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Gandhinagar, May 21: Anandi Patel, Gujarat's Revenue Minister and a close aide of Narendra Modi, is likely to be chosen his successor when the BJP legislature party meets here today to elect a new leader. "Most probably, Anandiben Patel will be the next chief minister of Gujarat," a source in BJP said. Modi, the longest-serving chief minister of the state, who led BJP to a spectacular victory in

Mumbai, May 21: The Narendra Modi government should adopt an aggressive "tit for tat" policy towards Pakistan and should teach it a lesson if it creates trouble for India, NDA constituent Shiv Sena said today. The Narendra Modi government should adopt an aggressive "tit for tat" policy towards Pakistan and should teach it a lesson if it creates trouble for India, NDA constituent Shiv Sena said

New Delhi, May 20: Narendra Modi, who steered BJP and the NDA to a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, was today appointed Prime Minister, ushering in a new era of a non-Congress government with an absolute majority on its own in 30 years. "I came to call on the President. The President has given me a formal letter (of appointment as the PM) and has invited me for oath-taking ceremony on

New Delhi, May 20: The newly-elected BJP members of Parliament met at the historic Central Hall to elect their leader of its parliamentary group on Tuesday. Senior leader and former deputy prime minister LK Advani proposed Narendra Modi's name which was seconded by senior leaders Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj, M Venkaiah Naidu, Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari and others. Speaking on the occasion

New Delhi, May 20: With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) getting majority in the Lok Sabha on its own, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) now wants the party to take up its key issues - Ram temple in Ayodhya and Article 370 that had to be abandoned in the past - once again. RSS ideologue M.G. Vaidya has made these suggestions in his latest blog. He writes that the BJP had to compromise with its

New Delhi, May 20: Narendra Modi was Tuesday elected leader of the BJP parliamentary party, paving the way to his becoming the prime minister. At a meeting held here, Modi's name was proposed by party patriarch L.K. Advani and seconded by other leaders including Murli Manohar Joshi, Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley. The Modi-led BJP won a staggering 282 seats in the

New Delhi, May 20: An NDA delegation will call on President Pranab Mukherjee this afternoon to convey to him its decision making Narendra Modi the grouping's leader. Immediately after the 15-member delegation of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meets Mukherjee, Modi will call on the President at 3:15, President's Press Secretary Venu Rajamony said. The 63-year-old Prime Minister-to-be will

New Delhi, May 20: With the BJP registering a thumping victory in the general election, significant credit goes to the party's online campaign to tap the general psyche by connecting with millions of youngsters.Vikas Pandey, a 30-year-old software architect, headed the social media campaigns like "I Support Namo" on Facebook and Twitter, as a volunteer for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)

New Delhi, May 20: RSS may have decided not to interfere with ministry-making but it feels that BJP president Rajnath Singh and party leader Arun Jaitley should join the government. BJP sources said Sangh leaders camping in Delhi gave their assessment in the context of Rajnath's stated stand that he would like to continue in the organization. This was confirmed by sources close to Rajnath although

New Delhi, May 19: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday offered to resign for the party's worst performance in a general election, but the Congress Working Committee unanimously rejected it, senior leader Amarinder Singh said. "Sonia Gandhi-ji and Rahul Gandhi offered to resign, but the CWC (Congress Working Committee) rejected it," the former Punjab