NEW DELHI: Former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik‘s confidant VK Pandian on Sunday announced his retirement from active politics.Pandian announcement comes days after Biju Janata Dal (BJP) faced massive setback in Odisha assembly and Lok Sabha elections.The development also follows Patnaik’s statement claiming that Pandian was not his “successor” and that the people of the state…
NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday took a dig at Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi ahead of the oath-taking ceremony, accusing him of not accepting responsibility for perceived failures.“The Prime Minister who sought the mandate solely in his name to the exclusion of both his party and its allies has suffered a…
NEW DELHI: The ‘Shehzada’ has finally done it. After two successive humiliating losses in national elections, Rahul Gandhi has led the Congress to a respectable tally of 99 seats, which may mark the beginning of revival of the grand old party. The fact that Congress’s 2024 score of 99 is more than the party’s combined…
NEW DELHI: The oath-taking ceremony of the first BJP government in the state of Odisha has been rescheduled to June 12 from June 10, party leaders informed on Sunday. Party leader Jatin Mohanty said that the postponement was due to PM Modi’s prior commitments.PM Modi along with the cabinet is scheduled to take oath on…
LUCKNOW: Days after springing a surprise for the BJP in the Lok Sabha election results where the party could secure only 33 out of 80 seats as compared to 62 in 2019, Uttar Pradesh is once again in the spotlight as speculations are rife on the number of MPs from the state who are likely…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his council of minister is set to take oath for his consecutive third term on Sunday. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance holds a comfortable position with 293 MPs in the 543-member Lok Sabha, with the BJP being the largest party, holding 240 seats.Earlier, BJP’s parliamentary committee confirmed…
NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi will be taking oath as the Prime Minister for the historic third consecutive term on Sunday evening at 7:15 pm. The mega event will take place at Rashtrapati Bhavan.The swearing-in ceremony of Modi and his cabinet will be held in the presence of a large gathering of national and international dignitaries….
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has derostered an air traffic controller at Mumbai Airport following a close shave when an IndiGo aircraft was allowed to land even as an Air India aircraft was taking off from the same runway. The regulator has initiated a probe into this incident.“On June 8, 2024,…
NEW DELHI: The BJP-led NDA govt is set to take oath on Sunday. However, unlike 2014 and 2019, Modi 3.0 will be a coalition government in the true sense. Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP and Nitish Kumar‘s JD(U) will have the keys to the government and may impact several of its decisions.The two regional leaders are veterans…
NEW DELHI: Harking back to the Sengol controversy that erupted last year ahead of the Parliament building inauguration, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday hit out at the PM-designate Narendra Modi, claiming that “Modi’s pretensions” got rejected by the Tamil electorate in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.“Remember May 28th, 2023? It was the day…
