Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said Minister B Nagendra has offered to resign, following allegations against him in connection with an illegal money transfer case, and indicated that he may quit the Siddaramaiah Cabinet later in the day. Seeking to mount pressure on the Congress government, the opposition BJP staged a…
New Delhi: The swearing-in ceremony for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term has reportedly been rescheduled from June 8 to June 9 at 6 pm due to ‘unavoidable circumstances’, according to sources. The delay has been attributed to ongoing discussions with BJP’s major allies. Although the NDA surpassed the 290-seat mark, the BJP fell short…
Amaravati: TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday directed all party MPs to attend NDA’s Friday meeting in New Delhi. TDP alone won 16 MP seats in Andhra Pradesh while the NDA alliance of TDP, BJP and Janasena collectively won the lion’s share of 21 seats out of 25. “TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu on…
WASHINGTON: The White House has said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan is scheduled to visit India to engage the new government in New Delhi on shared US-India priorities as Narendra Modi prepares to take oath as prime minister for a third consecutive term. Sullivan’s visit was discussed during the phone call President Joe Biden…
New York: Skipper Rohit Sharma’s freak upper arm injury came as a dampener but India’s four-pronged pace attack was too deadly for an out-of-depth Ireland during a walk-in-the park eight-wicket victory in their opening game of the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. The ‘Men in Blue’ will indeed have some sleepless nights going into…
Washingt0n/London: US President Joe Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron were among dozens of world leaders who congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday on the victory of the BJP-led NDA coalition in the general elections and expressed their desire to work closely with him. “Congratulations…
New Delhi: The newly elected BJP MPs from seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi on Wednesday credited Prime Minister Narednra Modi for their victories and asserted that the party was going to come to power in the national capital after Assembly polls next year. A day after the BJP staged a clean sweep for the third…
New Delhi: Special judge at the Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday rejected the interim bail plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is a prime accused in the Delhi liquor scam case. While refusing to grant bail to Kejriwal, Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, said “I have issued certain directions for his diagnostic tests…
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has announced results for all 543 Lok Sabha constituencies, with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) securing 293 seats and the opposition coalition, INDIA, winning 235 seats. The remaining 15 seats were distributed among five non-aligned parties and seven independent candidates. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as…
Bengaluru: JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday hinted that his party was interested in the Agriculture portfolio in the new NDA Government. JD(S), headed by his father and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, joined the NDA last year. BJP and JD(S) fought the Lok Sabha elections together in…
