Politics

Seven women, including two in Cabinet roles, have been inducted into the new council of ministers as Prime Minister Narendra Modi commenced his third consecutive term.

BJP's first-ever MP from Kerala, Suresh Gopi, denied reports of quitting the Union ministry hours after taking the oath as Minister of State in the Modi 3.0 government.

President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to PM Modi, followed by senior leaders Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, and Nitin Gadkari. Notable ministers who retained their positions from the previous Cabinet include JP Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Nirmala Sitharaman, S. Jaishankar, and Manohar Lal Khattar.

In a significant development in the assault case against AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, the Delhi Police has added IPC Section 201 (destruction of evidence) against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s Personal Secretary, Bibhav Kumar. This addition could potentially increase the legal troubles for Kumar.

Ten people were killed and 33 injured after a bus carrying pilgrims to Shivkhori in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi was attacked by militants on Sunday. The bus, transporting pilgrims to the Shivkhori temple, came under attack in Teryath village in the Poni area.