Leaders split on early polls, AAP tells Jung not to dissolve House.

M Veerappa Moily, one of only three Congress ministers to retain their Lok Sabha seats, assesses the reasons for the party’s poor performance:

Senior RSS functionaries including Bhagwat are also said to be particular that their routine work not be affected because of the BJP coming to power.

Nitish’s new neighbours will be Minor Irrigation Minister Awadhesh Kushwaha and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh.

On Tuesday, Manjhi took oath as the 23rd chief minister of Bihar.

Munusamy, who took oath as labour minister on Tuesday evening was also removed from the post of Krishnagiri district secretary.

The PMO Twitter handle was changed from @PMOIndia to @PMOIndiaArchive.

The SP leaders who faced action included 32 chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of various corporations, boards and councils.

Other areas of concern include the special package amount to be given to Seemandhra and the name to be given to the new capital.

Kerry’s statement came hours after Modi was invited by President Pranab Mukherjee to be sworn-in as the Prime Minister on May 26.

The Sena has won 18 Lok Sabha seats.

The BJP president also assured that Narendra Modi will deliver the promises made by the BJP during the election campaign.

Anandiben, 73, is senior to Shah. She is minister for urban development, revenue and disaster management.

At the Ahmedabad airport when Modi arrived from Delhi with Shah, Anandiben was there to welcome him.

Excerpts from PM designate Modi’s speech in Central Hall of Parliament.

Instead of replying to the notice, Srivastava sent in his resignation, said Patel.

The seven were declared elected by the Election Commission after conducting bypolls for the same on May 16.

The hoarding threatens to once again throw the faction-ridden Congress Mandya unit into disarray.

Remains quiet on loss in LS polls.

Meanwhile, the government has called a state cabinet meeting Tuesday morning to decide on other pending projects.

Asked why did she put in her papers now, Shikha Mitra said she had been waiting for the results of the Lok Sabha elections.

Sources said 'Asansol MP Babul Supriyo may get a berth in his ministry; he could be made minister of state for youth welfare'.

Besides basic renovation work, some changes, in terms of security arrangements, also had to be made, which were still being carried out until Saturday.

Poor communication strategy had been flagged as one of the reasons for the Congress’s poor performance in the Assembly as well as the Lok Sabha elections.