Maharashtra govt formation live: Devendra Fadnavis slams Uddhav's decision on Aarey

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray visited Lata Mangeshkar at Breach Candy Hospital, today

Thackeray's decision to stay Aarey car shed work shows state government is not serious about Mumbai Infrastructure projects, says Devendra Fadnavis

I am the first chief minister who was born in Mumbai. It is going on in my mind, what I can do for the city, says Uddhav

Not a single tree leaf will be cut till further notice: Uddhav

Overnight cutting of trees in Aarey not acceptable: Thackeray

Stay on Aarey car shed, not on the metro project: Uddhav Thackeray

I became CM unexpectedly; didn't want to run away from this responsibility: Uddhav Thackeray

If I had run away when this responsibility came, I wouldn't have been able to show my face as Balasaheb Thackeray's son: Uddhav

I have come to Mantralaya only 2-3 times previously. Even today I feel that I have come to Mantralaya with some memorandum to meet the CM. It will take time to settle: Uddhav Thackeray

"We all should an active play role in determing if the schemes announced earlier have been implemented," says the Maharashtra CM

We have never worked for ourselves, worked for the people, says Uddhav

I know this is a huge challenge in front of me right now: Uddhav on becoming Maha CM

Uddhav Thackeray briefs media after charge as Maharashtra CM

Uddhav Thackeray held a meeting with senior officers at Mantralaya & instructed them to start development related works immediately

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Dilip Walse Patil appointed as protem speaker of the state assembly.

Uddhav Thackeray takes charge as Maharashtra CM

Uddhav Thackeray formally takes charge as Maharashtra CM

He took charge shortly after 2pm, entering the sixth floor office of the CM, outside which a plate bearing the name 'Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray' was put up. When he reached Mantralaya, he paid floral tributes to the portrait of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the building. Read full story

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray arrives at Mantralaya, the state secretariat.

PM Modi and Maharashtra CM Uddhav are like brothers: Sena

Extending an olive branch, the Shiv Sena said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray are like 'brothers' though the Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party may have parted ways, here on Friday. "The Shiv Sena-BJP have gone different ways in Maharashtra politics, but Modi-Thackeray's relations are 'like brothers'... It's the responsibility of the Prime Minister to accommodate his young brother who is Maharashtra CM," said the Sena in edits in the party mouthpieces, "Saamana" and "Dopahar Ka Saamana". Read full story

The name plate of Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray as the chief minister of the state, put up outside his cabin at the Maharashtra secretariat. He will take charge of his office today.