Politics

Debashree, general secretary of the party’s Bengal unit, was made MoS in the ministry of women and child development in PM Modi’s new cabinet, which has a strong RSS imprint.

The ministry is a key project of the Narendra Modi government and was announced during the interim budget earlier this year.

In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, Joshi defeated Congress candidate Vinay Kulkarni by more than two lakh votes.

Javadekar took over the reins of the ministry from Smriti Irani at a time when controversies kept the campuses simmering. But he successfully managed to stay away from controversies and avoided making statements.

Smriti Irani pulled off one of the biggest victories in the Lok Sabha elections and dethroned Rahul Gandhi in Congress's home turf of Amethi.

Tomar, who began his political career in 1980, was appointed president of the BJP Youth Forum in Gwalior.

A politician for over four decades, Rajnath Singh was made the district president of the Jana Sangh in 1975 and became an MLA in 1977.

Fondly known as ‘nana’, the 64-year-old Pratap Chandra Sarangi took oath as the Minister of State in the second Modi government. Hours later, he became one of the top trends on social media.

Prime Minister Modi and a team of 57 ministers were sworn-in by President Ram Nath Kovind at a glittering ceremony attended by around 8,000 guests.

Her inclusion in the cabinet can be seen as a reward for the Nishad community which supported, especially in Poorvanchal region of east UP and adjoining regions of Bihar, the BJP in recent Lok Sabha elections.

This is the second time Narendra Modi took the oath at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Modi was sworn in by the then President Pranab Mukherjee in 2014 in the presence of over 3,500 guests including the heads of SAARC countries.

The hackers posted pictures of beef on website of the party's Delhi unit.

An accused in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, Baliyan (47) faced a tough competition from Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Ajit Singh and won the seat by a margin of 6,526 votes (0.7%).

Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi and his new council of ministers will take the oaths of office and secrecy at the forecourt in Rashtrapati Bhawan. President of India, Ram Nath Kovind will administer the oaths of office and secrecy.

Other than political leaders, renowned athletes including Rahul Dravid and Saina Nehwal, actors Rajinikanth and Shah Rukh Khan, and industrialists Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani and Ratan Tata have also been invited.

BJP MLA Manjinder S Sirsa, in the Twitter poll, gave options for or against Arvind Kejriwal. As many as 70 per cent favoured the Delhi chief minister in his survey, while 30 per cent voted against him.