Hello readers. TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu took oath as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth time today. His son Nara Lokesh and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan also took oath as ministers in the incoming cabinet. BJP’s Mohan Charan Majhi will take oath as Odisha CM later today. With Union ministers allotted portfolios, Nitin Gadkari and Nirmala Sitharaman took charge of their respective ministries earlier today. The date of the first session of the new Lok Sabha was also announced, with the House set to convene on June 24. Meanwhile, political bickering continued over the NEET-UG ‘paper leak’ issue. Opposition parties have stepped up their attack on BJP leader Amit Malviya, who they allege sexually exploited women. Track the latest political updates from all across India, with DH.
Highlights
10:4312 Jun 2024
Odisha government swearing-in: Besides Majhi and Deputy CMs Deo & Parida, 8 BJP MLAs likely to be sworn in as cabinet ministers
10:3412 Jun 2024
Modi and Meloni to meet to discuss bilateral ties on G7 summit sidelines; first foreign trip for newly elected PM
10:2912 Jun 2024
Belated consequences for ‘Operation Lotus’ in Himachal?
07:3812 Jun 2024
‘Not retiring from politics’: Rajeev Chandrasekhar defiant after losing Thiruvananthapuram to Tharoor
06:1312 Jun 2024
Nara Lokesh takes oath as Andhra Pradesh minister
06:0812 Jun 2024
Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan takes oath as Andhra Pradesh minister
04:3612 Jun 2024
First session of 18th Lok Sabha on June 24
03:3312 Jun 2024
Preparations underway for swearing-in ceremony of Mohan Majhi as Odisha CM
03:2312 Jun 2024
Nitin Gadkari takes charge as Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Odisha Deputy CMs-designate K V Singh Deo & Pravati Parida arrive at Janata Maidan; ceremony to start shortly
Watch: Majhi arrives at Janta Maidan
Odisha CM-designate Mohan Charan Majhi arrives at Janta Maidan ahead of the swearing-in-ceremony
Majhi greeted people on his arrival at Janta Maidan today in Bhubaneswar. He will be the third tribal CM of the state after he is sworn-in shortly.
Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal sets Modi 3.0 targets for his officials
Union Minister for the Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal said, “I talked with the section officers up to sector level officers of my ministry. I told them that the target given by the Prime Minister is to make India the third-largest economy in the world for the next 5 years. To achieve that target, every employee of our ministry, officer, and minister, will have to work together with the spirit of Team India…”
[BJP] lost because they were attacking the idea of India. In our constitution, India is called a union of states. India is a union of states, languages, history, culture, religion and traditions…
Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad
Published 12 June 2024, 03:08 IST