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What happened with PM's official Twitter account is disgraceful: Meenakshi Lekhi

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): The official Twitter account for the Prime Minister of India's Office has been renamed with a new account slated to take its place soon. The account has been renamed @PMOIndiaArchive, complying with the RTI Act and has all the tweets posted by the office till May 20. The BJP has lashed out at the outgoing Prime Minister's team for resetting Manmohan Singh's account @PMOIndia and renaming it as @PMOIndiaArchive.

May 20, 2014

Jitan Ram Manjhi takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister

Patna, May 20 (ANI): Jitan Ram Manjhi, a close confidant of Nitish Kumar, who was handpicked by the outgoing Bihar chief minister to be his successor, took oath on Tuesday. A Nitish loyalist, sixty-year-old Manjhi, is known to be a soft-spoken politician who comes from a Mahadalit community. Manjhi was the SC/ST welfare minister in Nitish's cabinet. Nitish has, however, made it clear that he would lead the party's campaign in the 2015 Assembly election.

May 20, 2014

Book exhibition delights bibliophiles in Kashmir

Srinagar, May 20 (ANI): Enthusiasts belonging to varied age groups attended the unique book exhibition depicting the rich history of the Kashmir valley as a welcome step towards inculcating the passion of reading classics, especially among youth of Jammu and Kashmir. The exhibition showcased a blend of the modern with the ancient and included a wide range of books on history, geography, culture, tradition, ancient and contemporary literature, science and technology, Islam, Sufism and heritage of the state.

May 20, 2014

Congress is not ready to extend support to AAP in Delhi: Arvinder Singh Lovely

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): Speaking on the reports of Congress giving support to AAP to form government in Delhi, DPCC chief Arvinder Singh Lovely on Tuesday said that his party, Congress is not ready to extend support to AAP. He further said that Congress is ready to go to polls again.

May 20, 2014

Akhilesh Yadav sacks 36 SP leaders, Politicos react

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): After UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sacked 36 minister ranked leaders in UP, party leader Naresh Agrawal said that the decision was taken keeping in view the bad performance of the party in respective regions. Reacting on this, BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said that rather Akhilesh Yadav should have taken moral responsibility and should have resigned.

May 20, 2014

Syrian city of Tartus, a supplier of 'martyrs' for Assad

Tartus has itself largely escaped the conflict in Syria, but posters of its sons killed fighting for the regime elsewhere in the country line the western city's main road. Duration: 00:51

May 20, 2014

Sisi's greatest task will be rebuilding Egypt economy

Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to romp home in this month's presidential election, but his challenge will be fighting poverty and rebuilding the shattered economy. Duration: 01:55

May 20, 2014

UN warns against Ukraine vote 'miracle', fears exodus in east

A top UN rights official warned on Monday of a risk of a major exodus from rebel-held areas of east Ukraine because of the near collapse of basic services there. Duration: 01:21

May 20, 2014

Bureaucrats Prepare Action Plan Before Modi Takes Over

All department secretaries and joint secretaries of the government are asked to submit a personal report card along with a five year action plan to the PMO office.

May 20, 2014

Modi to be Sworn in as PM on 26 May; First Task to Fill his Cabinet

The next immediate task before the newly appointed PM Narendra Modi is the allotment of key portfolios of the union cabinet ministries to able MPs of the National Democratic Alliance.

May 20, 2014

President appointed Narendra Modi as countrys PM: Presidents Press Secretary

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): Press Secretary to President of India, V Rajamony on Tuesday announced that President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of the country.

May 20, 2014

Narendra Modi meets Prez; to take oath as PM on May 26

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): NDA's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Tuesday met President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan to stake claim to form the new government. Modi also informed that he along with his cabinet will take oath on May 26.

May 20, 2014

NDA delegation meets President to convey support to Narendra Modi- led govt

may20v16.flvNew Delhi, May 20 (ANI): NDA delegation headed by LK Advani and Rajnath Singh on Tuesday met President Pranab Mukherjee to convey support to Narendra Modi-led government. The delegation met after electing Modi as BJP Parliamentary party leader. Briefing the media, Rajnath Singh said that the party has submitted the resolution of the party supporting Modi and has requested him to consider inviting Modi to take oath as the Prime Minister. He also said that Modi will take oath on 26th May.

May 20, 2014

Emotional Modi Touches Advani's Feet, Bows Down at Parliament, Set to Be Sworn-in as PM on 26 May

Narendra Modi, will be sworn in as India's 14th Prime Minister at 6 pm on 26 May. He broke down and fought tears as he thanked his party colleagues for their support.

May 20, 2014

TDP to Take Call on Joining NDA Govt at Centre, Governor Praises Naidu as Workholic

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will soon decide whether or not to join the Cabinet of ministers in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre, to be formed shortly, said TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday evening.

May 20, 2014