New Delhi: “Bharat First” and “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” (the world is one family) will be the two guiding axioms of India’s foreign policy, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday as he began his second term in office. The focus of the new government will be to position India as a “Vishwa Bandhu” (friend of the…
Bhubaneshwar: BJP’s tribal leader and four-time MLA Mohan Charan Majhi will be the new chief minister of Odisha, where the saffron party came to power for the first time with a clear mandate in assembly elections, ending the 24-year stint of BJD. Announcing the name of Majhi, a surprise pick, Union minister Rajnath Singh on…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the new government will take its efforts for India’s security to the next level and build Bharat as a bulwark against terrorism, insurgency and Naxalism. After taking charge of the Union home ministry for the second consecutive term, he also said the ministry under him…
New Delhi: Union minister Aswhini Vaishnaw has retained electronics and IT portfolio where he has scripted success stories around electronics and semiconductor manufacturing and also spearheaded the enactment of crucial Digital Personal Data Protection Act. Vaishnaw has also retained the railway ministry and got the additional charge of the Information and Broadcasting ministry. An IIT…
New Delhi: Signalling continuity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday retained Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar in charge of the four high-profile ministries – Home, Defence, Finance and External Affairs – respectively in his new government. The four ministers in charge of these portfolios make up the crucial Cabinet Committee on…
New Delhi: The swearing-in ceremony for the chief minister of Odisha will take place at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday, June 12, at 4:45 PM, amid suspense over the BJP candidate for the chief ministerial position. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in the recent state assembly elections, defeating the outgoing Chief…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the South Block on Monday and took charge for his third term. After being sworn in, the Prime Miniter signed his first file authorising release of 17th instalment of PM Kisan Nidhi. This will benefit 9.3 crore farmers and distribute around Rs 20,000 crores. The first meeting of…
New Delhi: An NIA team has reached Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district and is coordinating with local police probing into the terror attack on a passenger bus that left nine people dead and several injured, officials said on Monday. Meanwhile, security forces have also launched a massive cordon and search operation to track down the…
Jammu: Nine people were killed and 33 injured as terrorists struck a bus carrying pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday (June 9) evening, opening fire on the vehicle that fell into a gorge, a senior police officer said. The attack occurred on the bus en route from Shiv Khori…
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new Council of Ministers in his historic third term has laid an unprecedented emphasis on the southern part of the country, reflecting the outcome of the recently concluded assembly election. The new cabinet includes 13 ministers from south. This despite the BJP tally remaining exactly where it was in 2019…
