Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked his supporters for the ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ campaign throughout the Lok Sabha election campaign, suggesting that they can now drop the suffix from their social handles. “Through the election campaign, people across India added ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ to their social media as a mark of affection towards me. I derived … Read more
Delhi, dealing with the double whammy of an unprecedented heatwave and a severe water crisis, took a new blow this afternoon. There were power cuts in several parts of the capital city after a power grid in UP’s Mandola – which supplies 1,500 megawatts of electricity to the national capital – caught fire, Delhi Power … Read more
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu has replaced Jyotiraditya Scindia as India’s Civil Aviation Minister in the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. At 36, the three-time Member of Parliament is one of the youngest ministers in the NDA 3.0. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the allocation of portfolios on Monday. … Read more
Sh. Manohar Lal took charge as Union Minister of Power in addition to his existing portfolio of Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs at Shram Shakti Bhawan today. Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shri Pankaj Agarwal, along with the senior officials of ministry welcomed the Minister. The former Minister of Power, Sh. Raj Kumar Singh, extended … Read more
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has urged everyone to make Yoga an integral part of their lives. He also said that Yoga offers a sanctuary of calm, enabling us to navigate life’s challenges with calm and fortitude. In the light of the upcoming Yoga Day, Shri Modi also shared a set of videos that … Read more
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a man’s attempt to avoid paying maintenance to his estranged wife by alleging she was living in adultery, based on photographs he presented as evidence. The court, noting the era of “deepfakes,” ruled that such photographs need to be substantiated with proper evidence before the family court. A division … Read more
Newly sworn-in Union Ministers S Jaishankar and Ashwini Vaishnaw today assumed office, days after the grand ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the oath of office along with 71 ministers of the new coalition government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet has retained the known faces in the big four … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third government has eight members from Bihar, including Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas President Chirag Paswan and senior JD-U leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh. While Mr Paswan has been made Minister for Food Processing Industries, Lalan Singh has been given the charge of Panchayati Raj as well as Animal Husbandry, … Read more
Ministries have been allocated to the 71 ministers who joined the Modi 3.0 in a grand swearing-in ceremony on Sunday. Here’s a full list of who has got what ministry: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ministry Union Minister Minister of State Prime Minister’s Office Narendra Modi Ministry of Home Affairs Amit Shah Nityanad Rai, Bandi Sanjay … Read more
The first and second Narendra Modi governments were sworn in 10 and seven days, respectively, after the poll results. This time, the BJP fell short of a majority and its top leadership had to hold several discussions with allies, especially N Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP and Nitish Kumar’s JDU, to reach a consensus on ministerial berths. … Read more
India’s heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government’s top weather expert said Monday as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures. Parts of northern India have been gripped by a heatwave since mid-May, with temperatures soaring over 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). “This has been the longest spell because it has … Read more
Do not take us for granted, the Supreme Court on Monday said, slamming the Delhi government for not rectifying defects in its plea seeking a direction to Haryana to release the surplus water provided by Himachal Pradesh to the national capital to mitigate its water crisis. A vacation bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice … Read more
On Monday, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar met separately in bilateral capacities with the presidents of the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, Mohamed Muizzu and Sheikh Hasina. Seven leaders from India’s neighbouring regions and the Indian Ocean region attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and the Union Council of Ministers’ swearing-in event on Sunday, including Mr. Muizzu, … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday extended till August 10 the deadline given to the Aam Aadmi Party to vacate its office at Rouse Avenue in the national capital here. The top court had on March 4 directed the party to vacate its office by June 15 after noting that the plot was allotted to the … Read more
Among the VIP attendees at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oath-taking ceremony on Sunday at Rashtrapati Bhavan were billionaire Mukesh Ambani and actor Shah Rukh Khan. The internet is buzzing with the picture of the Bollywood star and business mogul chatting over tetra packages of ORS. Social media users were moved by the image of two … Read more