Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take oath of office on May 30 at 7pm at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The members of Union council of ministers will also also take oath on the same day. The BJP on May 23 got an overwhelming majority in the Lok Sabha, crossing on its own the 300 mark while storming […]

Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Sunday spoke to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and expressed his desire for both the countries to work together for the betterment of their people, the Foreign Office said. Khan also congratulated Modi on his party’s electoral victory in Lok Sabha elections, Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said in a […]

The Lok Sabha scoreline settled with the BJP and NDA winning a landslide mandate, the attention now turns to the formation of the next govt. Stay with TOI for live updates.

All airports and immigration authorities have been alerted by the CBI to prevent former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar from leaving the country and intimate the agency on any possible move, officials said. The agency wants custodial interrogation of Kumar, a 1989-batch IPS officer, in connection with Rs 2,500 crore Saradha ponzi scam.

BJP president Amit Shah said the massive mandate underlined that governments will be elected on the basis of their performance, not dynasty, caste or appeasement politics. Shah also said the surgical strike and the Balakot air strikes proved that India has a leader who could target terrorists in their own backyard.

The Congress on Saturday rejected party president Rahul Gandhi’s offer of resignation amid dramatic scenes that saw the leader accept responsiblity for the Lok Sabha debacle even as he lashed out at senior leaders for putting the interests of their sons ahead of the party.

After an election season seen to be replete with polarising themes, PM Modi said on Saturday that minorities had long been made to live in fear by those who believed in vote-bank politics and that this deception needs to end to take everyone along. The PM said, “We have worked for ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’, […]

Mamata Banerjee on Saturday offered to quit the chief minister’s post and work as the Trinamool Congress chief to focus on reviving her party but the offer was duly turned down by her colleagues. “I don’t crave the chair, the chair needs me,” the Banerjee said after a review of TMC’s poll reverses.