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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicOath-taking

Topic: oath-taking

Fadnavis is Maharashtra CM, Shinde & Pawar deputies after 11 days of suspense & an 11th hour surrender

BJP had been coaxing Eknath Shinde to join as deputy CM, but he didn’t give his consent till mere hrs before ceremony. Sena sources say he had put the condition of getting home portfolio.

Amritpal to be flown to Delhi, will take oath as MP along with Engineer Rashid in LS Speaker’s chamber

Amritpal, who is lodged in Dibrugarh jail, will be brought to Delhi in special aircraft arranged by Punjab govt, while Rashid is coming from Tihar. Both will return to jail same day.

‘Jai Palestine’, ‘Jai Hindu Rashtra’ slogans raise a storm in new Parliament building as MPs take oath

Apart from raising slogans, MPs flaunted traditional wear, held up Constitution copies and voiced concerns over NEET irregularities & Manipur at the 18th LS swearing-in.

Village sarpanch to 1st-time MLA — Bhajanlal Sharma takes oath as Rajasthan chief minister

Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa sworn in as state’s deputy chief ministers.

Congress MLA flouts ‘no person’ rule for oath-taking, swears in name of ‘aaradhya dhaiva’ Shivakumar

Others to violate the rule during oath-taking for new Karnataka assembly was BJP's Basanagouda Patil who swore on 'Hindutva & Goumata'. Several others took oath in the name of local deities.

Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar chief minister for 8th time, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav is deputy

‘Will those who came to power in 2014 be victorious in 2024,’ Kumar dares BJP after swearing-in, rules out ambition for Prime Minister’s post.

Will Modi ministry still face talent deficit or is it better placed after 5 years in power?

With Narendra Modi ready to take oath as PM, his new government must address the criticism of talent deficit in previous cabinet.

Mamata to skip Modi swearing-in, cites BJP invite to ‘kin of political violence victims’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said she would attend Modi's swearing-in ceremony as a mark of respect to a Constitutional office.

Mamata traffic row gets Bengaluru police thinking of way out of gridlock mess

Bengaluru’s traffic congestion is said to be the worst in India, and rains and the arrival of 23 leaders for Kumaraswamy's oath-taking ceremony made 23 May a particularly chaotic day. 

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Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

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