'There is no animosity among us. We are one family.'
There is buzz that the PM, confident of an election victory, will introduce 25 new ministers.
Modi to cover more than 100 Lok Sabha constituencies by February next year,.
Patole wrote that he was resigning as the chairman of the Kisan Congress and 'dismissing' the unit.
'Can we slip through the cracks in the alliance and use the situation to our advantage?'
Top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will attend the swearing-in ceremony in which Narendra Modi will take oath as Gujarat chief minister on Wednesday. Heavy security arrangements have been made at the Sardar Patel Stadium where Modi will be sworn in as Chief Minister at a grand function at around 11 am.
The news of Shah joining the Cabinet came from Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani, who tweeted a congratulatory message. "Had a courtesy meeting with our mentor Amit Shah and gave my best wishes to him on his inclusion as a strong member of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers," he tweeted.
Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday demanded resignation of Nitin Gadkari as Bharatiya Janata Party President in the wake of a letter written by him to Centre seeking release of funds for an irrigation project in Maharashtra, in which an associate of his is said to be a contractor.
A galaxy of top leaders, including Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari and leaders of BJP's allies such as Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Shiromani Akali Dal supremo Parkash Singh Badal and Lok Janshakti Party founder Ram Vilas Paswan were present with Shah.
'Air Superiority that we held from the Second Day of Operation 'Cactus Lily' helped our Armed Forces to speed up operation 'Jackpot' to seize East Pakistan and force Gen Niazi and the Pakistani Army to lay down their arms on 16 December.'
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be the deputy leader.
Suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ram Jethmalani, who had openly opposed Nitin Gadkari's re-electionas the party chief, on lauded Rajnath Singh for his "wisdom" and hoped that the new president will "cleanse" the organisation.
Rajiv Kumar will continue as vice-chairman of the body, along with other full-time members V K Saraswat, Ramesh Chand and V K Paul.
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Tuesday turned 88 with senior leaders, led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wishing him a healthy life.
Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari on Monday slapped a criminal defamation case against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for accusing him of having business links with his party MP Ajay Sancheti who allegedly pocketed Rs 500 crore in coal block allocation.
Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari on Friday served a criminal defamation notice on Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh for implicating him in the allocation of a coal block to BJP Rajya Sabha member Ajay Sancheti by the BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh government.
Kovind requested Modi to advise him about the names of others to be appointed members of the Union Council of Ministers; and indicate the date and time of the swearing-in ceremony to be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan
'I am not someone special.' 'I don't want to be shortlisted for a role just because I belong to the family I do.'
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was on Saturday summoned by a Delhi court to face trial in a criminal defamation case lodged against him by Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari.
Nitin Gadkari is the rising star, Arun Jaitley commands respect while minister of state Dharmendra Pradhan seems to be the PM's new favourite.
'Let Modi not be in the news, I will stop making cartoons on him.'
A number of Union ministers including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad reached the residence of Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in New Delhi to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday.
The 10-day Ganpati festival has commenced with devotees welcoming home Lord Ganesha with much fanfare!
Rajput's father while opposing the plea of Chakraborty, said Mumbai Police has not filed any case after the death of his son and did not allow the Patna Police to investigate by quarantining their senior officers.
The dinner was followed by a meeting in which nearly two dozen allies facilitated Prime Minister Modi.
There is also a buzz about Shah joining the government. About 60 ministers may take oath.
As counting is underway in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, we take a look at who's leading and who's trailing.
Stepping up further pressure, Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday demanded the immediate resignation of party president Nitin Gadkari and claimed three other senior leaders including Jaswant Singh and Yashwant Sinha were with him on the issue.
Air Commodore Nitin Sathe discovers how the IAF trained Pakistani air force pilots, during the 1971 War, which led to the birth of the Bangladesh air force.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the tragic loss of lives in the fire.
Bollywood actors salute Irrfan Khan, legend.
The Major Ports Authority Bill, 2020 was passed through ballot votes in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with 84 votes in its favour and 44 against it. The Lok Sabha had passed the bill on September 23 last year.
The April 11 polling will decide the fate of several political bigwigs.
Congress General Secretary, Digvijay Singh said on Friday that Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari should learn about parliamentary affairs and institutions before making comments.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday discussed the candidature of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, A P J Abdul Kalam and Somnath Chatterjee, floated by the Trinamool Congress and the Samajwadi Party.
A number of senior faces from the outgoing cabinet including Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Piyush Goyal, Narendra Singh Tomar and Prakash Javadekar are expected to figure in the new cabinet.
The induction of former Bahujan Samaj Party leader Babu Singh Kushwaha is a sign of the Bharatiya Janata Party's nervousness on the Uttar Pradesh battlefield. It is also the result of the BJP's intra-party tensions, analyses Sheela Bhatt
Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who turned 88 on Sunday, was greeted by a host of senior leaders including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
