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  Fight against Covid not over yet: PM stresses on vaccination, following protocols in cabinet meet

  India | June 30, 2021 23:23 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought suggestions from the ministers on how to expedite economic growth of the country post-pandemic.

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  Group of Ministers meet on current economic situation today

  Business | May 23, 2020 16:17 IST

  A meeting of a Group of Ministers will take place at the residence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at 5 p.m. on Saturday. This is the second such meeting of the ministers in six days. The last one was held on May 18.

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  Tweets now part of 'optics' for new Cabinet Ministers

  India | June 11, 2019 9:10 IST

  If Jaishankar, a diplomat-turned-administrator, took just a couple of days to master the platform, it is not difficult to imagine how a seasoned politician would use it. And make no mistake, all of them are on Twitter.

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  List of Cabinet portfolios PM Modi has kept with himself

  India | May 31, 2019 14:38 IST

  According to a press release by the Rashtrapati Bhawan, incumbent BJP chief Amit Shah has been allocated the Ministry of Home Affairs and Nirmala Sithraman has been announced as the new finance minister of India. PM Modi has kept as many as four portfolios with himself:

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  JNU VC congratulates alumni Sitharaman, Jaishankar for cabinet berths

  India | May 30, 2019 23:31 IST

  Former foreign secretary S Jaishankar is considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was a surprise pick, while Sitharaman, the first woman to be appointed as a full-time Defence Minister in September 2017, was sworn in for a second term as Union minister.

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  Sadananda: BJP veteran from Karnataka

  India | May 30, 2019 23:13 IST

  Sadananda Gowda got elected for the second time from the prestigious Bangalore North seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. He became the Union Minister for the first time in May 2014 in the NDA-1 government.

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  Prakash Javadekar in Modi Ministry again

  India | May 30, 2019 23:11 IST

  After playing different roles in the party's youth wing - Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Prakash Javadekar later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), serving in various positions including state party Secretary, was elected twice to the Maharashtra Legislative Council, and later to the Rajya Sabha.

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  Modi 2.0: No Suresh Prabhu, Jayant Sinha in cabinet

  India | May 30, 2019 23:10 IST

  Suresh Prabhu held the additional charge of Civil Aviation Ministry and took various measures to improve passenger experience. Prabhu also closely monitored the Modi government's flagship regional connectivity scheme (RCS) and has been credited with bringing many small towns on the aviation map.

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  Dr Harsh Vardhan: Two-time MP from crucial Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha seat

  India | May 30, 2019 23:09 IST

  In the recently concluded general elections, Dr. Harsh Vardhan defeated Congress candidate Jai Prakash Agarwal by a margin of 2,28,145 votes. While Vardhan received 52.94 votes, runner-up Agarwal polled 29.67 votes.

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  Smriti Irani: Giant killer of Lok Sabha battle, again in Modi cabinet

  India | May 30, 2019 23:43 IST

  An actor-turned-politician, Smriti Irani has been one of the more visible faces of the Modi government and has often been called upon to articulate the Bharatiya Janata Party's point of view.

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  Soft-spoken Santosh Gangwar becomes Cabinet minister in Modi 2.0

  India | May 30, 2019 20:23 IST

  He went on to represent Bareilly as BJP MP until 2009 when he had to face defeat by a narrow margin. He, however, returned in 2014 as an MP going on to become a minister in the Narendra Modi government.

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  Modi government first to have six women cabinet ministers: Sushma

  May 16, 2019 8:03 IST

  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday that Modi government is the first government after Independence to have six women Cabinet Ministers with two of them as members of the Cabinet Committee on Security.

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  Baghel assigns portfolios; keeps finance, gives home to Tamradhwaj Sahu

  India | December 27, 2018 19:47 IST

  Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday assigned portfolios to his Cabinet colleagues, keeping finance and mining with himself and giving the crucial home department to senior leader Tamradhwaj Sahu.

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  Punjab: 9 new Cabinet ministers sworn-in, 2 women MoS elevated

  India | April 21, 2018 23:55 IST

  Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore administered the oath of office to the new ministers.   

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  US President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden to lead high decibel US engagement with India

  World | September 10, 2015 12:52 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama along with Vice President Joe Biden and several of his Cabinet ministers are all set for a high-level engagement with the Indian leadership in a series of meetings later this

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  SC asks PM, CMs not to induct tainted people in ministry

  India | August 27, 2014 18:04 IST

  New Delhi: Stopping short of prescribing disqualification for tainted people becoming ministers, the Supreme Court today strongly advised Prime Minister and Chief Ministers not to induct in their ministry people against whom charges have been

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  BJP ministers to meet party workers every day

  Politics | July 03, 2014 16:46 IST

  New Delhi: In a bid to improve coordination between the party and the government, the BJP Wednesday decided that union ministers would visit the party office every day and meet party workers.This would lead to

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  Modi's Cabinet Ministers: Who got what

  Politics | May 27, 2014 10:30 IST

  New Delhi: Marking the beginning of a new era in Indian politics, Narendra Modi was today sworn in Prime Minister at the head of a 45-member coalition government after the elections threw the first government

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  Rajnath, Sushma Swaraj, Jaitley sworn in as cabinet ministers

  Politics | May 26, 2014 19:26 IST

  New Delhi: Senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley sworn in as cabinet ministers in the Narendra Modi-led government.M.Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, D.V.Sadananda Gowda, Uma Bharti, Najma Heptullah, Gopinath Munde and Smriti

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  Short profile of ministers who took oath with Narendra Modi today

  Politics | December 26, 2012 14:29 IST

  Ahmedabad, Dec 26:  Bhupendrasinh Chudasma- 4 term MLA (1990, 1995, 2002, 2012). In the 2002 Modi govt, he served as agriculture minister. One of the few prominent Kshatriya leader.Nitin Patel- Four term MLA (1995, 1998,