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TopicMaharashtra cabinet

Topic: Maharashtra cabinet

More ally vs ally drama ahead of local polls: All Sena ministers except Shinde skip cabinet meet

Sena leaders are said to be upset with BJP’s aggressive induction of former councillors from different parties in various parts of the state, including some from the Sena.

With iPads for ministers & a dashboard for proposals, Maharashtra govt switches to e-cabinet

Transition to e-cabinet was part of CM Devendra Fadnavis’s 100-day programme. Maharashtra govt has equipped all ministers with Apple iPads, magic keyboards, Apple pencils & Apple covers.

Not right to say Mumbai unsafe based on stray incidents, says CM Fadnavis as Oppn slams law & order

The CM, who also holds the home portfolio, however said all such attacks would be thoroughly probed.

With links to extortion accused & ‘mini-Pakistan’ jibe, 2 Mahayuti ministers put Fadnavis in a spot

Maharashtra ministers Dhananjay Munde of Ajit Pawar-led NCP and Nitesh Rane of BJP are under opposition fire. Both are not new to controversy.

Many heavyweights dropped, Fadnavis expands cabinet with some old faces & several first-timers

39 ministers inducted in first Maharashtra cabinet expansion. Chhagan Bhujbal, Deepak Kesarkar, Abdul Sattar, Sudhir Mungantiwar out, Pankaja Munde, Nitesh Rane, Ashish Shelar in.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.