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| Modi, ministers sworn in at a grand cere | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN): Narendra Modi has been sworn in as the Prime Minister of India Thursday after a landslide victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. | 30-May-2019 |
| New Ministers Including First-Timers: Se | NEW DELHI, May 30 (TIWN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new cabinet will have several first-time ministers. The names emerged hours before PM Modi and his team of ministers take oath after the BJP's resounding victory in the national election. BJP president Amit Shah has made calls to leaders who will be ministers in the new government. They have been invited to the PM's home at 5 pm, before the swearing-in. Since Wednesday, several meetings have been held at the homes of PM Modi and Amit Shah, who is also being talked about as one of the key inclusions in the new cabinet. | 30-May-2019 |
| Pooja Pandey, Hindu Mahasabha Leader Who | Lucknow, May 30 (TIWN): Pooja Shakun Pandey, the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) leader, who shockingly enacted the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh by shooting at his effigy in January 2019, sparked another controversy on Tuesday. | 30-May-2019 |
| Narendra Modi Cabinet: A Mix of Old and | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN): Smriti Irani, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Prakash Javadekar, Babul Supriyo and several other names were among more than 30 BJP leaders to receive a call-up for Narendra Modi’s second cabinet. Among the names are also leaders of other NDA constituents, including Shiv Sena, JD(U), Akali Dal, LJP and AIADMK. | 30-May-2019 |
| 'Can't see any bright future of the coun | RALEGAN SIDDHI, May 30 (TIWN): Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has called for large-scale electoral reforms in the country to remove poll-related malpractices and to cleanse the system. | 30-May-2019 |
| Trolled for decrying attack on Muslim, G | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN): Facing a backlash on Twitter after describing the alleged attack on a Muslim man in Gurgaon as deplorable and urging authorities to act, newly elected BJP MP Gautam Gambhir told The Indian Express that trolls and critics are not a problem and he will continue to live in black and white , and that it is easier to say the truth rather than hide behind the froth of falsehood . | 29-May-2019 |
| With World Leaders in Attendance, Stage | New Delhi, May 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take oath along with a new Union council of ministers for a second term on Thursday after a massive victory in the Lok Sabha elections last week. | 29-May-2019 |
| Marathon PM Narendra Modi-Amit Shah meet | New Delhi, May 29 (TIWN): The stage is set for the formation of the new NDA government with Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding a marathon meeting lasting around five hours Tuesday at his residence with BJP president Amit Shah, sources told The Indian Express. | 29-May-2019 |
| Chandrababu Naidu looks back to plan ahe | New Delhi, May 29 (TIWN): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday brushed aside the party s rout in the elections and said that even a great leader like late party founder N T Rama Rao or NTR, as he is called had suffered defeat but did not lose heart. | 29-May-2019 |
| Violent Attacks on Those Who Did Not Vot | New Delhi, May 29 (TIWN): The Congress on Tuesday, 28 May, accused the BJP of violent attacks on Tripura electors who did not vote for it in the Lok Sabha elections and sought deployment of the Assam Rifles, alleging the law and order in the BJP-ruled state has worsened. | 29-May-2019 |
| Breaking down the Gujarat verdict: How r | New Delhi, May 29 (TIWN): The home state of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, Gujarat, has not disappointed them: like the 2014 Lok Sabha election, this time too, the BJP has won all 26 seats in Gujarat. In fact, the party has increased its vote share in 2019 to 62.2% vis- -vis 59.1% in 2014. | 29-May-2019 |
| Naveen Patnaik, a master at handling cat | New Delhi, May 29 (TIWN): Despite best efforts by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to conquer Odisha by setting up a target of winning 120 seats out of 147 Assembly segments, the party ended up with just 23 seats in 2019 increasing its tally from 10 in 2014. | 29-May-2019 |
| BJP gives Mamata Banerjee a heads up: â | TMC MLAs join BJP, May 28 (TIWN): Less than a week after stunning the Trinamool Congress by winning 18 of 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, the BJP on Tuesday served fresh jolt to Mamata Banerjee. Mukul Roy, who was once a close confidant of Mamata, herded a group of two TMC MLAs – Subhrangshu Roy, Tusharkanti Bhattacharya – and over 50 councilors in to the BJP. Another MLA -CPM’s Debendra Nath Roy also jumped the ship. | 28-May-2019 |
| IND vs BAN, WI vs NZ ODI Build-Up, World | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN): World Cup 2019, India vs Bangladesh, West Indies vs New Zealand Warm-up Match Squad, Players List LIVE Updates: After failing miserably in the first warm-up fixture against New Zealand, Virat Kohli-led Indian unit would like to return to winning ways before they start their World Cup campaign against South Africa on June 5. The Men In Blue will take on Bangladesh at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. In their first warm-up fixture against the Kiwis, Trent Boult dismantled the Indian top-order as the Men in Blue were bundled out for 179. It was a walk in the park for the Black Caps as they won the contest by six wickets and chased down the moderate target inside 38 overs. Bangladesh, on the other hand, will be playing their first match after their previous fixture against Pakistan was washed-out due to rain. | 28-May-2019 |
| Rajasthan Congress in disarray; all guns | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN): "This is a historic win for the BJP and the credit goes to Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Their leadership has put the nation first," former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje said after the saffron party decimated the Congress in the state in the Lok Sabha elections, winning all 25 constituencies. | 28-May-2019 |
| TMC suffers double blow in Darjeeling: O | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN): As if multiple setbacks in different parts of West Bengal during the recently-concluded Lok Sabha election were not bad enough, the result of the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat has dealt a body-blow to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's plans to expand Trinamool Congress' (TMC) electoral footprint in the region. To make matters worse, Binoy Tamang, the TMC-supported Independent candidate for the local Assembly bypoll who has been central to her initiatives in the hills, also lost badly. | 28-May-2019 |
| Hindutva vs Soft Hindutva: How Pragya Be | New delhi, May 28 (TIWN): Twenty-six days – that was how long the BJP took to announce its candidate from Bhopal, a seat considered to be the party’s stronghold since 1989. | 28-May-2019 |
| The people of Kashi told me not to come | New Delhi, Jan 28 (TIWN): It was homecoming for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday morning, as he reached Varanasi, the constituency that had re-elected him for a second consecutive term as Member of Parliament. | 28-May-2019 |
| The unexpected factor behind Modi†| New Delhi, May 27 (TIWN): Among factors that have shaped a bigger victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party and ensured the return of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one that even the party insiders did not expect. Over the second half of his term, the Modi government was seen battling among a plethora of attacks against it, its alleged persecution of the minorities and Dalits. Contrary to this anti-minorities image of the government that the Opposition tried to build, the voters appear to have conveyed otherwise. | 27-May-2019 |
| As Narendra Modi Gears For 2nd Term, Her | New Delhi, May 27: Bharatiya Janata Party secured a thumping victory in the recently held Lok Sabha Elections 2019, by winning 303 seats alone. With this, BJP's Prime Minister choice remained as constant for the second tenure, as his popularity among the voters didn't decline. | 27-May-2019 |
| 26-year-old Mumbai Doctor Hangs Self All | Mumbai: A 26-year-old resident doctor at the government-run BYL Nair Hospital in Mumbai Central was found hanging at the premises on May 22, with her kin alleging that she committed suicide as she was harassed by her seniors with casteist remarks. | 27-May-2019 |
| Engineer Rashid emerges as Kashmir's big | New Delhi, May 27 (TIWN): For his adversaries, Engineer Sheikh Abdul Rashid is a 'dramebaaz', a scripted actor in a scripted play. In the last session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly when he jumped into the well of the Lower House to protest killings and rampant human rights violations, political bigwigs burst into laughter. He looked, as they privately would often say, "like a joker". | 27-May-2019 |
| SC Rejects BSP MP Atul Rai’s Plea | New Delhi, May 27 (TIWN): The Supreme Court on Monday, 27 May, refused to grant protection from arrest to newly-elected BSP MP from Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Atul Rai, who is accused of raping a college student from Varanasi. | 27-May-2019 |
| TTV Dhinakaran alleges EVMs didn't regis | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN): Chennai (Tamil Nadu): Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) leader TTV Dhinakaran on Sunday said that he will file a complaint before the Election Commission regarding non-registration of votes in the polling booths during the Lok Sabha elections. | 26-May-2019 |
| Lok Sabha Election Results: There's not | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN): The problems of defeat start with the personal. The loss of confidence in oneself and the shame of the knowledge that others are looking at you differently are not things that most of us face on this scale. Our defeats and losses at work are mostly personal, and if others know, it is because we told them. For India's Opposition leaders, however, it is in the most public sphere. | 26-May-2019 |
| After election drubbing, JD(S) asks memb | Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] May 26 (ANI): Following the massive defeat faced by Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress alliance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, JD(S) working president MS Narayan Rao issued a circular to party leaders, spokespersons and MLAs asking them to not participate in TV debates or give any statements to the media. | 26-May-2019 |
| Parivartan: How BJP breached Mamata†| New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN): It s an unpretentious little room on Pearabagan Road in Hooghly s Chinsurah, with some chairs, posters and an idol of Bharat Mata . But in the BJP s slow, steady and largely unspotted rise in West Bengal, this room played a role as good as any. | 26-May-2019 |
| CJI Ranjan Gogoi case: BCI expresses dis | New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): The Bar Council of India (BCI) on Saturday expressed its trust in the in-house inquiry that cleared Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment allegations. | 26-May-2019 |
| Congress workers happy over Rahul Gandhi | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, May 25 (TIWN): According to the ground reality, continuation of Rahul Gandhi as Congress President is not shocking, but 99.99% Congress people are unready either to believe Congress was defeated in fair manner nor they want any replacement of the Congress President. | 25-May-2019 |
| Chhavi Mittal's Gynaecologist Had Told H | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN): Chhavi Mittal is riding high in life these days owing to the birth of her second child, Arham. A day after Mother’s Day, Chhavi Mittal and Mohit Hussein welcomed their baby munchkin on May 13, 2019. | 25-May-2019 |
| Mamata Banerjee told Party, ‘I Don | KOLKATA, May 25 (TIWN): Mamata Banerjee, addressing her first press conference after her party's national election setback in Bengal, said she did not want to continue as Chief Minister and had told her Trinamool Congress that. She said, "Don't want Bengal to be second Tripura". However, in what sense she said so, it's not yet clear yet. | 25-May-2019 |
| Congress Committee unanimously rejects R | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday offered to resign from his post as party chief. The proposal was put forth by him at the Congress' Working Committee (CWC) meeting held today, to introspect and assess the reasons behind the humiliating defeat in Lok Sabha elections 2019.Reports citing CWC office-bearers claimed that the Working Committee has overwhelmingly turning down his proposal to quit as the party president. | 25-May-2019 |
| Supreme Court dismisses ex-Kolkata top c | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the petition of former Commissioner of Kolkata Police Rajeev Kumar, who had sought an extension to his protection from arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Saradha chit fund case. Kumar's protection from arrest till a concerned jurisdictional court in West Bengal decides on his anticipatory bail plea ends on today (24 May, Friday). | 25-May-2019 |
| BJP-Led NDA Elects Modi as Leader During | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN): The BJP-led NDA Narendra Modi elected as the leader during their Parliamentary Board meet on Saturday, 25 June. | 25-May-2019 |
| Reports of Rahul Gandhi offering to resi | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN): Lok Sabha election results 2019 LATEST updates: Hot in the heels of speculations as to whether Rahul Gandhi has offered his resignation at the Congress Working Committee meeting, party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala has confirmed that Rahul has not tendered his resignation and that such a claim is incorrect. | 25-May-2019 |
| Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, Kanimozhi among | New Delhi, May 24 (TIWN): BJP president Amit Shah, Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Smriti Irani, and DMK leader Kanimozhi are among the prominent winners in the 2019 Lok Sabha election who are sitting Rajya Sabha members. | 24-May-2019 |
| Rahul Gandhi congratulates Modi, Smriti | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, May 23 (TIWN): Congress National President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday has congratulated Narendra Modi and rival candidate of Amethi constituency for a massive victory. | 23-May-2019 |
| ‘Mamata Banerjee’s leap-jum | AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): As BJP has received a massive victory in Lok Sabha Election 2019 and also in 18 seats BJP is leading, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has challenged Trinamool Supremo, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee that her “Lompho-Jompo†(leap jump) will end soon. | 23-May-2019 |
| EC attributes five wins to BJP, Narendra | New Delhi, May 23 (TIWN): Lok Sabha election result 2019 WINNERS LATEST updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to win his "Kashi" Varanasi constituency as trends across the country show a favourable situation for the BJP in the Lok Sabha election. | 23-May-2019 |
| Sonia Gandhi held meeting with Rahul Gan | AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, May 23 (TIWN): UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi held a meeting with Rahul Gandhi. | 23-May-2019 |
| Rajnath Singh leads in Lucknow, Rahul Ga | NEW DELHI / AGARTALA, May 23 (TIWN): Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who decided to contest from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala besides his traditional stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, is leading from the southern seat. Veteran Congress leader from Kerala and former defence minister A K Antony had made the announcement at a press conference, saying Gandhi had consented to fight from Wayanad following requests from the state unit. | 23-May-2019 |
| MHA alerts states across the country ahe | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): A day after the Opposition parties approached the Election Commission regarding verification of VVPATs, the poll watchdog rejected their demand. The 22 Opposition leaders had drawn attention to reports of what they called suspicious EVM movements thereby demanding verification of VVPAT slips before the counting of votes and not later. The poll body, however, had dismissed the allegation adding that the EVMs were “absolutely safe†in strongrooms. | 22-May-2019 |
| Woman Dies After Jumping in Front of Loc | Mumbai, May 22 (TIWN): In a tragic incident, a woman in Mumbai ended her life by jumping in front of the running earlier this week. Reports inform that the woman was carrying her nine-month-old girl with her when she took this extreme step of ending her life. | 22-May-2019 |
| Govt Clears Names of 4 Judges for Elevat | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): The government is learnt to have cleared the names of four judges for their elevation to the Supreme Court, sources said Wednesday, 22 May. | 22-May-2019 |
| Counting of votes involves guarding EVMs | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): India's enormous election took six weeks to hold, but organisers have alloted just one day to count all the ballots cast by some of the 900 million eligible voters. | 22-May-2019 |
| Elections 2019: Of Exit Polls and Conspi | New Delhi, May 22 (TIWN): The exit polls predicted a victory for the BJP-led alliance with some suggesting a brute majority while others going with a more comfortable number. That the circus masquerading as news channels went to town with their numbers shouldn’t be surprising, given that it is a TRP game of one-upmanship. | 22-May-2019 |
| Arunachal MLA Tirong Aboh shot dead alon | Itanagar / Agartala, May 21 (TIWN): Arunachal Pradesh'S sitting National People's Party (NPP) MLA from Khonsa West Assembly constituency, Tirong Aboh, and six others were on Tuesday killed in an attack. | 21-May-2019 |
| EVM or vote machine tampering : Former P | NEW DELHI , May 21 : Former President Pranab Mukherjee today expressed concern at allegations of EVM or vote machine tampering - described by him as tampering of voters' verdict -- and said the "onus of ensuring institutional integrity" lies with the Election Commission. "The safety and security of EVMs which are in the custody of the EC is the responsibility of the Commission," Pranab Mukherjee said in a statement. | 21-May-2019 |
| EC orders re-polling at Kolkata Uttar co | New Delhi, May 21 (TIWN): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday ordered re-polling at a booth in Kolkata's Uttar parliamentary constituency. ECI declared void the poll held on 19 May at polling station number 200 of the Kolkata's Uttar parliamentary constituency. The re-polling will be conducted on Wednesday, 22 May from 7 am to 6 pm. BJP's Rahul Sinha, TMC's Sudip Bandyopadhyay, and CPI(M)'s Kaninika Bose Ghosh are in the fray from Kolkata Uttar constituency. | 21-May-2019 |
| In Mamata’s Bengal, BJP May Chang | New Delhi, May 21 (TIWN): In 2011, when Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) knocked over a 34-year-old Left Front government in West Bengal, the key slogan was ‘poriborton’ – positive change. | 21-May-2019 |