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Suresh Gopi, the lone BJP MP from Kerala won the Lok Sabha polls from the Thrissur seat. Shortly after being sworn into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government, actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi says he has no interest in a ministerial role
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In a step towards prohibiting child marriage in the state, Assam Cabinet on Friday (Feb 24) repealed the 'Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935'.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, on Wednesday (Dec 27), gave its approval for the construction of New 4556 m long, 6-Lane High Level Bridge across River Ganga
In a significant development, the word "India" was replaced with "Bharat" in a railway ministry proposal to the Union Cabinet, the government’s highest decision-making body.
The Union Cabinet announced Rs 22,303 crore subsidy on phosphatic and potassic fertilizers for the current rabi season (from October 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024)
Four Chinese nationals and 9 Pakistani security forces persons have been killed. 2 BSF personnel, 21 civilians held for involvement in infiltration attempts since 2021: Govt in Lok Sabha
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared the bill seeking to replace the Centre's ordinance on the control of services in Delhi. The Centre's ordinance issued on May 19 sought to overturn a Supreme Court order which had given executive powers to the Delhi government in service matters, including the transfer and posting of officers.
In a major Cabinet reshuffle led by the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra , the newly appointed Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has been entrusted with the finance and planning ministries.
EAM S Jaishankar filed his nomination papers in Gujarat's Gandhinagar for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls. The ECI earlier announced the schedule for the election across 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Goa, Gujarat & West Bengal.
As the bill was pending for passage in the Legislative Council, where the then ruling BJP was short of majority, the government had subsequently promulgated an ordinance in May to give effect to the bill.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday is likely to have approved the Rs 89,000 crore revival package for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The package will be utilized for enhancing BSNL's 4G and 5G services. The Central government believes that a government PSU in telecom should flourish because of its strategic importance, sources told BTTV.
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar in Bengaluru.(PTI file) The Congress on Friday announced the names of 24 more ministers, taking the strength of the cabinet to 34, the maximum allowed under the law.
Governor Ravi also approved the recommendation of the chief minister to drop Nasar from the Cabinet. This is the second reshuffle of the Stalin-led cabinet that assumed office in 2021.
In a significant move towards strengthening nursing workforce in India, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved establishment of 157 new nursing colleges in co-location with the existing medical colleges established since 2014.
The Union Cabinet's approval of the Cinematograph Act 2023, is a major step forward toward safeguarding & promoting the film industry.
Union minister of state science and technology Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday said that the launch of the National Quantum Mission will give India a “quantum leap in the field”.
In a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Assam govt took decisions on multiple fronts ranging from the implementation of green power projects to improving air connectivity across the State.
President Droupadi Murmu appointed Aam Aadmi Party MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj as ministers of the Delhi government's cabinet on Tuesday (March 7). They were initially expected to be sworn in on Thursday (March 9).
Assam Police has so far arrested 2,763 persons in connection with the cases related to child marriage across the state, police said. Police have registered 4,135 cases related to child marriage.
The Assam govt has decided to book men who marry girls aged below 14 years in the state under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
Speaking to reporters here, the Chief Minister said it was discussed with the central leadership earlier and will happen accordingly.
The caller reportedly made extortion demands and issued death threats to Gadkari before ending the call abruptly, the report added. - Nitin Gadkari is currently in Nagpur for the Makar Sankranti festival.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (Jan 11) approved a historic decision to set up and promote a national-level multi-state seed cooperative society under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) Act, 2002.
“Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has announced its new appointments dividing the outfit into various ministries, Defence, Judiciary, Information, Political affairs, Economic Affairs, Education, a fatwa issuing authority, Intelligence, and a department for construction,” TTP said in a statement, as quoted by The Khorasan Diary (TKD) publication.
PN-Maoist Centre chairman and new Nepal Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda has formed an eight-membered cabinet with three deputy Prime Ministers.
Assam Cabinet approved bill to create a Safai Karamchari Commission and decisions related to providing financial benefits to pregnant women, monitoring drug prices, protecting Safai Karmacharis' rights and more
The state government also reached an informal consensus on the proposal to shift Uttarakhand High Court from Nainital to Haldwani. The decisions were taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. More than 20 such proposals were passed in the meeting.
Giridhar Aramane , a 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, assumed the office of Defence Secretary on Tuesday (Oct 31). Before taking charge, Aramane laid a wreath at National War Memorial and paid homage to the fallen heroes.
The Karnataka CM also took a dig at Congress 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' on Saturday which is currently going through the state and said the 'Yatra' holds no meaning.
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba ousted four ministers from his cabinet after their party- the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) walked out of the coalition and made an alliance for November elections with the opposition.
The Cabinet approved an additional ₹19,500 crores of funding on Wednesday for the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the manufacture of high-efficiency solar modules. The government expects this cash support to catalyze investment worth ₹94,000 crores in a sector that's highly dependent on imports, creating a domestic capacity of about 65 GW of fully and partially integrated solar photovoltaic modules.
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday approved the project to develop LCA Mark 2 multirole fighter jet, a more capable and powerful version of the indigenous aircraft. The government has sanctioned around Rs 10,000 crore for the project.
Govindan was appointed as the new state secretary of the CPIM after Kodiyeri Balakrishnan stepped down from the role due to his health situation. Govindan was the Minister of Local Self Governments, Panchayats, Municipalities, and Corporations in the Kerala government.
BJP MLAs who got the cabinet berths in Maharashtra cabinet include Chandrakant Patil, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Girish Mahajan, Suresh Khade, Radha Krishna Vikhe Patil, Ravindra Chavhan, etc
Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis were sworn in as CM and deputy CM respectively on June 30 after Uddhav Thackeray's resignation & since then, they have been functioning as a two-member cabinet
A total of 15 ministers could take oath including 8 BJP MLAs and 7 Eknath Shinde group legislators; the Cabinet expansion may take place in 2 or 3 rounds.
The new ministers to be included in West Bengal Cabinet who sworn in today are Babul Supriyo, Snehasis Chakraborty, Partha Bhowmick, Udayan Guha, Pradip Mazumder, Tajmul Hossain, and Satyajit Barman.
Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday (Jul 22), along with 17 other cabinet ministers. The Sri Lanka local media also highlighted the background of his father Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena who was at the centre of the anti-imperialist and anti-colonial campaign and had played a role in India's freedom struggle.
EAM Jaishankar said, “In another reaffirmation of our #NeighbourhoodFirst policy, today the Cabinet approved signing of an MoU for Judicial Cooperation between India & Maldives. Will accelerate court digitization and boost prospects for IT companies & start-ups in both countries."
The Assam cabinet approved Rs 839.95 crore for the formation of five new Commando Battalions, informed the officials on Monday. The state cabinet meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma also decided about the National Forensic Science University.
France President Emmanuel Macron has reshuffled his govt on Jul 4, for the second time in six weeks. Three ministers lost their seats in June's legislative elections and were now replaced. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will be presenting the new govt's program in the National Assembly on July 6.
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann will expand his council of ministers on Monday. Mann is likely to induct five new ministers into his cabinet, including Kharar MLA Anmol Gagan Maan (32), Amritsar South MLA Dr. Inderbir Singh Najjar (66), and Guru Har Sahai MLA Fauja Singh Sarari (61).
It proposes computerization of about 63,000 functional PACS over a period of 5 years with a total budget outlay of Rs. 2,516 crore with Government of India share of Rs. 1528 crore.
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba replaced four ministers of the cabinet in the latest round of cabinet reorganization, said the Nepal President's office on Jun 26 (Sunday). These newly inducted ministers will sworn in today (Jun 27) by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has dropped some controversial names
Former Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's resignation comes days after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa requested Mahinda to step down from the position in a special meeting, on May 6.
The Sri Lanka cabinetis being constituted ahead of the Parliament session. The Sri Lankan cabinet will be meeting on Apr 19 with the new Cabinet ministers and opposition is likely to step up pressure on the govt, as it is already mounting on because of the protests.
Goa Governor administered the oath of office to MGP MLA Ramakrishna alias Sudhin Dhavalikar, BJP MLA Subhash Phal Dessai and BJP MLA Nilkanth Halarnkar today at Durbar Hall, Dona Paula.
There are currently 30 ministers in the State Cabinet, including the chief minister, against the sanctioned strength of 34.
With that news, all 24 members of the Andra Pradesh Council of Ministers will tender their resignation en masse to CM on April 07.
