Why Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister wields power without constitutional authority

With Sunetra Pawar becoming the state’s first woman Deputy CM, a look at how a post not mentioned in the Constitution evolved into a key instrument of coalition management and power sharing in Maharas ...
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SF banking star chairs host committee for Super Bowl, other huge sporting events

He is quick to say that at the Bay Area Host Committee, he inherited an extraordinary lineup of scheduled events, including ...

Ajit Pawar's untimely death: What's next for his NCP faction?

Notably, the coming together of the two NCP factions for the Maharashtra civic polls triggered speculations of a possible ...

Once a CM contender, now Shinde’s fiercest critic: Why Ganesh Naik wants to ‘wipe out’ Eknath Shinde

From warning that he would “topple his cart” to speaking of “wiping out his existence”, no leader in Maharashtra has targeted Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde with as much venom as BJP MLA Ganesh ...