In a series of tweets, former Karnataka chief minister Siddharamaiah said the people's mandate was for continuation of the BJP-led government at the Centre, and not for 'toppling' the state government.
BJP president Amit Shah accompanied Modi to Varanasi, where the prime minister offered prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath temple soon after his arrival.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lost on all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi by huge margins.
President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other members of the Union Council of Ministers on May 30 at 7 p.m. at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
BJP leader Smriti Irani, who arrived in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi following the death of Surendra Singh (50), said, 'My request to all party workers is that we should exercise restraint.'
In a letter addressed to the people of Rae Bareli, the Congress leader Sonia Gandhi also thanked the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, which did not field any candidate against her.
'We believe the BJP's hyper-nationalism and Hindutva planks helped it win the elections. The NDA has not done anything worthwhile in the last 5 years,' MP minister Jaivardhan Singh said.
A photo of former Andhra Pradesh Gorantla Madhav and his ex-boss, CID Deputy Superintendent of Police Mahboob Basha exchanging salutes in the presence of other police officials have been going viral on the internet.
The SCS is a major demand of the YSRCP and Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, during his election campaign, had said he would support the party at the national level which promises to grant the status to Andhra Pradesh.
'My journey started with you in 2013 will end in 2020. My best wishes will be with the dedicated revolutionary ground workers of the party, hopefully, you will remain a strong alternative in Delhi', AAP MLA Alka Lamba tweeted.
Modi, who will be sworn in for the second term as Prime Minister on May 30, is visiting the state to seek the blessings of his mother Heeraben Modi.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi blamed veteran party members for pushing to choose their sons for tickets when Jyotiraditya Scindia pointed out that the local leaders should be groomed.
Addressing an Iftar dinner in Multan on Saturday, Qureshi said both India and Pakistan should sit on negotiation table to solve issues for the sake of prosperity and peace of the region.
After failing to convince the mother Mainaz Begum against it, the family in Parsapur Mahraur village has filed an affidavit seeking the registration of the name.
Alka Lamba claimed that she had raised questions about the party performance in the Lok Sabha polls which did not go down well with the AAP.
"The BJP-led government has to end this deception and take everyone along," Narendra Modi said, adding "we have to take even those along who didn't vote for us."
The Congress was reduced to just one seat in Maharashtra, with Suresh Dhanorkar winning from Chandrapur.
'Whichever party comes to power at the Centre, it cannot neglect the states. It is time to support and embrace all kinds of races,' M K Stalin said.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.