided to waive off entertainment tax   -Eknath Khadse

 

As the five-week-long session of the Maharashtra Legislature started on Thursday, security was tightened around Vidhan Bhavan in the wake of a terror threat. The unprecedented nature of security arrangements made in and around Vidhan Bhavan could be gauged from the fact that even the vehicles belonging to Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, his ministerial colleagues and top bureaucrats were not allowed on the State Legislature premises. His car was allowed on the Vidhan Bhavan premises, when he arrived in t