Lok Sabha Election

10:41 AM
First meeting of new Union Cabinet likely Friday evening

The first meeting of the new Union Cabinet is likely to be held Friday evening, official sources said.

05:29 PM
Amit Shah likely to be part of Modi Cabinet 2.0

BJP Chief Amit Shah joining the Cabinet came from Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani.

01:18 PM
Ahead of swearing in, Modi pays tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Ahead of being sworn in as the prime minister for a second consecutive term, Narendra Modi Thursday morning paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and BJP veteran late Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

12:17 PM
Narednra Modi meets Shah ahead of government formation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a final round of consultations with BJP president Amit Shah and is learnt to have given shape to his council of ministers ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of his new government in the evening.

06:11 PM
Modi to take oath on Thursday, will Amit Shah get into cabinet?

Narendra Modi will be sworn in as Prime Minister on Thursday at the head of a new government that will not have Arun Jaitley, who has opted out on health grounds, even as speculation mounted on whether BJP President Amit Shah would be part of it.

02:51 PM
Do not want to be a minister due to health reasons, Arun Jaitley writes to PM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he does not want to be a minister in the new BJP government due to health reasons.

12:59 PM
Priyanka Gandhi, Sachin Pilot meet Rahul Gandhi at his residence

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Tuesday arrived at the residence of party president Rahul Gandhi who has offered to step down from the party's top post.

03:28 PM
PM Modi credits grassroot workers for his victory

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday, profusely thanking Varanasi voters for electing him by a huge margin in the Lok Sabha elections.

01:28 PM
PM Modi transformed Kashi in five years, says Amit Shah

BJP president Amit Shah said on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transformed Kashi in the last five years.

01:15 PM
First session of 17th Lok Sabha likely from June 6-15

The 17th Lok Sabha's first session is likely to start from June 6 and go on till June 15.

11:52 AM
PM Modi performs 'pooja' at Kashi Vishawanath temple in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered prayers at Kashi Vishwanath temple, his parliamentary constituency from where he was re-elected by around five lakh votes in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls.

06:31 PM
Narendra Modi elected as the leader of the NDA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was unanimously elected leader of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance on Saturday at a meeting attended by its newly elected MPs and senior leaders in Parliament's Central Hall.

06:25 PM
Mamata Banerjee offers to quit as CM, party rejects

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday offered to quit as chief minister of West Bengal following her party's drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls but the TMC rejected it.

03:10 PM
Congress dismisses talk of Rahul Gandhi's resignation

Congress on Saturday dismissed reports that party president Rahul Gandhi has offered to resign from his post following the party's debacle in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

02:56 PM
President dissolves 16th Lok Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday dissolved the 16th Lok Sabha with immediate effect on recommendation of the Union cabinet, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement.

01:16 PM
Rahul Gandhi offers to resign as Congress president

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday offered to step down from his post taking moral responsibility of the humiliating defeat the party faced in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

06:37 PM
Union cabinet recommends dissolution of 16th Lok Sabha

The Union Cabinet on Friday recommended the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, government sources said.

06:12 PM
LS polls: NDA wins 352 seats, BJP crosses 300 mark

BJP has secured 303 seats, which is 22 more than it got in the 2014 elections and along with its allies the NDA took its tally up to 351 in the 17th Lok Sabha.

04:00 PM
TMC wins 22 LS seats, BJP makes deep inroads in Bengal

The ruling TMC has won 22 out of 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal.

03:20 PM
BJP crosses 300 mark, Congress bags 52 as counting nears end

The Narendra Modi-led BJP crossed the 300 mark and was leading in one seat as counting for votes for 542 Lok Sabha seats neared its end on Friday.

01:10 PM
Smriti Irani thanks Amethi for victory

BJP leader Smriti Irani Friday thanked the people here for helping the lotus bloom.

05:58 PM
Rahul Gandhi: I respect the decision and congratulate Smriti ji

Congress President Rahul Gandhi conceded defeat in Amethi and said, "I respect the decision and congratulate Smriti Irani ji".

05:28 PM
#ResultsOnDynamite: BJP leads on 300 LS seats, looks set to retain power

As BJP led in 300 Lok Sabha seats and was set to form the government at the Centre for the second time along with its NDA allies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday termed it as a win for India.

04:44 PM
BJP, ally maintain lead over rivals in UP

The BJP and its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) are leading in 61 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, according to Election Commission trends.