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JP Nadda appointed BJP's working president, Amit Shah to remain party chief

The party's highest decision-making body asked the current party president, Amit Shah, to continue at the BJP's helm until the completion of its membership drive and organisational polls

On 2 Cabinet committees in first list, Rajnath Singh now put on 6

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is a member of seven of the committees, barring the appointments committee, and replaces her mentor and predecessor Arun Jaitley in all these committees

BJP's 'Chanakya' unplugged

The book details the several electoral triumphs the BJP has notched up during Mr. Shah's tenure, his efforts at increasing the party's membership and galvanising the cadres to be battle-ready

Modi govt to form committee for suggestions on 'one nation, one election'

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said most parties supported the idea of holding simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies

Opposition to talk economy, unemployment at PM meet on Wednesday

At the meeting, Left parties would suggest the revival of the economy requires growth of domestic demand through increased public investments

Five-time WB MP Adhir Chowdhury to be Congress leader in Lok Sabha

Chowdhury succeeds Mallikarjun Kharge, who was the Congress party leader in the previous Lok Sabha but lost the Lok Sabha polls

Two-term BJP MP Om Birla set to become Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha

With Birla's nomination, the National Democratic Alliance has departed from the decade-and-a-half old trend of nominating an experienced parliamentarian to the post

Key regional parties keep off Congress-led meeting of opposition parties

The TMC, the SP and the BSP, which together comprise 37 MPs in the Lok Sabha, did not attend the meeting called by Sonia Gandhi

Role of active Opposition is important in Parliamentary democracy: PM Modi

The Lok Sabha is set to spend the next two days with the process of all MPs taking the oath

Shivraj Chouhan to head BJP's membership drive, party to select new chief

BJP won 303 Lok Sabha seats in elections but it still has to peak, says Amit Shah.

Coalition dharma and karma

Ironically, the author has dedicated the book "to the Indian voters, whose political acumen has failed the best poll pundits in the country"

Gehlot, BJP's Dalit face and once labourer, is leader of House in RS

The man who replaces Arun Jaitley was active in RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh; he has also been a three-term Madhya Pradesh legislator and a minister in the state govt

PM Modi to head two new Cabinet committees on economy, employment

Apart from Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Commerce and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal are members of both the committees

PM Modi to head two new Cabinet committees on economy, employment

Apart from Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Commerce and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal are members of both the committees

BJP will have no walkover in Parliament, says Congress chief Rahul Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi thanked the 12.3 crore voters who had voted for the Congress in the just-concluded elections

Finance to foreign affairs: Modi's message in portfolios for new ministers

Ministers like Harsh Vardhan and Prakash Javadekar have returned to their initial portfolios of Modi government 1.0

Meet the members who come from a humblest background in Modi's team

The number of ministers facing criminal cases has increased from 31% in 2014 to 39% in 2019. The new Modi council of ministers, however, is fractionally poorer

Anurag Thakur: A cricket boss looks set for new innings in Modi's cabinet

Thakur was a rare BCCI official to speak up against the establishment after the IPL corruption scandal in 2013

After PM Modi, Balasore MP Sarangi titled 'Odisha Modi' gets loudest cheer

President Ram Nath Kovind provided vigour to the swearing-in ceremony

Handpicked: Crisis manager S Jaishankar gets Cabinet berth in PM's new team

Jaishankar impressed Modi when the latter met him during his visit to China as Gujarat chief minister in 2012