Himanta Biswa Sarma -- who is also the North East Democratic Alliance convenor -- took the oath of office and secrecy in Assamese.
Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia vacates his post on November 30 and Expenditure Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha, the second seniormost bureaucrat in the finance ministry, retires on January 31, the day before Jaitley presents the 2019-20 interim budget.
Film folk assembled for a mid-week party at a Mumbai restaurant, when Nikkhil Advani celebrated eight years of his production house Emmay Entertainment.
As Dilip Kumar passes away in the ages, Sukanya Verma feels a deep gratitude for the enormous legacy he's left behind.
He announced his 24-hour fast in a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, speaking at length about his anguish over the ruckus in the House during the passage of two farm bills on Sunday.
Will this team of 12 change the way films are certified in India?
The duo joined overnight leaders Pavel Kotsur, Saidali Iuldachev and Serik Temirbaev at the top after the penultimate round in the Parsvanath chess tournament.
The four MLAs said they were quitting the party for its failure to address key public issues.
This is the first reaction by senior BJP leader Raje who has been the chief minister of the state for two terms.
Earlier on Friday, only one death had been confirmed.
Bollywood wishes #HappyFather'sDay.
Bollywood says goodbye to Shashi Kapoor.
Rajasthan Assembly Speaker C P Joshi confirmed that disqualification notices have been sent out Tuesday on the basis of the complaint made by the party. The dissidents have to reply by Friday.
The writers have smartly targeted several politicians without mentioning them, says Ramesh S.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh puts it succinctly: "Arun Jaitley was every non-BJP person's favourite BJP-ite."
Sachiin J Joshi and Nazia Hussain essay the lead role in the film.
As counting is on in the five states - Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal -- here's a look at where the heavyweights stand.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on everything you need to know about pursuing an international education.
'I have more respect for this kind of cinema,' actress Swati tells Radhika Rajamani.
Listed cos begin appointing women directors
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
The murders of journalists in 2015 underscore the rising power of regional language media, especially local-language newspapers, says Nilanjana S Roy
A high voter turnout was recorded in West Bengal, Assam Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry assembly elections on Tuesday. The massive polling exercise following COVID-19 health protocol and involving lakhs of personnel began at 7 am and the last hour from 6 pm to 7 pm was set aside for COVID-19 patients and those under isolation. The counting of votes in the states will be held on May 2.
Noted lyricist Prasoon Joshi will replace him as the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification.
This after high drama in the House over what opposition charged was "intimidation" by the treasury benches to get the motion for sending the amendment to the RTI Act to the select committee rejected.
Remembering an incomparable actor by re-visiting his finest films.
Several leading industrialists, including Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani, Vedanta Resources Limited executive chairman Anil Agarwal, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan Tata, Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra, Paytm Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Welspun Group chairman and Assocham president B K Goenka, attended the swearing-in ceremony.
Here is Rediff.com's selection of some stories from Thursday that you may not have read in the morning newspaper.
A look at the red carpet glamour.
The deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended on Friday afternoon.
Gandhi came along with Mukherjee and while the former president left after sometime, the Congress chief offered to drop him back but Mukherjee politely refused.
Manish Kumar Sinha has also alleged that the complainant in the case, businessman Sana Sathish Babu, had told him that Union minister Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhari had been paid bribes to the tune of several crores of rupees for alleged help in matters related to CBI.
Amid growing demands for his resignation, Kumar told the MHRD officials that efforts were being made to facilitate semester registration for 'willing' students.
As many as 11 people, including members from the influential Nilekani, Bajaj and Godrej families, were honoured for their outstanding contribution towards the good of the society at Forbes India Philanthropy Awards.
Crisis-ridden National Spot Exchange on Tuesday sacked its Managing Director and CEO Anjani Sinha and six other top executives on a day it failed to meet the first scheduled repayment to investors.
Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani was today appointed as the new censor board chairman along with nine other members, many of whom have a Bharatiya Janata Party connection, days after Leela Samson resigned as its chief alleging interference by the government in its matters.
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.
There was considerable disquiet in the Congress after Mukherjee accepted the invitation of the RSS to address its workers at its headquarters in Nagpur.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The Congress, however, downplayed it saying the party did not want to involve its senior leaders in the issue.
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