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TopicDeputy CM

Topic: Deputy CM

Himachal BJP MLAs drop plea against appointment of Dy CM days after party names 6 deputies in 3 states

BJP had questioned deputy CM’s appointment saying his oath violated constitutional provisions. Its petition challenging appointment of chief parliamentary secretaries is still in court.

BJP’s social engineering in Chhattisgarh: Tribal CM with OBC & Brahmin deputies

BJP state chief and OBC leader Arun Sao & MLA Vijay Sharma, a Brahmin, will be the 2 deputy CMs. Additionally, BJP brass likely to go with ex-CM Raman Singh as speaker.

Importance of Ajit Pawar — why all is forgiven and the NCP leader is deputy CM again

Ajit Pawar, who had joined hands with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis, was sworn in as deputy to Uddhav Thackeray in Maharashtra's Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress govt.

Yediyurappa wants to get rid of his deputy CMs because everyone in BJP wants to be one

CM Yediyurappa likely to make the announcement before next cabinet expansion. Karnataka govt has 3 deputy CMs now, and it was under pressure to induct more.

Sachin Pilot is Rajasthan’s deputy CM, but there is no such post in the Constitution

From Sardar Patel to Yogi Adityanath's deputies, India has seen many deputy PMs & CMs. There’s no such post in the Constitution, but SC has said it’s ok. 

The two Congressmen who will share the limelight with Kumaraswamy today

As a child, Parameshwara and his brother received haircuts from their father because barbers in their hometown, Golahalli, would reportedly turn them away for being Dalits.

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What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

Without any air force or navy worth the name, both Iran and Ukraine have held two superpowers at bay.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.