Nirmala Sitharaman, who is among a few who have been Union Minister in both the 2014 and 2019 Modi cabinets, took oath as Union Cabinet Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new Union Council of Ministers on Sunday evening in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. She took the oath in
BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu expressed happiness after he is likely to be part of Prime Minister- designated Narendra Modi's cabinet despite losing the Lok Sabha elections and also affirmed that he would like to take responsibility for Punjab's CM if assigned with it.
Narendra Modi on Sunday morning offered tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and also offered homage at the war memorial ahead of his swearing-in as the Prime Minister.
After a mammoth seven-phase election, PM Modi-led NDA (National Democratic Alliance) claimed the majority thus opening the way for PM Modi to continue the post for a third consecutive term.
"Warm welcome to President @RW_UNP of Sri Lanka as he arrives in New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. Received by OSD (ER & DPA) P. Kumaran at the airport," said the Official Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswa
Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and President of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), today held a meeting with David M. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the