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UP gets biggest slice of Modi ministries, followed by Maharashtra & Bihar

States going to assembly polls this year — Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand — got a total of 10 ministers in the Modi govt, including 4 cabinet posts.

Pratap Sarangi — the new entrant in Modi govt who stands out for his simplicity

BJP leader Pratap Sarangi continues to live in a mud and bamboo house & rides a bicycle to most places.

Modi sticks with Harsimrat Kaur Badal, picks her over husband Sukhbir

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, food processing minister in the previous Modi govt, is one of only two Akali MPs in Lok Sabha this time.

BJP leader JP Nadda likely to replace Amit Shah as BJP president

Nadda enjoys the confidence of the party's top brass and was left out of PM Modi's new council of ministers.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is the lone Muslim face in Modi’s new govt

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was the Minority Affairs Minister in the previous Modi government and is credited with major reforms in the Haj policy.

Many fresh faces in Modi govt as state BJP leaders get rewarded with ministerial berths

While only two state leaders — ex-Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhriyal & Karnataka’s Pralhad Joshi — will be cabinet ministers, numerous others have been made MoS.

New Modi govt — Amit Shah, Jaishankar in, Sushma, Maneka & Rathore out

A total of 58 ministers, including PM Modi, took oath late Thursday evening in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Sworn into new council of ministers, Sanjeev Balyan still under Muzaffarnagar riots shadow

The 46-year-old lawmaker has denied his involvement in the riots and has claimed that he has been booked in a false case.

Youngest cabinet minister in 2014, Smriti Irani gets a place again in second Modi govt

Smriti Irani was shifted out of the HRD Ministry to Textiles after a two-year tenure replete with controversies during PM Modi's first term.

Full list of ministers in the Modi govt in order of their oath-taking

The list of 58 ministers who took oath to form the second Modi government.

On Camera

Hormuz crisis won’t replace the dollar with yuan. De-dollarisation is a myth

Recent data does not support any dramatic shift away from the dollar. As per IMF, the share of international transactions conducted in dollars has declined from 56.90% to 56.77%.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.