Politics

Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday took charge as the External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs Minister.

A discussion on the Polavaram river-linking project in Andhra Pradesh is also expected to be on agenda.

Barring Nirmala Sitharaman, who has been made MoS with Independent Charge, rest including Sushma Swaraj, Uma Bharti and Najma Heptulla, have been given Cabinet rank.

Rajnath Singh is likely to be the Home Minister in Modi government, Sushma may get Foreign Affairs and Jaitley Finance.

The former Punjab chief minister hoped that Jaitley's appointment will help Punjab.

Obama had congratulated Modi for his electoral victory during a telephone call on the day poll results showed a landslide electoral win for the BJP.

Will the veteran leaders be sidelined or will they get some charge of their stature, only time will tell.

On Friday, an Italian court revoked the freeze on 228 million euros of that figure.

Waqas was arrested under the IT Act, police said.

Even though there is a long list of leaders who will attend the ceremony, there are many who will give it a miss.

Deo said that if Rahul Gandhi would have implemented half of its promises, then Congress would not fared so badly in the polls.

As far as the educational profile of the MPs is concerned, 75 per cent among them have at least a graduate degree.

"The attitude towards the people and their problems is the same for both the Congress and the BJP," he said.

Kejriwal wrote a letter to his supporters explaining the reasons behind him being in jail even as the AAP launched a mass drive in Delhi.

AAP member Shazia Ilmi, who has been with the party since its inception, is also likely to quit on Saturday.

The Assembly has been convened by new Chief Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi to seek trust vote.