Politics

Janasena Tenali legislator N Manohar proposed Pawan Kalyan’s name as the floor leader in the Assembly, which was unanimously supported by other members, the party sources said

Vaishnaw, who also holds key portfolios such as Railways and Electronics and Information Technology, assumed the charge as Information and Broadcasting Minister in the presence of senior officials, including I&B Secretary Sanjay Jaju

Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third time at Rashtrapati Bhavan along with 71 Ministers as part of the Union Cabinet in New Delhi on Sunday

Led by PM Modi, his new team includes 30 Cabinet Ministers, 5 Ministers of State with Independent Charge and 36 Ministers of State

The BJP leader, in a new post, said that what he meant to say was that his 18-year-long stint as a Member of Parliament and three years as a Minister of State has come to an end

HD Kumaraswamy, Jayant Choudhary, Jitan Ram Manjhi and Lalan Singh are likely to get representation in Modi Cabinet 3.0

The BJP secured a majority in the elections by winning 78 of the 147-member Odisha assembly

The position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha holds significant privileges and responsibilities. To be eligible for the LoP post, a party must hold at least 10 per cent of the seats in the Lok Sabha

Ghosh, a former BJP state president who won the 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Medinipur, suffered a crushing defeat in the Bardhaman-Durgapur seat in the 2024 polls, losing to TMC's Kirti Azad by a margin of nearly 1.38 lakh votes

Tharoor said the message of the mandate was that the electorate have given a "comeuppance” to the BJP’s 'overweening arrogance” and its "my way or the high way attitude”

"There is no bargain on the Ministry from JDU's side, this is false propaganda. We have no demand. It is our wish that Bihar gets the status of a special state," Tyagi said

Patnaik, who also heads the BJD as its president, said that his party has served the people of Odisha for the last 24 years and would continue to work for the state

The TDP, JD(U), Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the LJP (Ram Vilas) who won 16, 12, seven and five seats respectively will play an important role in the government formation

Apart from the Odia pride factor, there were fears of contracts going to outsiders and there were murmurs within the BJD itself about whether Naveen Patnaik was grooming Tamil Nadu-born VK Pandian to take over the reins of the government and party

According to the News18 Mega Exit Poll, the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC is likely to shrink to as little as 18 seats from the 22 it won last time. The Congress, fighting in alliance with the Left, is unlikely to open its account this time

Kejriwal has moved two different bail applications before the Rouse Avenue Court. The first plea relates to regular bail in the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s case concerning the Delhi liquor scam. The second one relates to the interim bail application, w...