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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicCabinet expansion

Topic: cabinet expansion

No cabinet meetings, no expansion — why Bihar’s brand new Nitish govt is yet to get going

Opposition says Nitish is scared of ally BJP, but JD(U) says it’s not necessary to hold weekly cabinet meetings & cabinet expansion will happen after due consultations.

Shivraj Chouhan finally expands cabinet, but 14 of his 33 ministers are not even MLAs

12 more Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalists were sworn-in Thursday, bringing the number of ex-Congress MLAs in the council of ministers to 14.

Scindia prevails as 12 of his loyalists become part of Madhya Pradesh cabinet

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led MP govt cabinet now has 33 members as 28 new ministers, including eight ministers of state, take oath.

‘Amrit’ comes out of churning as Shiva consumes poison: Shivraj before MP cabinet expansion

MP CM Shivraj Chouhan’s comment is being seen as a sign that he has been unable to have a final say in the choice of ministers for Thursday’s cabinet expansion.

CM Yediyurappa threatens to resign after Lingayat seer pushes him on cabinet expansion

Vachananda Swami said the Panchamasali Lingayats would withdraw support from Karnataka CM Yediyurappa if an MLA from the sect wasn’t made a minister.

Maharashtra cabinet expansion deferred as Congress fails to reach consensus on ministers

Each party has 2 ministers in Uddhav Thackeray cabinet. Congress is to get 10 more berths in the expansion, while Sena & NCP will get 11 more each.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.