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Ministries have been allocated to the 71 ministers who joined the Modi 3.0 in a grand swearing-in ceremony on Sunday. This story is being updated in real-time. Here’s a full list of who has got what ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs Union Minister: Amit Shah Ministry of Cooperation Union Minister: Amit Shah Ministry of Defence Union Minister: Rajnath Singh Ministry of External Affairs Union Minister: S Jaishankar Ministry of Finance Union Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Corporate Affairs Union Minister: Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Union Minister: Nitin Gadkari Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Union Minister:…
The second phase of Dharmveer Swarajya Rakshak Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Coastal Road connecting Worli to Marine Drive, has been inaugurated on Monday. The second phase was inaugurated by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, along with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. “Today, the second phase of Dharmveer Swarajya Rakshak Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Coastal Road has been opened. This tunnel is 6.25 km long from Haji Ali and Amarsons. In the month of July, this will open till Worli. Advanced technology has been used in the construction of this tunnel. The travel time will reduce to 8 minutes from 40-50 minutes,” he said.…
The newest parents in B-Town, actor Varun Dhawan and his wife designer Natasha Dalal, have reportedly rented Hrithik Roshan’s current house in Juhu, Mumbai. According to Hindustan Times, the couple will soon be moving to the house with their baby daughter, born on June 3. The family of three will be neighbours of actor Akshay Kumar and producer Sajid Nadiadwala, who also reside in the same building, as per the report. A source quoted in the daily said, “Varun and Natasha will be shifting into this house with their daughter. It is a sea-facing apartment, currently occupied by Hrithik, who in…
Telugu Desam Party MP Ram Mohan Naidu is the new Civil Aviation Minister, replacing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Jyotiraditya Scindia, who has been given charge of the Telecom Ministry. Mr Naidu is from Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu’s party, which played a key role in ensuring the BJP returns to power after the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Mr Naidu, who is also his party’s National General Secretary, contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election from the Srikakulam constituency, a seat he has now won three times in a row. He beat the YSR Congress Party’s Perada Tilak by nearly…
BJP Chief JP Nadda has been given the charge of Health Ministry in Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led coalition government. Mr Nadda was Health Minister in PM Modi’s first term. Mr Nadda, 63, additionally has also been made Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. PM Modi has called his council of ministers “a great blend of youth and experience”. The BJP chief, whose extended term ends this month, is the sole representative from Himachal Pradesh in the BJP-led government. Outgoing Information Minister Anurag Thakur, who won from Hamirpur in Himachal, did not find a place in PM Modi’s cabinet. Mr Nadda, who…
Get ready for the “greatest battle” of the year – Prabhas vs Amitabh Bachchan in Nag Aswhin’s Kalki 2898 – AD. The makers of the film dropped the much-awaited trailer on Monday and needless to say, it’s a visual extravaganza with AI cars and 3D effects dominating the screen. The teaser begins with a city of Kaashi in a dystopian world. It is called the last city of the world. Helpless people from far-off lands are trying to reach the city in search of water, food and shelter. The city is governed by a king (played by Saswata Chatterjee) who…
Ex-Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan – who orchestrated the BJP’s thumping win in the Assembly election last year, but was stood down from returning in that role – is the new Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, replacing the BJP’s senior tribal leader Arjun Munda. The AgrIculture Ministry is among the more high-profile in the Narendra Modi government, given continuing tension with farmers since the 2020 protests over the three farm laws. Discontent among the farmers has been seen as one reason why the BJP fared poorly in states like Uttar Pradesh, where it got only 29 seats…
Adah Sharma, who has been recently moved into Sushant Singh Rajput’s sea-facing building Mont Blanc in Mumbai’s Bandra, addressed the issue of media spotlight and scrutiny over her new resedential address in an interview with News 18. Adah Sharma, who loves to keep her personal life private, was asked if she considers this scrutiny as a intrusion into her private space. Adah Sharma told News 18, “I think by now the audience, the media and the film industry know that I’m a very private person. I share bits of my life on social media which I will continue to do…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took oath at the head of a coalition government yesterday, is holding his first cabinet meeting at his residence in Delhi. On agenda is advising the President to formulate the 18th Lok Sabha. In its first decision, the Cabinet has also cleared plans to build 3 crore houses for the rural and urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. This morning, PM Modi signed his first file authorising the release of around Rs 20,000 crore to about 9.3 crore farmers. All eyes, though, are on the long-awaited allocation of portfolios. Thirty cabinet ministers, new…
As the third term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi commences, the world is watching keenly what changes and continuities emerge. While Modi might appear to be constrained by the compulsions of domestic politics, it is unlikely to have much of an impact on India’s external engagements. Modi has fundamentally altered the way India engages with the world, and that trajectory will continue to unfold over the next five years under his leadership. This is a critical moment in the global order and India’s centrality to the emerging order is now well-established. With the Modi government continuing in office, it offers…