Narendra Modi Swearing In

Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony: BIMSTEC countries confirm participation; no invitation for Pakistan

Leaders of all BIMSTEC countries have confirmed their participation in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony on Thursday for a second term. Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov also confirmed their participation at the event, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said

Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi, Council of Ministers to take oath today; England, South Africa to face off in World Cup opener; day's top stories

Today's top stories: Narendra Modi and his Council of Ministers will be sworn today; Arun Jaitley has opted out as continuing as the finance minister on health grounds; ICC World Cup 2019 hosts England wll lock horns with South Africa in the first game; and more

Arun Jaitley will not be part of new Narendra Modi govt: BJP may consider Amit Shah or Piyush Goyal for FM post

Both Amit Shah and Piyush Goyal could be considered for the post of the finance minister as Arun Jaitley in a letter to Narendra Modi made it official that due to serious health reasons he will not be part of next government at the Centre.

Arun Jaitley opts out of Narendra Modi's new Cabinet, writes to PM-elect that he would 'like to keep away from responsibility'

A day before Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi is set to take the oath of office, the finance minister in Modi's last Cabinet, Arun Jaitley, wrote a letter to him asking to be recused from the new government citing serious health reasons.

Daily Bulletin: Govt invites BIMSTEC leaders for Narendra Modi swearing-in ceremony; MLAs who won bypolls in Goa, TN to be sworn in today; day's top stories

Here are today's top stories: MEA has not announced whether Pakistan will be invited to Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony, Karnataka Cabinet to be reshuffled soon, and more

India likely to invite Trump, Putin, Xi Jinping for Narendra Modi's swearing-in; reports say Pakistan unlikely to be invited

The BJP-led NDA is in the process of preparing invites for global leaders for Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony, which is likely to be organised on 30 May on an even bigger scale than the 2014 one.

Vaiko, 100 others detained for protesting Rajapaksa's India visit

A section of the protestors also set the Sri Lankan national flag on fire, besides burning the portraits of Rajapaksa on Parliament Street here.

Nawaz Sharif's India trip: Why Modi won't be a pushover

There is also a risk that Sharif may use this event to further his own political agenda and bring back focus on the Kashmir issue. Whenever Pakistani leaders visit India they make it a point to meet with Hurriyat leaders. The UPA government allowed visiting Pakistani leaders to have closed-door confabulations with the Hurriyat separatists.