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In the second-term under PM Modi, Joshi was leading the coal ministry which has now been given to Kishan Reddy. Meanwhile, power ministry would be run by the former Haryana chief minister ML Khattar under the NDA government.
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The choice of Varanasi was both politically and culturally significant: as the Prime Minister’s Lok Sabha constituency and as a Hindu pilgrimage centre that is important for Hindus in the south too
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As PM Modi makes his debut in navigating coalition politics, he has hit the ground running by keeping his A team intact
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Pradhan served as Minister of Education and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the Government of India from 2021 to 2024.
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Both the TDP and JD(U) are crucial allies of the BJP in the NDA government. The TDP has 16 MPs and the JD(U) has 12 MPs in the Lok Sabha.
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Hardeep Singh Puri was first appointed as Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas in 2021. In Modi’s second-term Puri also held the position of Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs.
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Former Haryana chief minister and Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Manohar Lal Khattar won from the Karnal constituency in the Lok Sabha elections
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The monumental growth expected in the Indian Aviation indsutry presents the new aviation minister with a daunting set of challenges and complexities.
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The new railway minister will oversee the execution of several important initiatives in the Centre's 100-day agenda planned before the elections
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As the backbone of India's energy and industrial framework, the sector is focused on increasing domestic coal production, reducing reliance on imports, and adopting sustainable mining practices.
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His appointment comes at a critical juncture for the Indian steel sector, which is poised for significant growth and transformation as it enters 2024.
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The Modi government has allocated portfolios to the 71 ministers who took oath along with the Prime Minister on Sunday
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Goyal also won a Lok Sabha seat for the first time, representing Mumbai North-West Lok Sabha constituency with a margin of over 3.5 lakh votes.
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TDP's Naidu, who is the youngest member of the Modi Cabinet, will take over from Scindia. Scindia, in turn, will get telecom ministry.
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LJP (Ram Vilas) Chief Chirag Paswan, after his swearing-in as the Union Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Sunday, said, he will fulfil the responsibility with full honesty and hard work. Paswan thanked PM Modi for trusting him.
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After the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Nadda was made the BJP's working president. He iscurrently the sole representative from Himachal Pradesh in the BJP-led government.
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Jaishankar had emerged as a prominent figure in India's diplomacy over the past five years, navigating a rapidly changing global landscape.
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Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, leader of Hindustani Awam Morcha, has been given the charge of the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises .
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The BJP has retained the ‘Big 4’ ministries - Finance, External Affairs, Defence and Home.
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The vision for the first 100 days is reportedly moving towards a “citizen-empowered government” high on technology adoption, digital empowerment and the use of Artificial Intelligence.
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Constitutionally, the Speaker's post becomes vacant immediately before the new Lok Sabha meets for the first time.
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"I have already accepted the ministerial position and I have been sworn in," he said, adding that he is now awaiting instructions to take charge at his ministry.
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Ram Mohan, who is the national general secretary of the TDP, won the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Srikakulam while Majhi won the Gaya seat.
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PM Modi on June 9 was sworn-in for the third term after being elected as the leader of the NDA parliamentary party.
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A new paradigm is grounds for policymakers and stakeholders to engage in more dialogue, writes Vivan Sharan in a special column for Storyboard18.
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In 2014, BJP and its allies won 73 seats in UP, with 18 ministers, constituting 24.5% of the cabinet. In 2019, the party secured 64 seats, but the number of ministers dropped to 13, representing 20% of the cabinet.
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The party has won all three seats in the coastal belt: Uttara Kannada, Udupi-Chikkamagalur and Dakshina Kannada with very comfortable margins.
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Modi Cabinet 3.0 portfolio allocation Highlights: The cabinet portfolio for Modi 3.0 government has been announced and BJP retains the big 4 ministries of Home, Defence, Finance and External Affairs.
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The third term of the BJP-led NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a maximum of 31 cabinet ministers, including Prime Minister Modi
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The newly inducted ministers would meet at Modi’s residence at 5 pm
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Elected from Agra (SC) parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh, 63-year-old Baghel, who hails from the Dhangar community, on Sunday took oath as Union Minister of State for the second time
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Modi, 73, first became Prime Minister in 2014 and then returned to office in 2019. He is the second PM after Jawaharlal Nehru to be elected for a third consecutive term
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Those joining Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s council of ministers for the first time include three former chief ministers
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Several new faces will be part of Modi's new council of minister in his third term in office.
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Pemmasani was sworn in as minister of state. A doctor by profession, he stuck with TDP through thick and thin and remained in the good books of party chief N Chandrababu Naidu
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Shantanu Thakur first became a member of the Lok Sabha from Bongaon constituency in 2019
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BJP's decision to field both the leaders in the Lok Sabha elections set off speculations that they could be included in the new Cabinet if the party retains power.
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In the coming months, we will have two additional Rajya Sabha MPs. We will have four MPs (then). We should (then) get a cabinet berth. We are ready to wait but want a cabinet berth,” Ajit Pawar said
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PM Modi oath taking ceremony: President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Modi and other members of the Union Council of Ministers at a glittering ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan
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In the 16th Lok Sabha, the Congress had 44 MPs, while in the 17th Lok Sabha it had 55.
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Before the ceremony, BJP MP and former Social Justice and Empowerment minister Virendra Kumar felicitated the transgender community members at his residence
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"Last night we were informed that our party will get a Minister of State with independent charge. I was earlier a Cabinet Minister in the Union Government, so this will be a demotion for me," said Parful Patel.
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Smriti Irani had lost the Lok Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi by over 1.6 lakh votes to Congress loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma. She was Women and Child Development Minister in the second term of the Modi government.
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Narendra Modi, who is set to take oath as the Prime Minister of India for a third term, asked the newly elected MPs and would-be council of ministers to prepare a plan of action for 100 days and act on it as soon as possible
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There will be tea and coffee as well. Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi and the union council of ministers will take oath of office in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening.
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"...Now consciously I decide to withdraw myself from active politics. I am sorry if I have hurt anyone on this journey. I am sorry if this campaign narrative against me has had a part to play in BJD's loss..." Pandian wrote.
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As Modi gears up for the swearing-in ceremony set to take place at around 7:15 pm today, all eyes are also on whether the opposition bloc INDIA, which put up a strong show in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election will be a part of the event or not
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Mohanty explained that the postponement was due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitments.Modi will be busy with his own swearing-in ceremony on Sunday and meeting party MPs the following day
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In the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, BJP's Annamalai lost in Coimbatore against DMK’s Ganapathy Rajkumar P by 1,18,068 votes
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Among the non-BJP members of the NDA, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) are expected to get the lion’s share of ministerial berths.
