India gets its PM Narendra Modi; Raisina Hill lightened up with colours
[Sensex soars ahead of Modi's swearing-in]
[Watch Live Narendra Modi swearing-in here
7:30 pm: Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony came to its end. All leaders, celebrities greeted Modi and his ministers. Rashtrapati Bhavan has been lightened up with different colours.
President
Pranab
Mukherjee,
PM
Narendra
Modi
with
the
Council
of
Ministers
at
President
House
forecourt
pic.twitter.com/axu9hCX4d4
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
7:20 pm: Dr Jintender Singh, Nirmala Seetharaman, Manoj Sinha, GM Siddeswara, Nihar Chand, Upendra Khushwaha, Radhakrishnan, Kiran Rijiju, Krishan Pal, Sanjeev Kumar Baliyan, Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, Raosaheb Dadasaheb Danve, Vishnu Dev Sai, Sudarshan Bhagat took oath as the Ministers of States (MoS).
7:00 pm: Shripad Naik made blunder as instead of reading the first paragraph of his speech, he read out the second para first while taking oath as the Minister of State (MoS).
6:59 pm: VK Singh, Inderjit Singh, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Shripad Naik, Dharmendra Pradhan, Sarbananda Sonowal, Piyush Goyal took oath as the Ministers of States (MoS).
6:50 pm: Radha Mohan Singh, Thawar Chand Gehlot and Smriti Irani, Dr Harsh Vardhan too took oath as the ministers of Modi's cabinet.
Delhi:
Smriti
Irani
takes
oath
as
a
Minister
#SwearingInCeremony
pic.twitter.com/TJWX7RczIE
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
6:45 pm: Harsimrat Kaur, Narendra Singh Tomar, Jual Oram took oath as Modi's cabinet ministers.
6:37 pm: Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Ananth Gangaram Geete took oath as cabinet ministers.
6:30 pm: Ram Vilas Pawan, Najma Heptullah, Gopinath Munde, Kalraj Mishra, Menaka Gandhi took oath.
Delhi:
Maneka
Gandhi
takes
oath
as
a
Minister
#SwearingInCeremony
pic.twitter.com/QHREmLD2pT
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
6:26 pm: Uma Bharti and former Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda took oath as Union Cabinet Ministers.
6:22 pm: Venkaiah Naidu and Nitin Gadkari took as cabinet ministers.
6:18 pm: Arun Jaitley too took oath as the cabinet minister.
6:16 pm: Swearin-on the name of God, Sushma Swaraj took oath as the cabinet minister.
6:14 pm: After Narendra Modi, BJP leader Rajnath Singh took oath as the cabinet minister.
6:10 pm: Led by President Pranab Mukherjee, Narendra Modi is taking oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India.
President
Pranab
Mukherjee
greets
PM
Narendra
Modi
after
the
latter
takes
oath
pic.twitter.com/nob7JO3o93
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
6:00 pm: Finally, the PM-designate Narendra Modi, clad in off-white kurta and Nehru jacket, arrived at the venue. He will take oath shortly. He is seating beside Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and other BJP leaders.
5:57 pm: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai came in a BMW. He exchanged greetings with all Kalam, Manmoha Singh, Sharif, Sonia Gandhi, Koirala.
Afghanistan
President
Hamid
Karzai
at
President
House
to
attend
PM-designate
Narendra
Modi's
swearing-in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/uLlJldRXDE
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
5:52 pm: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Earlier Tamil Nadu leader Vaiko had protested against him and was detained at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
5:46 pm: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Nepal PM Sushil Koirala also have arrived.
Delhi:
Pakistan
PM
Nawaz
Sharif
at
President
House
forecourt
to
attend
PM-designate
Narendra
Modi's
oath
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/mGUpQF6wgn
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
5:40 pm: Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, outgoing PM Manmohan Singh reached the venue. NDA leaders and UPA leaders greeted each other.
Sonia
Gandhi
&
Rahul
Gandhi
at
President
House
forecourt
to
attend
PM-designate
Narendra
Modi's
oath
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/XjpgNRSuFu
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
5:30 pm: Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Kirron Kher, Anupam Kher, Vivek Oberoi, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Anil Ambani, Dharmendra, Bappi Lahiri, Abdul Kalam arrived in Raisina Hill.
5:25 pm: Former Union Minister P Chidambaram too arrived for Modi's swearing-in ceremony.
P
Chidambaram
at
Rashtrapati
Bhawan
forecourt
to
attend
PM-designate
Narendra
Modi's
swearing-in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/ge7x3aX0OL
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
5:20: All senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Murli Manohar Joshi have arrived at the venue. BJP's ally Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and TDP N Chandrababu Naidu along with their family members also turned up to the venue.
5:10 pm: Mukesh Ambani along with wife Nita Ambani reached President House forecourt to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi's oath ceremony.
Delhi:
Mukesh
Ambani
&
Nita
Ambani
at
President
House
forecourt
to
attend
PM-designate
Narendra
Modi's
oath
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/8zedvAZK4q
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
5:00 pm: Pakistan PM Naawaz Sharif left hotel for PM-designate Narendra Modi's oath-taking ceremony which will be held at Rastrapati Bhavan. Meanwhile, Modi's close aides Amit Shah and Ram Madhav reached the venue.
4:55 pm: Outgoing Prime Minister of India -- Dr Manmohan Singh met Nepal PM Sushil Koirala.
4:25 pm: Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan along with father Rakesh Roshan arrived in Delhi to attend Modi's swearing-in ceremony. Speaking about Modi's governance, Bollywood's actor-director Rakesh Roshan said, "Good days have come. It's a big day for everyone as Modi will take oath as the 15th PM."
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Rakesh
Roshan
arrive
in
Delhi
to
attend
PM-designate
Narendra
Modi's
swearing-in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/pjuuNdD5N0
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
3:30 pm: I will live up to the expectations to the best of my abilities: Smriti Irani; Irani may be offered the HRD, Ananth Kumar could be the next Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Radha Mohan Singh could take charge as the next Agriculture Minister, TDP's Ashok Gajapathi Raju could take charge as the next Civil Aviation Minister.
3:15 pm: Ramdas Athavale will not attend swear in ceremony. Disappointed as he doesn't get a berth.
3:13 pm: Nepal PM To gift Modi with the replica of Pashupatinath
PM-designate
Narendra
Modi
along
with
Rajnath
Singh,
Sushma
Swaraj
&
Arun
Jaitley
at
President
House
forecourt
pic.twitter.com/uak9wFosdf
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
3:10 pm: Humei poori umeed hai ki acche din jaldi aa jayenge,petrol diesel ke daam kam ho jayenge,aatankwaad khatam ho jayega : Rajiv Shukla,Congress
3:00 pm: Smriti Irani: Day of rejoicing for those who believe in democracy, assure we shall fulfill each pledge that we made.
Smriti
Irani:
Day
of
rejoicing
for
those
who
believe
in
democracy,assure
we
shall
fulfill
each
pledge
that
we
made
pic.twitter.com/0qWbJyqsFc
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
2:40 pm: List of Cabinet Ministry as per Hindustan Times:
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Rakesh
Roshan
arrive
in
Delhi
to
attend
PM-designate
Narendra
Modi's
swearing-in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/pjuuNdD5N0
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
2:30 pm: Former President Pratibha Patil hopeful of Modi's tenure
Have
come
to
extend
greetings
to
him
(Modi),
every1
is
hopeful
he'll
do
good
work:
Pratibha
Patil
(Fmr
Prez
of
India)
pic.twitter.com/yyNV2Lt2zi
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
#NaMoCabinet
-
Ramdas
Athavale
will
not
attend
swear
in
ceremony.
Disappointed
as
he
doesn't
get
ministerial
berth
on
@IBN7
—
Kirandeep
IBN7
(@raydeep)
May
26,
2014
2:30 pm: Great excitement in the nation, a new work culture is expected. We will be the differentiating mark: P Javadekar.
Salman Khan and family reach hotel Taj Mansingh.
2.25 pm: Arun Jaitley to get both finance and defence portfolios, Times Now cites sources as saying.
Live:
@narendramodi
set
to
be
Prime
Minister,
24
Cabinet
ministers
to
take
oath
http://t.co/rM9RqNXbhu#ModiMinistry
pic.twitter.com/PCJZR2Es60
—
Hindustan
Times
(@htTweets)
May
26,
2014
2:15 pm: Maldives' President Abdulla Yameen arrives in Delhi, to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony.
2:10 pm: Ram Madhav, RSS: All SAARC countries accepting invite shows they regard India as an influential country in the region
1:25 pm: We have very high expectations, hope he will live up to it-Hussain Sharif(Son of Nawaz Sharif) on Modi
1:20 pm: Hema Malini on Modi : People have high hopes from him, am sure he will fulfill them
Dharmendra on Modi : Jis nagri ke badshah faqir hote hain ho uss nagri ke faqir badshah hote hain
Delhi:
Salim
Khan
and
Sohail
Khan
at
Hotel
Taj
Mansingh
pic.twitter.com/vhs1Rv0Jej
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Maldives
President
Abdulla
Yameen
arrives
in
Delhi
to
attend
PM-designate
Narendra
Modi's
swearing-in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/Byf8Ohp3U7
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
1:15 pm: UP CM Akhilesh Yadav arrives in Delhi to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony.
Maldives
President
Abdulla
Yameen
arrives
in
Delhi,
to
attend
PM-designate
Narendra
Modi's
swearing-in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/fuE7EcYDSu
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Ram
Madhav,RSS:
All
SAARC
countries
accepting
invite
shows
they
regard
India
as
an
influential
country
in
the
region
pic.twitter.com/cRw8e5F53I
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
1:10 pm: As per Aaj Tak reports, Salman Khan would be a part of the swearing-in ceremony.
Varanasi:
Narendra
Modi's
supporters
make
a
sand
sculpture
of
him
pic.twitter.com/lhFnrLKdeu
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
1:05 pm: Yes I am the sole minister from Shiv Sena in the cabinet,more will be inducted after cabinet expansion in a month-Anant Geete, Shiv Sena.
1:00 pm: Rajnikanth's wife Latha will be attending the swearing-in.
Celebrations
at
sandy
banks
of
river
Ganga
on
Modi’s
swearing
in
ceremony.
Big
day
for
BJP
workers
in
Varanasi
pic.twitter.com/s23CZCiFlE
—
Pawan
Dixit
(@Pawanht)
May
26,
2014
Ganga
poojan
at
Dashashwamedh
ghat
for
Modi’s
swearing
in.
1/2
pic.twitter.com/vZoePc3Jce
—
Pawan
Dixit
(@Pawanht)
May
26,
2014
The
lotus
blooms.
Picture
sent
in
by
CNN-IBN
video
journalists.
pic.twitter.com/saAKjdoWoW
—
CNN-IBN
News
(@ibnlive)
May
26,
2014
12:50 pm: Day-long celebrations in Varanasi.
12:45 pm: Arun Shourie to be the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission.
Chennai
:
MDMK
workers
protest
against
SL
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa's
visit
pic.twitter.com/raJN0onynB
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Thawar
Chand
Gehlot,BJP
:
We
will
work
for
the
development
of
all
the
states
under
the
leadership
of
Modiji
pic.twitter.com/VaNo7mZuBj
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
12:35 pm: Thawar Chand Gehlot,BJP : We will work for the development of all the states under the leadership of Modiji.
Salim
Khan
and
Sohail
Khan
leave
for
Delhi
to
attend
Narendra
Modi’s
swearing
in
ceremony
#ModiCabinet
pic.twitter.com/4KWRUdR7O9
—
TIMES
NOW
(@timesnow)
May
26,
2014
12:30 pm: Superstar Salman Khan's father Salim Khan, and brother Sohail leave for Delhi.
12:20 pm: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray leaves for New Delhi to attend Narendra Modi's swearing in ceremony
Delhi
:
MDMK
workers
break
barricades
while
protesting
against
Srilankan
PM
Mahinda
Rajapakse's
visit
pic.twitter.com/JmR6PMlqLR
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
12:15 pm: Vaiko detained
12:15 pm: Likely ministers of state: Dharmendra Pradhan, Dr Jitender Singh, Rao Inderjit Singh, Santosh Gangwar, Krishna Pal Gujjar, Sanjeev Kumar Baliyan Mansukhbhai, Dhanjibhai Vasava, Raosaheb Dhanve, Vishnu Dev, Sudarshan Bhagat.
Meanwhile, Nitish Kumar said,"I congratulate Modi. We hope that Bihar is given a special status. I hope they can live up to the expectations."
12:10 pm:
Grateful
to
Modi
ji
for
this
opportunity(probable
cabinet
berth),
will
fulfill
people's
wishes-Santosh
Gangwar,BJP
pic.twitter.com/qpSy4cNAaR
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
12:05 pm: Akhilesh Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav to participate in the swearing-in ceremony [Read]
Yes,
probably
I
will
be
a
minister
in
the
cabinet,I
dont
know
about
the
portfolio
yet-Rao
Inderjit
Singh,BJP
pic.twitter.com/5gFjrnxjaQ
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
12:00 am: "Yes, probably I will be a minister in the cabinet,I dont know about the portfolio yet", Rao Inderjit Singh, BJP
11:55 am: Likely Ministers of State (Independent Charge): Gen VK Singh (Retd), Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Prakash Javadekar, as per Times Now.
11:50 am: West Bengal celebrates Modi swearing-in. [Read]
11:45 am: As per Times Now Cabinet Rank ministers may also include: Najma Heptullah, Smriti Irani, Thawar C Gehlot, Sadananda Gowda, Narendra Singh Tomar. Jual Oram, Radha Mohan Singh, Ram Vilas Paswan, Harsimrat Badal, Anant Geete, Ashok G Raju.
11:40 am:
Ofcourse
we
want
Narendra
Modi
ji
to
develop
this
nation
under
his
leadership-Shabana
Azmi
pic.twitter.com/UhTIdHYNdo
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
11:35 am: The official list of 45 ministers in Narendra Modi's cabinet is out. While 24 of them would be part of the Cabinet, 11 would be holding Minister of State profile and the rest 10 will be independent portfolios. Among the list are:Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Ananth Kumar, Ravishankar Prasad, Venkaiah & Gadkari,
Other Cabinet Rank Ministers likely to take oath: Gopinath Munde, Uma Bharti, Dr Harshvardhan, Kalraj Mishra, Maneka Gandhi. No Murli Manohar Joshi in 'Below 75' Narendra Modi Cabinet.
MoS ministers: Kiren Rijiju, Krishan Pal Gujjar, Sanjeev Baliyan, Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve, Vishnu Dev Sahai and Sudarshan Bhagat
Formal
announcements
of
cabinet
ministers
will
be
made
later,me
and
other
probables
met
Modiji-Kiran
Rijiju,BJP
pic.twitter.com/TkqOsuciWk
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
11:30 am: According to sources List of MoS include G.M. Siddeshwara, Manoj Sinha, Upendra Kushwaha, Pon Radhakrishnan, Kiren Rijiju, Krishan Pal Gujjar, Sanjeev Baliyan, Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve, Vishnu Dev Sahai and Sudarshan Bhagat.
"Formal announcements of cabinet ministers will be made later,me and other probables met Modiji", said Kiran Rijiju,BJP.
11:25 am: According to CNN-IBN, Narendra Modi may keep defence ministry to himself.
11:20 am: According to Times Now, 24 Cabinet Ministers and 11 Ministers of State to be sworn-in today.
Afghan
President
Hamid
Karzai
arrives
in
Delhi
pic.twitter.com/V6kB7Kf6No
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Afghan
President
Hamid
Karzai
arrives
in
Delhi
to
attend
Narendra
Modi's
swearing
in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/V62LSBPwwB
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
11:15 am: Hamid Karzai arrives in New Delhi.
Prime
Minister
of
Nepal,Sushil
Koirala
arrives
in
Delhi
to
attend
Narendra
Modi's
swearing
in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/Te1t6ZKnXL
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
11:10 am: Nepal PM Sushil Koirala has arrived.
11:00 am: Narendra Modi is going to be the only Prime Minister to take oath from the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan
Pakistan
Prime
Minister
Nawaz
Sharif
arrives
in
Delhi
to
attend
Narendra
Modi's
swearing
in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/cuJfq8XNPf
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Pakistan
Prime
Minister
Nawaz
Sharif
in
Delhi
pic.twitter.com/R9w5fmJOJO
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
10:55 am: Nawaz Sharif arrives at New Delhi. [Read]
10:50 am: There are 6 from the BJP and 1 from Shiv Sena: Gopinath Munde when asked how many Maharashtra leaders have got a cabinet position
All
probable
ministers
met
for
tea
with
Modi
ji,our
national
president(Ramvilas
Paswan)
was
also
there-Chirag
Paswan
pic.twitter.com/u9oFwmc6Tl
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Modi
ji
said
we
will
decide
the
portfolios
after
the
oath
taking
ceremony-Gopinath
Munde,BJP
pic.twitter.com/O01YrwsV7R
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Delhi
:
Vaiko
and
MDMK
workers
protest
against
Srilankan
President
Mahinda
Rajapakse's
visit
pic.twitter.com/qDK8IQtWbZ
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
10:40 am: MDMK protests against Rajapakse's arrival. He said,"we have come to Delhi to register our protest to the arrival of the Butcher of Tamils, the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse."
It
was
just
an
informal
meeting
over
tea-Najma
Heptullah,BJP
after
meeting
Modi
pic.twitter.com/L0Gt8J9p9K
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Wait
till
the
oath
taking
ceremony
in
the
evening,cant
say
anything
now-Upendra
Kushwaha,RLSP
after
meeting
Modi
pic.twitter.com/LA8aw6fTiL
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Met
Modi
ji
over
tea,thankful
to
him
for
giving
me
this
opportunity(potential
cabinet
berth)-Radha
Mohan
Singh,BJP
pic.twitter.com/rX9LjzYAgZ
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Yes
I
will
be
going
for
the
(Narendra
Modi's)
swearing
in
ceremony-Sharad
Pawar
pic.twitter.com/68BfNi3eei
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
10:35 am: Nripendra Mishra to be Principal Secretary to new Prime Minister. Nazma Heptullah says that this is not a day to celebrate, but to assume responsibilities.
10:30 am: The ceremonial menu would include Chicken Hazarvi, Tandoori Alu, Galauti Kabab, Chicken Chettinad (Tamil Nadu), Potol Dorma (West Bengal), Sandesh (West Bengal) and other regional delicacies. [Read More]
Delhi
is
gearing
up
to
host
3000
VVIP
guests.
Bhutan
PM
Lyonchen
Tshering
Tobgay
has
arrived.
#ModiCabinet
pic.twitter.com/uFIgFjpKcm
—
CNN-IBN
News
(@ibnlive)
May
26,
2014
Speaker
of
the
Bangladesh
Parliament,
Dr.
Shirin
Sharmin
Chaudhury
arrives
for
Narendra
Modi's
swearing-in.
#PMModi
pic.twitter.com/YZzeqTswvD
—
CNN-IBN
News
(@ibnlive)
May
26,
2014
Manmohan
Singh,
Sonia,
Rahul
Gandhi
have
been
sent
invitations
for
the
dinner
for
heads
of
state
#PMModi
pic.twitter.com/WojqTu8K4R
—
CNN-IBN
News
(@ibnlive)
May
26,
2014
10:30 am: Bhutan PM Lyonchen Tshering Tobgay has arrived.
10:25 am: We are getting the inside details: Gopinath Munde will be a cabinet minister. DR Harshvardhan may get Health.
10:20 am: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif before leaving Lahore: I am carrying a message of peace from Pakistan. Talks are the only solution to regional problems. Our priority is to have good relations with all neighbours including India. [Read]
10:15 am: Ministerial probables have tea with Modi at Gujarat Bhawan, MM Joshi not present. BJP's Kalraj Mishra gets call from Modi, may get a ministerial berth, say sources. Assam BJP Chief Sarbananda Sonowal likely to get a ministerial berth.
10:00 am: Upendra Kushwaha, Thawar Chand Gehlot likely to get ministerial berths. Santosh Gangwar and LJP's Chirag Paswan likely to get ministerial berths. Uma Bharti, Maneka Gandhi, Venkaiah Naidu, Ananth Kumar likely to get key berths.
I
feel
honoured
&
privileged
to
be
invited
to
witness
history
in
the
making!
Today
will
be
a
golden
day
to
remember!
@narendramodi
#NaMoPm
—
Vivek
Oberoi
(@vivek_oberoi)
May
26,
2014
Yes
I
am
going
for
Modi
ji's
ceremony,its
not
a
victory
of
BJP
alone,
but
a
victory
for
India-Anupam
Kher
pic.twitter.com/0LqKohugt1
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Attending
Narendra
Modi's
swearing
in,good
decision
to
invite
SAARC
leaders,good
they
are
coming
too-Javed
Akhtar
pic.twitter.com/nrVQt0kDBt
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
9: 55 am: What celebrity invitees say about the ceremony; Amitabh Bachchan and Rajnikanth not attending. [Read]
President
of
Sri
Lanka,
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
arrives
in
Delhi
to
attend
Narendra
Modi's
swearing
in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/ddWuB1SgSj
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
9:45 am: Ananth Kumar could be the next Parliamentary Affairs Minister, say sources.
Srilankan
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
arrives
in
Delhi
to
attend
Narendra
Modi's
swearing
in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/e0Y3rT2kWf
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
9:35 am: Rajnath Singh may get Home Ministry.
Sri Lankan President arrives at New Delhi. This may trigger protests in the city. [Read]
9:30 am: Amit Shah may stay out of the Cabinet, but is likely to get the party President.
Prime
Minister
of
Mauritius
Navinchandra
Ramgoolam
arrives
in
Delhi
to
attend
Narendra
Modi's
swearing
in
ceremony
pic.twitter.com/AVfuJtuWIJ
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
9:25 am: RSS old timer Radha Mohan Singh also called by Narendra Modi to the Gujarat Bhavan. Ravi Shankar Prasad tipped to be I&B minister.
Meanwhile, Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has arrived in New Delhi.
9:20 am: Sushma Swaraj tipped to be External Affairs Minister, Arun Jaitley may be the Finance Minister. Nitin Gadkari likely to get infrastructure or surface transport.
9:20 am: 17 Cabinet rank ministers expected to be sworn in today. 18 Ministers of State likely to be sworn in today.
9:20 am: In this cabinet our one MP, Anant Geete will be taking oath as a minister-Sanjay Raut,Shiv Sena
9:10 am: Cabinet list sent to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
9:05 am: Prospective ministers start getting calls from Rashtrapati Bhavan. Dr Harsh Vardhan gets call from Narendra Modi for ministerial berth. Nirmala Sitharaman, Gen VK Singh get calls from Narendra Modi for ministerial berths.
9:00 am: Sushma Swaraj arrives to meet Narendra Modi
8:55 am: Gadkari at Gujarat Bhavan. Foreign ministers and state chief's including that of Afghanistan, Maldives to arrive at New Delhi shortly.
8:50 am:
Ravi
Shankar
Prasad
and
Nirmala
Sitharaman
at
Gujarat
Bhavan
to
meet
Narendra
Modi
pic.twitter.com/f9EusCIst4
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
8:45 am:
Special
prayers
held
for
Narendra
Modi
in
Varanasi
pic.twitter.com/xcYXmW9J3K
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
Narendra Modi's mantra of minimum government, maximum governance will showcase a pyramid structure, where its lean at the top and expanded at the bottom in the grassroot level.
8:40 am: Nirmala Sitaraman meet Modi in Gujarat Bhavan
8:35 am: Narendra Modi is at Gujarat Bhavan
8:30 am: Modi leaves from Vajpayee's residence and heads to Gujarat Bhavan.
PM-Designate
Narendra
Modi
leaves
from
Atal
Behari
Vajpayee's
residence
pic.twitter.com/e6IHiEvy63
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
8:25 am: Security has been beefed up at the Rashtrapati Bhavan where the swearing-in will be done. Among the security forces include sharpshooters, NSG, defence and paramilitary forces.
Close to 4,000 guests invited for the occasion. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is also expected to be there.
8:20 am: Heading toward Atal Bihari Vajpayee's residence
PM-Designate
Narendra
Modi
pays
homage
at
Rajghat
pic.twitter.com/MCtIa8xX9v
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
PM-Designate
Narendra
Modi
pays
homage
at
Rajghat
pic.twitter.com/ubKz3AKK14
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
PM-Designate
Narendra
Modi
at
Rajghat
pic.twitter.com/V0OfvRVwjh
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
PM-Designate
Narendra
Modi
at
Rajghat
pic.twitter.com/HDOuz2iCOA
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
PM-designate
Narendra
Modi
to
pay
homage
at
Rajghat
today,
security
tightened
ahead
of
his
visit
pic.twitter.com/A4gEGPAUOt
—
ANI
(@ANI_news)
May
26,
2014
8:15 am: Narendra Modi reaches Rajghat and pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. [Read]
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