Rajya Sabha member and BJP candidate from Odisha Dharmendra Pradhan will have an expanded role in the new Modi government with the former Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister retaining this key Ministry while given additional charge of the Steel Ministry. Pradhan, known as the Bharatiya Janata Party's face in Odisha also held the ...
At a live screening in Dubai's India Club that broadcast Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing in ceremony, a group of Indian expats cheered as he took oath for a second term in office. Decked in traditional clothes, community members were invited to watch the live ...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of India's Anita Bhatia as Assistant Secretary-General for resource management, sustainability and partnerships and Deputy Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). ...
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has favoured a "genuine" dialogue between India and Pakistan, saying it is the "best framework" for addressing the outstanding issues between them, including the Kashmir issue. OIC Secretary General Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen on Thursday said that Jammu ...
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted the CBI four more months to complete probe into an FIR filed against its former Special Director Rakesh Asthana in a bribery case. The court order came on the Central Bureau of Investigation plea seeking extension of time to complete its probe. The probe agency had registered the FIR against ...
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday pleaded for an early hearing in 2G spectrum allocation case in the Delhi High Court. Justice A.K. Chawla issued notice to Former Union Telecom Minister A. Raja, DMK ...
The Delhi High Court on Friday sought the Central government's response on a plea seeking implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in the country to promote unity, fraternity and national integration. The public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
The main accused in the murder of Union Minister Smriti Irani's aide Surendra Singh was arrested by the police on Friday. Wasim was arrested by the police after an encounter in the Jamo police station area here. He sustained a bullet injury on his leg in the encounter and was being treated in Jamo CHC hospital. ...
Former Union Minister of Tourism K.J.Alphons, who was left out from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government that took oath on Thursday, has thanked the Prime Minister for having given him an opportunity to serve the country once. The Rajya Sabha MP created waves 18 months back, when he was sworn-in as Union ...
A day after after being sworn in with his 57-member council of ministers by President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a bilateral meeting with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. In the first of a series of bilateral meetings with foreign leaders, Modi and ...
