NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the BJP of hypocrisy when it comes to ‘parivarvad (dynastic politics)’. Rahul alleged that while the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has on numerous occasions dismissed the sacrifices of Congress leaders as ‘nepotism‘, the portfolio allocation on Monday saw the distribution of power to a ‘government…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi is all set to visit Varanasi on June 18 to address a farmers‘ conference, the party sources informed on Tuesday. This would mark his first visit to his Parliamentary constituency since taking swearing in as the Prime Minister of India for the third time.The location of PM Modi‘s speech to…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of assuming office for the second term as the foreign minister, S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that the third term of PM Modi-led NDA government will focus on finding a solution for the border issues with China and years-old cross-border terrorism with Pakistan.“In any country and especially in a democracy, it is…
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…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded to Justin Trudeau’s congratulatory message on Monday, four days after the Canadian Prime Minister congratulated PM Modi on his Lok Sabha election victory.In his message, Trudeau emphasized the importance of “committing to human rights, diversity, and the rule of law.”PM Modi, in his reply, expressed India’s willingness to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the oath of office for a historic third consecutive term at 7.15pm on Sunday along with his council of ministers in a grand ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Full list of the new council of ministers:Rajnath SinghAmit ShahNitin GadkariJP NaddaShivraj Singh ChouhanNirmala SitharamanSubrahmanyam JaishankarManohar Lal KhattarJD(S) leader HD…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the oath of office for a historic third consecutive term at 7.15pm on Sunday along with his council of ministers in a grand ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.With this, 73-year-old PM Modi has now equaled former PM Jawaharlal Nehru‘s record, who also served three consecutive terms.Top leaders from…
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: Acknowledging China’s congratulatory message to PM-designate Narendra Modi for his third term, India reminded Beijing of the three mutuals – mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest – it has cited repeatedly in recent times for restoring normalcy in bilateral relations.While a message from President Xi Jinping is still awaited, the Chinese foreign…
NEW DELHI: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is set to arrive in New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The visit was confirmed following a phone conversation between Dahal and Modi on Wednesday evening, during which the Narendra Modi extended a formal invitation to his Nepali counterpart.A senior official,…
