Politics

In the much-awaited expansion, Kumar included eight JD(U) leaders, while leaving only one seat for the saffron party on which the BJP still has to decide a candidate.

Karnataka BJP President BS Yeddyruppa condemned Congress MLA Priyank Kharge's statement and went on to blame him for his father Mallikarjun Kharge' defeat in the Lok Sabha polls.

Shah, who took oath as a central minister Thursday, also said in a series of tweets that farmers and poor have always been a priority for the Modi government.

Days after DMK chief M K Stalin persuaded Rahul not to quit from the president's post, the party mouthpiece said he did not confine himself to only 'electoral politics,' during the run up to the polls.

Hundreds of people have been making a beeline to the modest house bearing a BJP flag after learning that its owner, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, has become a minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

While repeatedly reiterating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s nationalist stance, Singh had taken up the suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama in February as an issue during the campaign.

His slogan “Ghar-ghar me ho shouchalaya ka nirman, tabhi hoga ladli bitiya ka kanyadaan" was a hit in Bihar and people from all caste and religion availed the government subsidy to build toilets in their respective homes.

Piyush Goyal has held several portfolios in the Narendra Modi government. He will now take charge of the Railways and Commerce Ministries.

Shah, who has been Narendra Modi's most trusted lieutenant since the 1980s when both started their political careers in Gujarat, made a grand entry in the prime minister’s group of ministers 2.0.

The government also approved a new scheme, which assures a minimum monthly pension of Rs 3,000 to all shopkeepers, retail traders and self-employed persons after the age of 60.

NCP chief spokesperson Nawab Malik expressed disappointment over the alleged episode.

Nirmala Sitharaman, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Smriti Irani, Niranjan Jyoti, Renuka Singh and Debashree Chaudhuri were sworn in as part of PM Narendra Modi's new cabinet on Thursday evening.

The hackers posted pictures of beef on website of the party's Delhi unit.

Modi government 2.0 is likely to have representation from most allies and showcase the party's newfound strength in different regions.

The crisis in the Congress showed no signs of easing with Rahul Gandhi sticking to his decision to resign as party chief after its Lok Sabha poll debacle and staying away from meeting party leaders.

The just-concluded Lok Sabha polls witnessed a heated verbal duel between Modi and Banerjee who spearheaded the campaigns of their parties in West Bengal.