MODI, SHAH TO ATTEND ANDHRA CEREMONY

TELUGU Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu will be sworn in as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.

Mohan Majhi gets the Odisha BJP baton; new CMs to take oath today

SINGH DEO AND PARIDA SELECTED AS DEPUTY CMs

NEET sanctity breached, says SC, issues notice to NTA

OBSERVING that the sanctity of the NEET-UG exam for admission to medical courses has been affected following a raging controversy over awarding grace marks and an alleged paper leak, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA) for its detailed reply on a batch of pleas seeking a fresh test.

VK Pandian calls it quits days after BJD's poll debacle

Bhubaneswar IN a significant development, bureaucrat-turned politician VK Pandian, Biju Janata Dal supremo Naveen Patnaik's close aide and confidant, on Sunday announced his retirement from active politics.

3 AP MPs in Modi cabinet

THREE MPs -- two from TDP and one from BJP -- elected to the Lok Sabha from Andhra Pradesh have found a place in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi 3.0 Cabinet.

Kshatriya Stir In Gujarat Cost BJP Seats In UP & Raj

Rajkot BJP MP Rupala excluded from Modi cabinet after his remark during poll campaign

Mann Wades Into Kangana Slapgate Row

PUNJAB Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday said that Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) woman constable Kulwinder Kaur, who allegedly slapped actor and BJP MP-elect Kangana Ranaut, might have been angry over the actor's previous statements on the farmers' stir.

Gold Rush: Ground Staff Join Transit Passengers In Gaming The System

₹25cr gold seized in 15 recent cases; Customs seeks support of AAI & airlines to curb menace

DMK Names Kanimozhi Parliamentary Party Leader

In a significant move, DMK president MK Stalin on Monday elevated the party's deputy general secretary and Thoothukudi MP, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, as the DMK parliamentary party leader.

40 MLAs Of Ajit, Shinde In Touch With Cong: LoP

CONGRESS MLA and leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar has claimed that 40 MLAs of CM Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and DCM Ajit Pawar-led NCP are eager for "ghar wapsi" (homecoming).

Restructuring Exercise: There Will Be No New Layoffs, Says Paytm

AS part of a restructuring initiative, many employees of One97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm, might lose jobs.

Priority Is To Stop Violence In Manipur, Says RSS Chief

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, in a stern message on Monday, reminded the Modi-led NDA dispensation that the law and order problem plaguing the eastern state of Manipur must be addressed on priority.

NIA May Take Over Probe Into Reasi Terror Attack As Search Ops Intensify

THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) swiftly responded to the scene of a horrific terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir's Reasi district, where a passenger bus was ambushed by terrorists on Sunday evening, resulting in the loss of nine lives and leaving 35 others injured.

Now, Sena Says It's Not Happy With MoS Post

A day after the Ajit Pawar-led NCP rejected a Minister of State (MOS) position in the Narendra Modi cabinet saying it wants a Cabinet post, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena said it was not happy with the MoS berth given to it.

SC/ST Startups Have Gone Up To 8.4k From 2k In 3 Years, Says TN

THE government on Monday said due to various steps taken, youth belonging to SC/ST communities have started turning into startup entrepreneurs.

BATTERS BOGEYMAN

Sunday was yet another occasion where pacer Bumrah's genius was out there for the world to witness and celebrate...

Nausea County: Dizzy tale of slow & unsteady chase

IF it wasn't for the different colours worn by the Bangladesh bowlers and fielders, it may well have been a replay of each of South Africa's earlier batting efforts.

Hat-trick of wins for Verstappen in Canada

MAX Verstappen eased the pressure on Sunday when he completed a hat-trick of victories at the Canadian Grand Prix to consolidate his early-season lead in the drivers' championship.

Many new challenges await Sitharaman

DESPITE all the talks about an inevitable change in the Ministry of Finance under Modi 3.0, Nirmala Sitharman has been retained as the finance minister of the country.

Tailwind for FMCG sector, more stock rallies likely

Delhi A host of factors such as rural revival, healthy monsoon prediction, post-election focus on social welfare schemes and softening of raw material prices is expected to augur well for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies on the D-Street.

Sebi plans tighter norms for derivatives

AMID massive spike in derivatives volumes and increasing participation of retail investors in this segment despite over 91% of the heavily losing money from such trades, market watchdog Sebi has proposed tighter rules for derivatives contracts on individual stocks by ensuring sufficient liquidity and trading interest from market participants, something currently required only for contracts on indices.

CAPTAINS STEERING THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC ENGINE

Even as major economic ministries such as finance and commerce did not see any changes in their respective ministers, some new names in strategically important ministries have been added to the new Cabinet. We look at major issues and challenges these ministers may need to address in the shortand medium-term. The task in hand would be tougher for the ministers this time around given the coalition compulsions

Blinken back in West Asia for diplomacy

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to the Middle East on Monday as a proposed Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal hangs in the balance after the dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages held in Gaza in a major military raid and turmoil in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

Macron dissolves House, calls snap polls

The decision came after the French president's party was defeated by the far-right in the four-day European polls held last week

Russia claims capture of Ukraine village

RUSSIA on Monday claimed the capture of a village in the south of the eastern Donetsk region.

Cop injured as militants strike CM's security team, situation tense in Manipur

SUSPECTED militants ambushed an advance security team of Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday, leaving a police constable injured.

First Cabinet meet clears 3 crore housing for poor

HOURS after releasing the 17th installment of PM Kisan Nidhi for over 9 crore farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired the first meeting of his newly formed 72-member cabinet at his residence.

Oppn decides to contest for deputy speaker post

AS the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha is expected to begin in the third week of June with the oath-taking by the newly elected candidates as members of the House, it is keenly watched whether the House will get a Deputy Speaker or not.

EC: Bypolls to 13 assembly seats in 7 states on July 10

THE Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Monday the schedule for conducting by-polls in 13 assembly segments across seven states, including four in West Bengal, three in Himachal Pradesh, and two in Uttarakhand.

Naidu gets ready to form AP cabinet on June 12

TDP supremo and Chief Minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu, who returned from Delhi on Monday after attending the swearing-in-ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, focused his attention on picking up his Cabinet colleagues to be sworn in along with him on June 12.