Piyush Goyal takes charge as Commerce & Industry Minister
May 31, 2019, at 04:40 pm
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal, took charge on Friday as Commerce & Industry Minister.
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena meets PM Modi
May 31, 2019, at 04:38 pm
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena graced the swearing-in-ceremony of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, officials said.
Bihar: Bank officer arrested on graft charge
May 31, 2019, at 04:31 pm
Banka, May 31 (UNI) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today caught assistant manager of UCO Bank Sahebganj branch red handed when he was accepting bribe of Rs 5,000 under Belhar police station area in the district.
Water crisis forces schools in Udupi to abandon mid-day meal scheme
May 31, 2019, at 04:22 pm
Udupi, May 31(UNI) Thanks to severe potable water crisis, several government schools in Udupi district of Karnataka have discontinued serving mid-day meals to children.
Two Hizbul militants, OGW killed in Shopian encounter, says Police
May 31, 2019, at 04:21 pm
Srinagar, May 31 (UNI) Two Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants and an alleged Over Ground Worker (OGW) were killed in an encounter which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) by security forces in south Kashmir district of Shopian on Friday.
Maharashtra BJP leader Raosaheb Danve made MoS in PM Modi Cabinet 2.0
May 31, 2019, at 04:17 pm
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, May 31 (UNI) BJP senior leader Raosaheb Danve,who became the Jalna MP for consecutively fifth time,has been made the Minister of State(MoS) for Consumer Affairs,Food & Public Distribution Ministry in the PM Modi Cabinet 2.0.
PM Narendra Modi meets BIMSTEC leaders, holds bilateral parleys
May 31, 2019, at 04:14 pm
New Delhi, May 31 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a series of important bilateral meetings with the visiting nation and government heads of BIMSTEC nations.
Md. Abdul Hamid meets Narendra Modi, discuss issues related to mutual interest
May 31, 2019, at 04:11 pm
New Delhi , May 31 (IBNS): Bangladesh President Md. Abdul Hamid met Indian PM Narendra Modi here on Friday and discussed issues of mutual interest, officials said.
Time for all the ministers to update their Twitter bios: Omar Abdullah reminds
May 31, 2019, at 03:51 pm
Srinagar, May 31 (IBNS): Ex-Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah on Friday urged new ministers in the Narendra Modi-led government to update their social media portfolios after they were allotted new positions following the oath-taking ceremony on Monday.
Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli gifts PM Narendra Modi 'Rudraksh'
May 31, 2019, at 03:28 pm
Kathmandu/Nepal, May 31 (IBNS): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who visited India to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi, gifted him a 'Rudraksh' during their meeting on Friday.
Miscreants set ablaze a vehicle in front of Arunachal Pradesh BJP MP residence
May 31, 2019, at 02:33 pm
Guwahati, May 31 (IBNS): In a shocking incident, some miscreants set ablaze a car in front of the residence of Arunachal Pradesh state BJP president and Arunachal East MP Tapir Gao in Arunachal Pradesh’s capital city Itanagar on Friday morning.
Bangladesh repatriated two Indian nationals to India, country deports one Bangladeshi
May 31, 2019, at 02:28 pm
Guwahati, May 31 (IBNS): Bangladesh had repatriated two Indian nationals, who were in Bangladesh jail, to India through Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam’s Karimganj district on Thursday.
Modi cabinet 2.0: Amit Shah takes Home, Rajnath in Defence, Nirmala gets Finance
May 31, 2019, at 02:12 pm
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): Amit Shah, the architect of a spectacular victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections, is India's new Home Minister while his predecessor Rajnath Singh gets Defence as the portfolios of the lists of ministers in the Narendra Modi government 2.0 were announced on Friday.
Modi's list of cabinet members comes out, Amit Shah to become Home Minister
May 31, 2019, at 01:17 pm
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president and Gandhinagar MP, Amit Shah, is assuming the post of Home Ministry as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's list of cabinet members came out on Friday.
After swearing-in, PM Modi changes social media profile picture and cover photo
May 31, 2019, at 01:00 pm
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): After taking oath as the Prime Minister for the second term, Narendra Modi has changed the profile picture and cover photo of his own Twitter handle and Facebook profile.
Prime accused arrested in Surendra Singh murder case
May 31, 2019, at 12:05 pm
Amethi, May 31(UNI): Amethi police has arrested the prime accused in the Surendra Singh murder case here on Friday.
Omar Abdullah congratulates newly sworn in Narendra Modi government
May 31, 2019, at 12:03 pm
Srinagar, May 31 (UNI): National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Friday congratulated Union Council of Ministers led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Admiral Karambir Singh becomes new Indian Navy Chief
May 31, 2019, at 11:55 am
New Delhi, May 31 (UNI): Admiral Karambir Singh on Friday assumed the charge of Chief of Indian Naval Staff at a ceremony in South Block here.
After taking oath, PM Modi gets into diplomatic exercise
May 31, 2019, at 11:53 am
New Delhi, May 31 (UNI): Shortly after taking over as Prime Minister for the second consecutive term, Narendra Modi has started on the work mission and held first important diplomatic engagements with President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbay Jeenbekov on Thursday evening.
Odisha's Pratap Chandra Sarangi who campaigned in bicycle gets ministry in Modi government 2.0
May 31, 2019, at 11:28 am
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): A loud cheer from the audience came when Odisha's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi, who campaigned in the Lok Sabha polls in bicycle, walked up the stage to take oath as a minister of the second Narendra Modi government.
May 31, 2019, at 09:03 am
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): BJP leader Smriti Irani, who scripted a massive victory in the Amethi seat in the recently held Lok Sabha polls defeating none other than Congress president Rahul Gandhi, has taken oath as one of the youngest in the council of ministers in PM Narendra Modi's government.
Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter breaks out between security forces and terrorists
May 31, 2019, at 08:37 am
Srinagar, May 31(IBNS/UNI): An encounter is currently going on between security forces and suspected terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian area on Friday.
Netizens will miss Sushma Swaraj as External Affairs Minister
May 31, 2019, at 08:28 am
New Delhi, May 31 (IBNS): As Sushma Swaraj will no more play the role of External Affairs Minister in the new PM Narendra Modi-led government, several Indians expressed their sadness on the social media and said they will miss her.
May 31, 2019, at 08:04 am
Kolkata, May 31 (IBNS): Facing social media trolls recently for attending the Parliament in 'western clothes', newly elected MP Mimi Chakraborty on Friday questioned why fellow Parliamentarian Gautam Gambhir did not find similar scrutiny for wearing casual wear.
Mamata visits Naihati, vows to give reply to BJP's violence
May 30, 2019, at 11:01 pm
Kolkata, May 30 (UNI/IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday met the families of her supporters in Naihati, who were on a dharna, and said the Trinamool Congress will give a "proper reply to all the violence being brought on by the BJP." On the same day some videos went viral in which she was seen losing her cool when some alleged BJP supporters changed "Jai Shri Ram" at her motorcade.
Debasree Chaudhuri's emphatic victory from WB's Raigunj earns her ministerial berth
May 30, 2019, at 10:06 pm
Kolkata, May 30 (UNI/IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state general secretary Debasree Chaudhuri, who won the Raiganj Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, has secured a ministerial berth in the Narendra Modi government on Thursday.
Narendra Modi takes oath as PM for second time, Amit Shah joins ministry
May 30, 2019, at 09:53 pm
New Delhi, May 30 (IBNS): In a grand ceremony that witnessed presence of nearly 8000 invitees from India and abroad, Narendra Modi took oath as the 16th Prime Minister of India for the second term along with 57 other ministers as the second Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government began its journey on Thursday. Architect of Modi's election victory, BJP president Amit Shah, also joined the ministry fuelling speculations who would succeed him as the next party chief.
Goa CM, ministers congratulate PM Modi for 2nd term
May 30, 2019, at 08:51 pm
Panaji, May 30 (IBNS): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and his cabinet colleagues on Thursday congratulated Narendra Modi for taking oath as the Prime Minister of the country for the second term.
Narendra Modi: A timeline of his political career
May 30, 2019, at 08:40 pm
Trumping the Opposition in every battle he was thrown into, Narendra Modi proved, at least for now, to be invincible in the Indian politics which was once dominated by the Congress.
PM Modi takes oath for second time, Amit Shah joins cabinet
May 30, 2019, at 07:38 pm
New Delhi, May 30 (IBNS): After registering a thumping victory at the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, Narendra Modi on Thursday evening took oath as the Prime Minister of India for the second time.