The Narendra Modi government, which was re-elected with a greater majority in for a second term, has retained Ajit Doval as the national security advisor. Doval has also been elevated to Cabinet rank from MoS rank and his service has been extended by five years.
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Amit Shah, who led the Bharatiya Janata Party to a spectacular victory in the Lok Sabha election has been given the charge of ministry of home affairs. Rajnath Singh will now head the defence ministry. S Jaishankar will be the new foreign minister.
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Narendra Modi has taken oath as India’s prime minister for the second time. Along with the PM, a total of 24 Cabinet ministers, 9 state ministers (independent charge) and 24 state ministers have taken oath.
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A day after Subedar Mohammad Sanaullah (retired) was declared a “foreigner” by an Assam foreigners’ tribunal, the Supreme Court ordered the National Register of Citizens coordinator to ensure a fair hearing of those who were left out without any shortcuts.
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Senior Congress leader and party media chief Randeep Surjewala said his party members wouldn’t participate in television debates for a month. Surjewala requested media channels to not place any of their representatives on their shows.
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A retired Army subedar, Mohammad Sanaullah, was detained, on Tuesday, in Assam after a foreigners’ tribunal declared him a “foreign national”. Sanaullah retired as subedar with the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers of Indian Army in August 2017.
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Mamata Banerjee decided to drop her plan to attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony because the BJP had invited the family members of around 50 of its workers in Bengal, who had been allegedly killed in political violence in her state.
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In Karnataka, the differences between the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government are increasing. To firefight the precarious situation, chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy met Muniyappa and Nagesh who requested ministerial posts for themselves.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party has sent a special invitation to the family members of around 50 party workers killed in political violence in West Bengal for Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony as the prime minister.
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Surendra Singh, a close political aide of Amethi’s newly elected MP Smriti Irani, who was killed within a day of the Lok Sabha election results were declared, fell victim to local political rivalry, police said.
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