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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's top four ministers -- Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar -- have retained their respective home, defence, finance and external affairs portfolios, according to an official statement. The four ministers in charge of these portfolios make...

New Delhi: Taking charge as prime minister in his third term, Narendra Modi Monday signed his first file authorising the release of 17th instalment of the 'PM Kisan Nidhi' funds amounting to nearly Rs 20,000 crore, which will benefit around 9.3 crore farmers. After signing...

New Delhi: After taking oath for the third consecutive time as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the Prime Minister's Office at South Block Monday. All eyes are now on the portfolio distribution. The new Cabinet includes 30 Cabinet Ministers, five Ministers of State with...

New Delhi: With a 72-member Council of Ministers taking oath Sunday in the third term of the Modi government, it is only nine short of the maximum permissible strength of 81 and six less than the maximum of 78 ministers the Modi government had between...

New Delhi: Narendra Modi was sworn-in as prime minister Sunday for a record-equalling third term, heading a Cabinet that emphasised continuity and experience while also rewarding partners in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government. Along with Modi, senior BJP leaders including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for a third consecutive term at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Sunday. Along with Modi, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Amit Shah also took oath as cabinet ministers, while party president JP...

New Delhi: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu and Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth arrived in Delhi Sunday morning to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi. It is Muizzu's first visit to India after he became the island nation's president November 17 last...

New Delhi: Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi visited Rajghat, the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi Sunday marking the beginning of the day of his swearing-in ceremony with tributes to the Father of the Nation. Modi is set to begin his third straight term as prime minister. President...

New Delhi: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi was unanimously re-elected as the chairperson of the Congress parliamentary party Saturday, its leaders said. At a meeting of party MPs, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge proposed Sonia Gandhi's name as the chairperson of the parliamentary party. The proposal...

New Delhi: Amid allegations of inflation of marks in the NEET-UG medical entrance exam, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced Saturday that the education ministry has set up a four-member panel to review the grace marks awarded to more than 1,500 candidates. The NTA denied...