Articles about Ashok Chavan
Ashok Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian National Congress (INC) politician and a former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. As of 2021, he is the PWD Minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra. He is the son of senior Congress politician Shankarrao Chavan, who himself was a two-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra and served as a Union Minister during the Prime Ministerships of Rajiv Gandhi and PV Narasimha Rao. Chavan did BSc from Hazarimal Jomani College and an MBA from BYK College of Commerce in Maharashtra. He was the General Secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) from 1995 to 1999 and later served as its President from 2014 to 2019. He was elected as MP of Lok Sabha for the first time in 1987 from the Nanded constituency. He was a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council during 1992-98 and Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014 for three terms. After the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, CM Vilasrao Deshmukh resigned, and Ashok Chavan took over the post. He was re-elected CM in the 2009 Assembly elections but had to step down in 2010 for his alleged role in the Adarsh Housing Society scam.

13 Jun 2020
IndiaTill Friday evening, the number of coronavirus infections in Maharashtra had crossed 1 lakh. The state is notably India's worst-hit in the COVID-19 outbreak, that started in India in late-January.

05 Jan 2020
PoliticsAfter causing much fuss, the Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra announced the portfolio allocation for Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State on Sunday.

03 Jan 2020
PoliticsSharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) could emerge as the biggest winner in Maharashtra, as it is all poised to get key Cabinet berths like Home, Finance, Irrigation, and Housing, reports NDTV.

31 Dec 2019
PoliticsYesterday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expanded his Cabinet, more than a month after he took oath.

30 Dec 2019
PoliticsOn Monday, Nationalist Congress Party's Ajit Pawar took oath as Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, for the second time in less than two months.

24 Oct 2019
PoliticsWith each passing hour, the picture of Haryana and Maharashtra assemblies are becoming clearer.

19 Oct 2019
PoliticsJust three days before the crucial Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Bollywood actor Salman Khan's long-time aide Gurmeet Singh alias Shera joined the Shiv Sena on Friday, ANI reported.

23 Mar 2019
PoliticsThe Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and a few other smaller political parties have sealed their seat-sharing arrangement in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Saturday.

24 Nov 2018
PoliticsIn Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed as a precautionary measure just as Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has reached the temple town.

08 Nov 2018
IndiaSpeaking on the second anniversary of demonetization, senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan today described it as the "biggest mistake of Modi government" and claimed that it resulted in the slowdown of the economy.

22 Oct 2018
IndiaA Congress worker was allegedly stabbed to death, reportedly over a post on social media, in suburban Ghatkopar in Mumbai in the wee hours on Monday.

31 Aug 2018
PoliticsThe Congress party today launched its 'Jan Sangharsh Yatra' campaign in Kolhapur to highlight the "failures" of the BJP-led central and state governments in fulfilling the promises given to the people.

23 Aug 2018
IndiaFacing allegations of getting undue benefits from the multi-billion dollar Rafale deal, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group has sent legal notices to several Congress leaders asking them to "cease and desist" from leveling such charges.

17 Jun 2018
PoliticsBJP and Shiv Sena are set to clash again in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council in Maharashtra, after a bitter face-off in Palghar Lok Sabha by-poll.

26 May 2018
PoliticsShiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, while addressing a rally last night in Palghar, released an audio clip, purportedly of Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis asking BJP workers to use all possible means to win the by-election.

23 Feb 2018
PoliticsIn a bid to defeat the BJP-led NDA government in Maharashtra, estranged allies - the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday announced that they will jointly contest the upcoming polls in the state.

22 Dec 2017
IndiaIn a huge relief for ex-Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan, Bombay HC rejected Governor's 2016 sanction to prosecute him in the Adarsh housing society scam.

01 Oct 2017
PoliticsIn the latest development in the Narayan Rane saga, the ex-Congress leader has floated a new political party called the Maharashtra Swabhimaan Paksh which "will support the BJP in Maharashtra".

21 Sep 2017
PoliticsOn 21st Sep, Maharashtra Congress leader Narayan Rane announced to quit Congress and its legislative council; the rumors were rife that he would do so soon.

19 Aug 2017
PoliticsIn yet another setback for the Indian National Congress (INC), one of Rahul Gandhi's top aides quit the party.

03 Jan 2017
DelhiThe office of LG announced through Twitter that he would indulge in "more productive engagement" with the media and public.