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New Delhi, May 31: In a major surprise, Sushma Swaraj, one of the senior-most leaders of the BJP, was among seven ministers of the previous Council of Ministers to be dropped as Prime Minister Narendra Modi formed his government for the second term. The 67-year-old Swaraj who has held key positions in the party and its governments since decades was conspicuous by her absence in the new Cabinet

New Delhi, May 30: BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday was sworn-in as a cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government. Shah was the third in line, after Modi and Rajnath Singh, to take the oath, administered by President Ram Nath Kovind. Portfolios of the new council of ministers are yet to be announced. Speculation over Shah getting a cabinet berth was rife ever since the resounding victory

New Delhi, May 30: Narendra Modi was on Thursday sworn in as country's Prime Minister for a second term, heading the National Democratic Alliance government in the presence of a large gathering of national and international dignitaries. Modi, 68, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Ram Nath Kovind at a glittering ceremony at the forecourt of majestic Rashtraparti Bhavan

London, May 30: A UK court on Thursday extended till June 27 the remand of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who is fighting his extradition to India in the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case. The 48-year-old has been lodged at Wandsworth prison in south-west London since his third attempt at seeking bail was rejected by Chief Magistrate Emma

Gonda: A Muslim woman who had named her new born son after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi has now had second thoughts and has changed the babys name to Mohd Altaf Alam Modi. The child's mother, Mehnaaz Begum, said that there was considerable pressure on her from society in general and her community in particular which made her change the name. "Some family members had even refused

New Delhi, May 30: The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) made an epic comeback to a user of its official ticket booking application who complained of obscene advertisements on the app. The IRCTC app user, named Anand Kumar, tweeted to IRCTC's official account, tagging Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, that he was seeing obscene ads on the IRCTC app and even attached screenshots

New Delhi, May 30: Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who led his YSR Congress Party to a thumping victory in the assembly elections, was sworn in Thursday as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. Governor E S L Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 46-year-old leader, whose party emerged victorious in 151 seats in the 175-member strong state assembly. The YSR Congress decimated the TDP

Mumbai, May 30: The post-mortem report of postgraduate medical student doctor Payal Tadavi, who was found dead in her hostel room recently, has revealed evidence of a ligature mark on her neck. Under ''provisional cause of death'', the post-mortem report stated ''evidence of ligature mark over neck.'' A Mumbai court on Wednesday sent all the three accused in the case to two-day police custody as

New Delhi, May 30: The Congress has decided not to send spokespersons for television debates for a month. The move comes after the party's debacle in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls. The Congress has often accused the media of being "biased" towards the Modi dispensation. "@INCIndia has decided to not send spokespersons on television debates for a month," Congress chief spokesperson Randeep

New Delhi, May 30: Ahead of being sworn in as the prime minister for a second consecutive term, Narendra Modi Thursday morning paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and BJP veteran late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He also placed a wreath at the National War Memorial adjoining the India Gate here. The prime minister visited Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, around 7 am. Later, he went to Sadaiv Atal