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AAP accuses Haryana's govt of negative politics, stopping its water supply

The Delhi government has during the past fortnight repeatedly accused Haryana of not releasing the national capital's share of water

Gujarat's representation in new Modi govt drops to 6 from 7 earlier

The new entrants in the list from Gujarat are state BJP chief and Navsari MP CR Paatil

PM raising Katchatheevu issue during LS polls highly irresponsible: Cong

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also said raking up of the issue was "highly irresponsible" and a "severe distortion of history"

Modi 3.0 signals political, economic stability amid uncertainty: USIBC

The Indian electorate endorsed the continuation of pro-growth policies that are making India an important anchor of democracy, it said

Shivraj Singh Chouhan to Suresh Gopi: Meet the ministers in Modi govt 3.0

He defeated Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party's Kilari Venkata Rosaiah by 344,695 votes from Guntur

Oath-taking ceremony: UP, Bihar, Maharashtra bag most ministerial berths

Rajnath Singh is the sole cabinet minister from Uttar Pradesh, while Gujarat's four cabinet ministers include Prime Minister Modi, Amit Shah, Mansukh Mandaviya and C R Paatil

Modi 3.0 takes centre stage: Pressure points will vary in new NDA regime

While five got Cabinet berths, two were appointed minister of state (MoS) with independent charge. Four others took oath as minister of state

Modi 3.0: In its new list, BJP excludes 16 of 17 ministers who lost

Prominent omissions were four Union cabinet ministers in the outgoing council who lost, namely Smriti Irani, RK Singh, Arjun Munda and Mahendra Pandey

Colours of consensus: Era of coalition govt returns in Indian politics

Focus now on the road ahead: First 100 days set to shape governance post-election strain

Narendra Modi returns as PM for third straight term, equals Nehru's record

I look forward to serving 1.4 bn Indians and working with the Council of Ministers to take India to new heights of progress, says PM Narendra Modi

Sonia Gandhi re-elected as chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party

At a meeting of party MPs, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge proposed Sonia Gandhi's name as the chairperson of the parliamentary party

Ex-Congress stalwart Jyotiraditya Scindia retains berth in Modi cabinet

In 2020, Scindia was first inducted as Union minister in the Modi government and assigned Civil Aviation portfolio after he helped the BJP topple the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh

From RSS worker to Union minister, ex-Haryana CM Khattar begins new innings

Contesting his first Lok Sabha polls from Karnal, Khattar defeated Congress's Divyanshu Budhiraja by an impressive margin of over 2.35 lakh votes

Popular Malayalam action hero Suresh Gopi sworn in as Union minister

The common workers as well as the top brass of the BJP are elated by the national film award winner's poll victory from the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat

Chirag Paswan solidifies status as political heir of father Ram Vilas

In a stark contrast to this victory, the 2019 elections had seen LJP, under Ram Vilas Paswan's leadership, sweep all six seats allotted to the party

Meet Nirmala Sitharaman, feisty defender of Modi govt to filling big shoes

When her mentor Arun Jaitley took ill, Sitharaman was given the charge of the finance portfolio in the newly re-elected Modi government after the 2019 general elections

Dharmendra Pradhan returns to LS after decade, joins Modi cabinet

He was an ABVP cadre and a member of the Sangh Parivar, following in the footsteps of his father, Debendra Pradhan, who was a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cabinet

From student leader to 3 term minister, Sonowal sworn in as Union minister

Sonowal, 62, was accused of failing to convince the BJP government at the Centre to not bring the Bill in Parliament, which they claimed compromised the interests of the indigenous population

Nitish Kumar's close aide Rajiv Ranjan 'Lalan' becomes central minister

Singh won from Munger Lok Sabha seat for the third time. He had also represented the Begusarai constituency seat once, between 2004 and 2009

Pralhad Joshi, RSS loyalist, five-time MP, returns as Union minister

In his long political career spanning decades, this will be the second time that Joshi will be serving as a minister