STAR Majha (Marathi: स्टार माझा) is a 24-hour free-to-air Marathi news channel broadcast in India based in Mumbai. It was launched on 22 June 2007 and delivers news in the Marathi language. The channel is owned by ABP Group, which also runs two other news channels: ABP News (Hindi) and ABP Ananda (Bengali). Rajiv Khandekar is the editor of the news channel which is headquartered in Mumbai. Star Majha has set up an extensive bureau network in Maharashtra and India. Star Majha competes with other Marathi news channels like Zee 24 Taas, 24 hours newschannel from Zee and IBN Lokmat. Star majha have special programme for catering the needs of farming community. This agriculture programme SAAT BARACHYA BATMYA (सात बाराच्या बातम्या) recently got the prestigious KRISHI MITRA award from State government for its outstanding contribution in development of farmimg/rural community/environment etc. Now Star Majha is changed as ABP Majha it will telecast on 1st June 2012

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Narendra Damodardas Modi (Gujarati: નરેન્દ્ર મોદી; born 17 September 1950) is the current Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat. Born in a middle class family in Vadnagar, he was the third of six children born to Damodardas Mulchand Modi and his wife Heeraben. He has been a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) since childhood also having interest in politics since adolescence. He holds a master's degree in political science. In 1998, he was chosen by L. K. Advani, the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to direct the election campaign in Gujarat as well as Himachal Pradesh.

He became Chief Minister of Gujarat in October 2001, promoted to the office at a time when his predecessor Keshubhai Patel had resigned, following the defeat of BJP in the by-elections. His tenure as chief minister of Gujarat began on 7 October 2001, and he is the longest serving Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat. In July 2007 he became the longest serving Chief Minister in Gujarat's history when he had been in power for 2063 days continuously. He was elected again for a third term on 23 December 2007 in the state elections, which he had cast as a "referendum on his rule".

Narayan Rane (Marathi: नारायण राणे, b. 10 April 1952) is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He is currently the Minister for Industry, Port, Employment and Self-employment in the Government of Maharashtra. He was a member of Shiv Sena and also opposition leader of Vidhan Sabha until July 2005 and also, then he joined Indian National Congress party.

Narayan Rane joined Shivsena in his early twenties,and started his political journey as local Shakha Pramukh and then Councillar of Mumbai and then later went on to become chief minister of Maharashtra. Due to dispute between him and Shivsena working president Uddhav Thackeray, Narayan Rane left Shiv Sena on 3 July 2005 and also resigned from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly soon. He later joined the Indian National Congress and was made the Revenue Minister of Maharashtra, often perceived as a powerful ministry. Rane sought re-election from his Malvan seat in the Konkan region on a Congress ticket and won with a lead of over 50,000 votes despite a well-fought and organised campaign by the Shiv Sena. Shiv Sena candidate Parshuram Uparkar even lost his deposit. It was first time in the history of Shivsena that the rebel had won. There is considerable rift between him and their allies from nationalist congress party on various issues. These were more apparent during local body elections in 2011.

Raj Shrikant Thackeray (Marathi: राज श्रीकांत ठाकरे) (born 14 June 1968) is the founder and president of the right-wing^{[citation needed]}Marathi ethnocentric regional political party, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena ("Maharashtra Reformation Army") in the state of Maharashtra, India. His official name is Swararaj which means the king of musical notes. He is the nephew of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, and a cousin of the current Shiv Sena Executive President Uddhav Thackeray.

Raj was born on 14 June 1968 in a Marathi Kayastha (CKP) family to Shrikant Thackeray (younger brother of Bal Thackeray) and Kunda Thackeray (younger sister of Bal Thackeray's wife Meena Thackeray). Raj’s father Shrikant Thackeray was a musician, cartoonist and was also well versed in Urdu. He studied in Balmohan Vidyamandir, Mumbai and graduated from the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art, Mumbai. As a child he is said to have learnt the tabla, the guitar and the violin. He also loved drawing which later turned into a passion for drawing cartoons.