PM’s team: 25 Cabinet ministers, 33 MoS take oath
A total of 58 ministers are in the new cabinet. The Council comprises of 25 Cabinet Ministers, 9 Minister of State (Independent Charge) and 24 Minister of State(MoS). State wise allotment in the cabinet shows that there are 9 ministers from UP,...
Payal Tadvi suicide case: Two more doctors arrested
Mumbai: Two more doctors have been arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of a junior colleague by tormenting her with casteist slurs at a state-run hospital here, police said on Wednesday. With this, the police have arrested three doctors, all women. While...
TMC says defect to BJP took place “at gunpoint”
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress gave the BJP a "factcheck" this morning after a large number of its leaders jumped ships to the BJP on Tuesday. The party also alleged that people were "forced" to join the BJP "at gunpoint". The Trinamool...
SC dismisses Karti Chidambaram’s plea seeking return of Rs 10 crore
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea of Congress lawmaker Karti Chidambaram seeking a return of Rs 10 crore which he had deposited with the courts registry for travelling abroad. A vacation bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice...
Shah meets Modi ahead of swearing-in
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leaders are understood to have discussed the contours of the new government which will be sworn in on Thursday. There is a view...
RBI extends RTGS timing till 1800 hrs
Timings for fund transfer through RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) have been extended by one-and-a-half hours to 1800 hrs for the general public from June 1, the Reserve Bank of India said Tuesday. Under RTGS system, there is...
1 accused in Mumbai doctor suicide case held
Representational pic One of the three doctors accused in the Payal Tadvi suicide case has been detained. Tadvi, 26, a doctor in a civic-run hospital in Mumbai, had killed herself on May 22. Her family has alleged that her doctor colleagues had...
Hyderabad Airport authorities respond to Riteish Deshmukh’s tweet
Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh has tweeted about a power cut at the Hyderabad airport and pointed to locked emergency doors, prompting authorities to apologise on Twitter. The 40-year-old actor tweeted two videos from the lounge of one of the busiest airports...
NDA likely to get majority in RS by 2021
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, which currently has 99 Rajya Sabha members, is likely to get a majority in the Upper House of Parliament by the end of 2021, making it easier for the ruling alliance to carry...
Aaditya Thackeray likely to contest Maharashtra assembly elections
File Photo Mumbai: Buoyed by the success in the Lok Sabha polls, the Shiv Sena has aggressively started planning for the Vidhan Sabha polls which will be held later this year. As a part of this planning, its youth...
Smriti Irani’s close aide shot dead in Amethi
Amethi: A former village head was allegedly shot dead by two unidentified men in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district, police said on Sunday. Additional Superintendent of Police Daya Ram said Surendra Singh, 50, the former head of Baraulia village was...
Modi appointed PM-elect, likely to take oath on May 30
New Delhi: BJP leader Narendra Modi was on Saturday appointed prime minister-elect by President Ram Nath Kovind, who also asked him to form the new government. After the BJP and the National Democratic Alliance unanimously elected him as their...
Naresh Goyal, wife denied permission to travel abroad: Sources
Former chairman of Jet Airways Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal were denied permission to travel abroad Saturday by the immigration authority at Mumbai airport, sources said. The couple was to travel by Dubai-bound Emirates flight EK 507...
People accepted us due to our ‘seva bhaav’: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the NDA Parliamentary board meeting at Central Hall of Parliament. Here are some of the highlights of his speech. - We will now begin new journey to build new India with new energy - People have accepted...
PM Modi unanimously elected leader of NDA
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was unanimously elected leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance on Saturday at a meeting attended by its newly elected MPs and senior leaders in Parliament's Central Hall. Modi will now...
Indians lucky to have Modi, says Trump
US President Donald Trump said the people of India are lucky to have Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whom he went on to describe as a great man and leader. Trump wrote on Twitter, Just spoke to Prime Minister @NarendraModi where I...
15 dead in fire at Surat coaching centre
At least 15 people were killed when a major fire broke out on Friday afternoon in a coaching centre in the Surat city of Gujarat, including students and teachers. The classes of a coaching institute were being held on the...
BJP’s success because of greats like Advani: PM
PM Narendra Modi tweets: "Called on respected Advaniji. The BJP's successes today are possible because greats like him spent decades building the party and providing a fresh ideological narrative to the people." The PM and party president Amit Shah meet senior...
MM Joshi has mentored me: Modi
PM Modi and Amit Shah at Dr Murli Manohar Joshi's residence. The PM tweets, "Dr Murli Manohar Joshi is a scholar and intellectual par excellence. His contribution towards improving Indian education is remarkable. He has always worked to strengthen the...
0 in 15 states; 1 seat each in 8: Congress-mukt Bharat
There is unlikely to be a Leader of the Opposition in the 17th Lok Sabha too as the Congress has failed to secure the mandatory 55 seats needed to quality for the post. A party must win a minimum of 10...
Modi govt 2.0 likely to be sworn in on May 29
The BJP parliamentary board on Thursday passed a resolution hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and thanking people for endorsing the party's agenda. All the newly-elected BJP MPs may meet Saturday to elect Modi as their leader, following which he will...
