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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicOath-taking

Topic: oath-taking

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.

BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia, 44 other newly-elected Rajya Sabha members take oath

Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu urged the 45 members, including 36 first-timers, to uphold rules and procedures while discharging their duties as lawmakers.

Narendra Modi to meet MPs selected for ministerial berths before swearing-in ceremony

Winning a landslide victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PM elect Narendra Modi will take oath along with his new council of ministers at 7 pm.

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.

8 members of Lokpal take oath of office

They were administered the oath by Lokpal chairperson Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose.

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. 

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.