BHAGALPUR, JUN 15: Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor charged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with having “touched the feet” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure his own continuance in power. Kishor, who has been running the ‘Jan Suraaj’ campaign, was addressing a public meeting in Bhagalpur on Friday. “People ask me Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 13 : With Prime Minister Narendra Modi deciding to opt for loyalty and experience, the government on Thursday issued orders re-appointing Ajit Doval as the National Security Adviser (NSA) and PK Mishra as the Principal Secretary to the PM. Since the two posts are co-terminus with the tenure of the Prime Minister, […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 13 : The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to cancel the scorecards of 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates who were given grace marks. The 1,563 students, who were given grace makes, will be given option to take re-test on June 23. These students will be informed of their […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 13 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to leave for Italy on Thursday to participate in the 50th G7 leaders’ summit. This marks his first international trip since assuming office for the third term. Italy extended an invitation to India to attend the G7 Summit as an Outreach Country, scheduled for […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 12: The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on June 24 for oath or affirmation of the newly elected members, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday. The first three days of the session will see the newly elected leaders taking oath or making affirmation of their membership […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 12: Two days after terrorists opened fire at a bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi, the police on Tuesday released a sketch of one of the three terrorists involved in the attack. The police also announced a Rs 20 lakh reward for information about him. Sketch of terrorist involved with […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 11 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the term ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ could be dropped from a suffix of the social media accounts of his supporters. In a post on the microblogging site X, PM Modi said, “Through the election campaign, people across India added ‘Modi Ka Parivar’ to […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 11: Seventy out of 71 or 99 per cent of the ministers in the new council of ministers are crorepatis with average assets among them amounting to Rs 107.94 crores, according to poll rights body ADR. Among the ministers, six stand out for their particularly high asset declarations, each exceeding Rs 100 […]Continue Reading
Modi cabinet 3.0: Jaishankar back as external affairs minister; Vaishnaw takes charge as IB Minister
NEW DELHI, JUN 11: Diplomat-turned-politician S Jaishankar on Tuesday assumed charge as external affairs minister for the second consecutive term. Jaishankar, 69, was among the senior BJP leaders, including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and Nirmala Sitharaman, who retained the ministries that they handled in the previous government. “Assumed charge as the Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUN 11 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address a ‘kisan sammelan’ (farmers’ conference) in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on June 18, sources said. This could be the Prime Minister’s first visit to Varanasi after he took oath for a record third time on Sunday. Local BJP leaders […]Continue Reading
