Anandiben Patel: Gujarat's power woman to be new Chief Minister of Gujarat
New Delhi: With Narendra Modi set to take charge as the new Prime Minister of the country, the deck is cleared for the election of a new leader of the BJP legislature party in Gujarat. According to sources, veteran leader Anandiben Patel is set to succeed Modi as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Anandiben Patel has been a long-standing minister in the Gujarat government and if appointed, she will be the state's first woman chief minister.
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Rahul and Sonia offer resignation after poll debacle, CWC says no
New Delhi: According to Congress sources, party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi have offered to resign at the CWC meeting. But the party has firmly rejected the offer and unanimously passed a resolution expressing full faith in
UK NRIs celebrate Modi's victory
London: Elated at landslide victory of the BJP in Lok Sabha elections, hundreds of party supporters in the UK are celebrating by organising various events, hoping for a better future for India under the new government. A series of election results mo
Modi has chance to redefine Indian politics: US think tanks
Washington: Describing the Narendra Modi-led BJP’s electoral victory as a “breathtaking landslide”, eminent American think tanks and experts have said the win has given him an opportunity to “redefine” Indian politics. &
Modis victory spells hope for Indians in Gulf
Dubai: There have been mixed reactions among expatriate Indians living in the Gulf countries following the landslide victory of the BJP, led by Narendra Modi, in the Indian general elections. While some expressed hope and enthusiasm, for others, ther
Congress drowned in Modi tsunami. Mamata, Jayalalithaa stand strong
New Delhi: In a historic election that would could have far-reaching implications for India's polity and its policies, Narendra Modi, a rank outsider to Delhi's politics, was poised to become the 14th prime minister of this diverse nation of 1.2 bill
First book on Modis life and vision to hit China market
New Delhi: A book on Narendra Modi's life, economic vision and foreign policy written by BJP MP Tarun Vijay, has been translated into Chinese and will hit the market in that country early next month. Vijay, a sinologist, said the book titled 'India's
Rajat Gupta seeks stay of prison surrender date
New York: India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta has sought a stay on a US court order to start serving a two-year sentence from June 17 on insider trading charges, contending that his bail conditions should be continued till his motion
Sujit Choudhry named dean of a top US law school
Washington: An Indian-American expert in comparative constitutional law has been named dean of a top law school in the US state of California. Sujit Choudhry, 44, is currently the Cecelia Goetz Professor at New York University School of Law and is th
