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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicChief Minister

Topic: Chief Minister

BJP Meitei MLA Yumnam Khemchand to be new Manipur CM, deputy CMs from Kuki-Zo & Naga communities

Former Manipur cabinet minister, Yumnam Khemchand Singh, known to be from the anti-Biren Singh faction, has been named as the leader of the BJP legislature party in Manipur.

Five times India’s chief ministers triggered outrage in 2025

Rekha Gupta to Mamata Banerjee, CMs courted controversy with their statements on women's safety, Operation Sindoor and more.

AAP dials Punjab voters to ask: Is Mann delivering?

Punjab residents are receiving calls from the 'chief minister's office', asking if they are happy with Mann and whether there is anything they would like to flag. 

Jagan junked Naidu’s pet projects. Now Andhra CM’s repurposing his arch rival’s welfare-industry script

Naidu is reviving his projects dismantled by Jagan, from Amaravati to Anna Canteens, while expanding the YSRCP ex-CM's welfare ambit & taking further his predecessor's industrial plans.

Rajkot man who ‘attacked’ Delhi CM an auto driver who built ‘dog temple’ in his neighbourhood

Sakariya Rajeshbhai Khimjibhai lives in Rajkot’s Kothariya neighbourhood. He has 5 cases registered against him in Rajkot and he has been acquitted in 4 of those.

Chandrababu Naidu is dreaming new dreams at 75. What other CMs are missing

Naidu’s critics would call his antics political opportunism. His admirers would cite them as examples of his brilliant political acumen.

ChatGPT (The Old Testament version) & pirates of the Mediterranean

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print, online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately. Also Read: Indian atheists fight...

Will Shinde blink, or be Maharashtra’s Nitish? Why BJP feels Sena bid for CM post is just ‘posturing’

With Mahayuti sweeping Maharashtra polls & BJP clinching 132 of 288 seats, all eyes are now on who becomes the Maharashtra CM. Sena wants Shinde back. BJP is inclining towards Fadnavis.

After 132-seat jackpot in Maharashtra, BJP looks beyond coalition dharma. Fadnavis is no.1 in CM race

BJP's Amit Shah set to head a meeting with Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP in the national capital to make final decision on who gets the top post.

Omar Abdullah sworn in as 1st CM of J&K Union territory, Jammu region’s Surinder Choudhary his deputy

This is Omar's 2nd stint as CM. Congress opts to stay out of govt after poor show at polls. J&K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra says party unhappy J&K’s statehood not yet restored.

On Camera

Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

How Indian Army has tweaked its war game strategy as enemy lines on nuclear, conventional deterrence blur

Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan says India’s nuclear capability will not be considered a separate domain, but part of cognitive war in multi domain operations.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.