Israel headed for fresh elections as Netanyahu fails to form coalition
Jerusalem, : Israel’s Parliament has voted to dissolve a mere month after it was sworn in, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to meet the midnight deadline to form a new government, triggering an unprecedented second national election this year. After a raucous 12-hour debate, lawmakers voted 74 to 45 in favor of the Likud-drafted […]
Sena nominates Arvind Sawant for ministerial berth, Shah meets Modi again
New Delhi,: Final touches are being given to the list of Council of Ministers to be sworn in along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the BJP-led NDA mandated with a landslide victory is set to take over charge for the second consecutive term. BJP chief Amit Shah rushed to the Prime Minister’s official residence […]
Pema Khandu takes oath as CM of Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar, : Pema Khandu was today sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. Mr Khandu was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Brig (retd) BD Mishra at an impressive ceremony at Dorjee Khandu State Convention Centre here this noon. Eleven others, including Chowna Mein, were also sworn in along […]
Jaitley writes to Modi, opts out of new cabinet
New Delhi, : Putting all speculations to rest, BJP floor leader in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that on health ground, he should be kept of the new cabinet. “I am writing to you to formally request you that I should be allowed a […]
We all felt suffocated in Trinamool, says Mukul Roy’s legislator son Subhrangshu
New Delhi, : The political developments in West Bengal reflect a ‘sad’ state of affairs as the party under Mamata Banerjee that came to power in 2011 after 34 long years of communists rule has failed and everyone feels being ‘a caged bird’, said state legislator Subhrangshu Roy. “We had come to power as Trinamool […]
Chinese Prez to come for Informal Summit, but no dates finalised
New Delhi, : Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to be in India later this year for the second Informal Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In response to news reports appearing in a section of the media on the next Informal Summit between India and China, the MEA spokesperson said: “During the first Informal […]
Modi congratulates Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, assures complete cooperation
Bhubaneswar, : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Mr Naveen Patnaik for taking oath as the Chief Minister Odisha. Taking to tweeter, Mr Modi said “Congratulations to Shri Naveen Patnaik Ji on taking oath as Odisha’s Chief Minister. Best wishes to him and his team in fulfilling the people’s aspirations. “I assure complete cooperation from […]
Mamata defers Kolkata’s Iftar party to attend Modi’s oath-taking ceremony
New Delhi, : Victors take away everything and the vanquished have to bow down. This seems to be the theory guiding West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to attend ‘second time’ crowning ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of world’s largest democracy. In 2014, Ms Banerjee did not attend Mr Modi’s swearing-in ceremony […]
Tripura CM warns BJP supporters and leaders to stop violence
Agartala, : Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has warned the perpetrators of violence as well as the supporters and leaders of BJP to stop post poll violence and asked the police to go for action to ensure that such incidents do not recur henceforth. Talking to newspersons last night he said the state government […]
ICC launches ‘Criiio’ campaign on eve of Men’s Cricket World Cup
Dubai, : On the eve of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019, the ICC on Wednesday launched the criiio campaign, bringing together 460 million people playing cricket globally to celebrate the magnificent diversity of cricket. The ICC asked the fans to join the social cricket tribe by sharing pictures and videos of where and […]