Karnataka

New Delhi, May 26: From promoting beauty products, to contesting the Miss India beauty pageant, to becoming the country's most sought after television bahu', and on Monday being sworn in as a minister in the Narendra Modi government - 38-year-old Smriti Irani's life has been a saga of meteoric rise to fame and success. A star in her own right, Smriti's political journey started in 2003 when she

Mangalore, May 26: Cheers and applause of jubilation erupted in front of BJP district office in Mangalore as Narendra Modi officially took oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi on Monday. Over 200 people gathered close to PVS Circle here to witness the historic moment of swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi, which was being telecast live across the country. A

New Delhi, May 26: Grand-niece of eminent freedom fighter Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, Najma Heptullah is the lone Muslim face in the Narendra Modi Cabinet. Once a prominent Congress member in the Rajya Sabha, she left the party in 2004 due to a strain in relationship with top party leaders for her close association with the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-headed NDA Government and joined the BJP. Heptullah

Bangalore, May 26: Ananth Kumar, once considered close to party patriarch LK Advani, is from the RSS stable and is known for his political adroitness with his ears close to the ground. Kumar became a sixth time Lok Sabha member from Bangalore South, defeating Congress candidate and IT Czar Nandan Nilekani by a margin of 2,28,575 votes in what had appeared to be a keen contest that would throw up a

New Delhi, May 26: Beginning his political career as a member of the Jan Sangh in late 1970s, former Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda makes his ministerial debut at the Centre. The ever-smiling 61-year Gowda earned national prominence being the President of the Karnataka unit of BJP when the party won the Assembly elections for the first time in South India in May 2008. Gowda, who

New Delhi, May 26: Narendrabhai Damodardas Modi- the man who led the NDA to a landslide victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections took oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India on Monday. After assuming office as the PM, he reached out to the country with a message he posted on his official website. Following is the complete text: My dear fellow Indians and citizens of the world, Namaste! A very warm

New Delhi, May 26: Marking the beginning of a new era in Indian politics, Narendra Modi was today sworn in Prime Minister at the head of a 45-member coalition government after the elections threw the first government with absolute majority in 30 years. 63-year-old Modi, the first leader to get a landslide majority for BJP on its own, became the 15th prime minister in a virtual 'coronation'

Mangalore, May 26: Amrit Paul has taken charge as Inspector-General of Police (Western Range) of Karnataka State Police. R Hithendra, city police commissioner, who was holding additional charge as IGP (WR) handed over charge to Paul, a 1995-batch IPS officer. Speaking after assuming office in the city, Mr Paul assured to meet expectations from all quarters. He said that he was well aware that the

Mangalore, May 26: The mandate given by the people is in clear favour of saffron ideology. This is the current mood of the country, said Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad national president Prof Murali Manohar. Speaking at the inauguration of the four-day annual National Executive Committee meeting at Sanghaniketan in the city on Monday, he said that the organisation 's prime role in the country

New Delhi, May 26: Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order of sending him to judicial custody. Kejriwal's lawyers mentioned the matter before a division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Sidharth Mridul for urgent hearing. The court posted the matter for Tuesday. Kejriwal is in judicial custody till June 6 after he refused