MUMBAI: NCP president Ajit Pawar on Monday unexpectedly showered praise on his mentor and political rival Sharad Pawar at the foundation day celebrations of the party, saying the senior Pawar had played a crucial role in building it up.“Sharad Pawar set up NCP 25 years ago over the nationality of Congress’s Sonia Gandhi. I am…
NEW DELHI: An aggressive China, along with its expanding military collusiveness with Pakistan in the maritime domain after the land borders, will remain the foremost security threat confronting the Indian defence establishment for the foreseeable future.The new govt should bite the bullet on several fronts to ensure India’s nuclear deterrence capabilities as well as conventional…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday said that the much-talked about mystery animal seen during the oath-taking ceremony was just a common house cat, dispelling the notion that it was a wild animal.This was in response to an incident a day earlier, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for his third consecutive term…
NEW DELHI: The portfolio allocation for the Modi Government 3.0 was released on Monday, featuring some surprise inclusions, though the top four ministries— home, defence, finance, and external affairs—were retained by Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Dr S Jaishankar, respectively. The list of Union Cabinet ministers also included six former chief ministers, such…
NEW DELHI: While Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s top four ministers- Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar – retained their respective home, defence, finance and external affairs portfolios on Monday, five Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allies from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) have also been allocated important ministries.Among the newly appointed Union Cabinet…
NEW DELHI: The BJP once again achieved a decisive victory in the national capital winning all the seven seats in Lok Sabha elections. This is the third consecutive clean sweep for the saffron party in Delhi. What makes this victory special is the fact that the BJP triumphed despite a strong alliance between the Aam…
NEW DELHI: A day after taking oath of office for a historic third consecutive term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assigned portfolios to his 71 council of ministers.The new Union Cabinet held its first meeting at the PM’s residence in the evening.Cabinet ministers Prime Minister Narendra Modi – Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and…
PUNE: A Pune court on Monday extended the police custody of the parents of a 17-year-old boy involved in a fatal Porsche car accident until June 14. The extension also includes another accused in the case related to destruction of evidence.The young boy’s father, Vishal Agrawal, a realtor, and his mother, Shivani, were arrested due…
NEW DELHI: In the first cabinet meeting of Modi 3.0 on Monday, it was decided to extend support under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) to an additional 3 crore rural and urban households. The decision is in response to the growing number of families that qualify for housing assistance.“It has been decided in the Cabinet…
NEW DELHI: Taking a swipe at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh remarked on Monday that the delay in assigning ministerial portfolios indicates nervousness within what he termed the “one-third prime minister” government. “Almost 24 hours after being sworn in the one third Pradhan Mantri is yet to allocate portfolios….
