BJP leader Manohar Parrikar will be sworn in as chief minister of Goa on Tuesday. “I have tendered my resignation as Defence Minister and have sent it to the PMO. I will be taking the oath (as Goa chief minister) tomorrow evening, along with the cabinet ministers,” Parrikar told PTI on Monday. Asked how many ministers would be sworn in, […]
» Read morePunjab Congress president Amarinder Singh will take oath as Chief Minister on March 16. On Sunday, he met Governor V.P. Singh Badnore here and staked claim to form a government, after being unanimously elected leader of the Congress Legislature Party. “We have been invited [to form the government] and the swearing-in ceremony will take place on March 16,” Capt. (Retd) […]
» Read moreIn a late evening development on Sunday, Goa Governor Mridula Sinha appointed Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, leader of Bharatiya Janata legislative party as Chief Minister of Goa. In a communication released here late on Sunday by Raj Bhavan, the Governor’s letter said that Mr. Parrikar submitted evidence before her of support of 13 MLAs of Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP), three MLAs […]
» Read morePunjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh will take the oath for chief minister of the state on March 16 at Raj Bhavan, 12 days before the next hearing in the Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal (SYL) case on March 28. Notably, Amarinder resigned from the Lok Sabha after the Supreme Court last November said Punjab’s 2004 Act terminating the SYL agreement was […]
» Read moreThe BJP on Sunday revoked the suspension of Dayashankar Singh who was expelled from all party posts last July for his remarks on BSP chief Mayawati. The BJP leader had invoked the analogy of prostitution while accusing the BSP leader of selling the party ticket to the highest bidder. Mr. Dayashankar Singh’s wife Swati Singh, who is also the head […]
» Read moreTamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on BJP’s party’s victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Speaking over telephone, he said, “The victory is the testimony to your able leadership and hard work.” Reacting to results in five States, DMK’s working president and Leader of Opposition M.K. Stalin said, “The results in five States […]
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