NEW DELHI: Days after his swearing-in, Narendra Modi will undertake a day-long visit to Italy to participate in the G7 summit on June 14. With Modi unlikely to attend the Ukraine peace summit, which will be hosted by Switzerland immediately after G7, he’s expected to be back the next day, in time for the Parliament…
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of education has constituted a four-member panel headed by a former Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) chairperson to review the grace marks awarded to more than 1,563 candidates in the medical entrance exam National Eligibility Entrance Test-undergraduate (NEET-UG). This was informed by the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Saturday.The medical/…
New Delhi: Narendra Modi will take oath as India’s Prime Minister on Sunday for the third time at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The oath-taking ceremony of Modi and his cabinet will be held in the presence of a large gathering of national and international dignitaries. On Friday, the President of India appointed Modi as the prime…
KOLKATA: The INDIA bloc’s decision not to stake any claim to form the govt today does not mean that it is not going to stake claim tomorrow, CM Mamata Banerjee has said, adding that TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar “are also our friends”.Banerjee, who met Trinamool’s 29 new MPs at her Kalighat residence…
NEW DELHI: Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu will take oath as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on June 12 at 9.27 am.The TDP, along with its alliance partners, BJP and Jana Sena, collectively secured 164 out of the 175 assembly seats, leaving a mere 11 seats for the opposition party, YSRCP.“Swearing –…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday took a jibe at Narendra Modi‘s swearing-in ceremony after the BJP failed to secure a clear majority in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls. Tharoor stated that he would watch the India-Pakistan match instead of attending the ceremony, as he had not been invited. “I have not…
LUCKNOW: What will be Uttar Pradesh’s share in the Union cabinet? The question weighs heavy given the BJP’s dismal performance in the state. However, informed sources in the party said that the politically crucial state is still expected to weigh prominently in the distribution of cabinet berths, but with a reduced strength as compared to…
NEW DELHI: A day before the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi claimed that the opposition INDIA bloc had offered the PM post to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, to woo him to join the alliance and not support the NDA.“All the regional partners were in favour of…
BENGALURU: Former Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) state president H D Kumaraswamy is expected to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s cabinet on Sunday. Modi will be sworn in as Prime Minister for the third consecutive term.“In addition to Kumaraswamy, a few MPs from BJP will take the oath tomorrow,” said JDS MLC T A…
NEW DELHI: After poor BJP show in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting of the council of ministers on Saturday and asked them to shun VIP culture and prioritise the needs of the people. He instructed the ministers to visit people and indulge in “dialogue, coordination and sensitivity (samvaad, samanvay, samvedansheelta)”.He emphasised…
