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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Topic: Mahayuti

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.

Fadnavis is Maharashtra CM, Shinde & Pawar deputies after 11 days of suspense & an 11th hour surrender

BJP had been coaxing Eknath Shinde to join as deputy CM, but he didn’t give his consent till mere hrs before ceremony. Sena sources say he had put the condition of getting home portfolio.

Devendra Fadnavis to take oath today as Maharashtra CM for 3rd time, Modi to be in attendance

NCP's Ajit Pawar, and Shiv Sena leader & former CM Eknath Shinde expected to take oath as Deputy CMs. Formation of govt under Fadnavis comes after 2 weeks of intense negotiations.

With 2 deputies & Mahayuti riding on supermajority, Fadnavis 3.0 will be different

BJP leaders & govt officials believe that while there could be instances of friction, a sweeping mandate for BJP will help Devendra Fadnavis put his stamp on Maharashtra govt.

BJP to elect legislature party leader in Maharashtra, set in motion process to form govt

Former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is being seen as frontrunner for top post in the new BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP Mahayuti govt.

Eknath Shinde taken to Thane hospital amid suspense over Maharashtra CM candidate

The Shiv Sena leader had left for his native village in Satara district last Friday to recuperate from illness. He was down with a throat infection and fever.

Local Sena (UBT) leaders disgruntled with Congress alliance, urge for solo run in local body polls

Party's district-level leaders have expressed unhappiness with lack of cohesion within MVA, especially between Sena (UBT) & Congress. Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut has dismissed such talk.

Amid talk of Maharashtra getting a BJP CM, Eknath Shinde calls off Mahayuti power-sharing meeting

Mahayuti is planning a swearing-in ceremony on 2 December, but if power-sharing is not finalised till then, it may have to be postponed to 4 December, says an NCP insider.

BJP-RSS should now work to stabilise Maharashtra’s economy. Get over vendetta politics

Maharashtra voters clearly prefer parties with a track record of performance and some seriousness in their approach toward the issues of the state’s population.

‘Bihar model’ does not apply, can’t ignore Fadnavis’s claim—Athawale on Mahayuti ‘deadlock’

Athawale disagrees with Shinde Sena likening claim to CM’s chair to concession in Bihar, says Mahayuti performed even better than NDA partners’ expectations in Maharashtra.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.