Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Once Worked For Tatas: 5 Facts
NDTV News Desk | Wednesday July 28, 2021, BengaluruBasavaraj Bommai, 61, is Karnataka's new Chief Minister. A close aide of BS Yediyurappa and former state Home Minister, Mr Bommai comes from a political family but he is trained as a mechanical engineer.
'32 Years Later...': Basavaraj Bommai To Be New Karnataka Chief Minister
Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Tuesday July 27, 2021, New DelhiThirty two years after SR Bommai lost the Karnataka Chief Minister's post following defections, Basavaraj Bommai takes over. He succeeds BS Yediyurappa who resigned on Monday.
Space, The Final Frontier For Billionaire Richard Branson
Agence France-Presse | Monday July 12, 2021, LondonAs famous for his thrill-seeking lifestyle and publicity stunts as for his vast business empire, Richard Branson can now check "astronaut" off his to-do list after successfully completing his first spaceflight.
Sarbananda Sonowal Back In PM Modi's Cabinet For A Second Time
Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday July 08, 2021, GuwahatiSarbananda Sonowal, among the Narendra Modi government's first two minsters from the northeast, is likely to be back in the Union ministry after a five-year stint in Assam.
Bhupender Yadav, BJP's Organisation Man, In Union Cabinet Now
Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 07, 2021, New DelhiBhupender Yadav has long been the go-to person for the BJP top brass for handling a variety of challenges and issues.
Kaushal Kishore, MP From UP's Mohanlalganj, Inducted In Union Cabinet
Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 07, 2021, LucknowHaving spent over three decades in public life, Kaushal Kishore on Wednesday was sworn in as a union minister in the Narendra Modi government.
Santanu Thakur, Matua Leader From Bengal, Becomes Union Minister
Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 07, 2021, KolkataIt was a family feud that brought Santanu Thakur into politics and now he is one of the most influential leaders of the politically-crucial Matua community of West Bengal.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, Once Close To Rahul Gandhi, Now PM Modi's Minister
Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday July 07, 2021, New DelhiJyotiraditya Scindia, longtime Congress leader turned BJP man whose defection along with 22 loyalists brought Kamal Nath's government crashing down -- has received got his reward.
Pashupati Paras, Who Led LJP Coup, Inducted In Union Cabinet
NDTV News Desk | Wednesday July 07, 2021, New DelhiPashupati Paras, the Hajipur MP who led the Lok Janshakti Party coup against his brother Ram Vilas Paswan's son Chirag Paswan in Bihar, is likely to be inducted in the Union Cabinet today.
Assam Ex-Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal May Join Central Cabinet
Written by Ratnadip Choudhury , Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Tuesday July 06, 2021, GuwahatiFormer Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal was sounded on a possible central role earlier when Himanta Biswa Sarma replaced him. The inclusion of Dr RK Ranjan Singh, meanwhile, relates to the 2022 Manipur polls amid unrest in the state BJP.
"Changemakers For Their Generation": Several Indian Teens On Diana Award List
NDTV News Desk | Tuesday June 29, 2021, New DelhiSeveral teenagers from across the country have won the coveted Diana Award for advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Daughter of Odisha Man Who Carried Wife's Corpse Clears Class 10 Exams
Press Trust of India | Saturday June 26, 2021, BhubaneswarChandini Majhi, the daughter of Dana Majhi who carried his wife's corpse on his shoulders for 10 km after allegedly being denied a hearse by the government hospital in Odisha's Kalahandi district, was among the 2,81,658 girls who cleared the exams.
Indian-Origin Journalist Wins Pulitzer Prize For Exposing China's Detention Camps For Muslims
Press Trust of India | Saturday June 12, 2021, New YorkMegha Rajagopalan, an Indian-origin journalist, won the Pulitzer Prize for innovative investigative reports that exposed a vast infrastructure of prisons and camps secretly built by China for detaining hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Xinjiang.
Siddharth Pithani, Arrested In Drugs Probe, Was Sushant Rajput's Flatmate
Edited by NDTV Newsdesk | Friday May 28, 2021Siddharth Pithani reportedly stayed with Sushant Singh Rajput between April 2019 and June 2020, and also said to have served as his creative manager.
Veena George, Kerala's 1st Woman Journalist-Turned-Politician, Now Minister
Press Trust of India | Friday May 21, 2021, ThiruvananthapuramJournalist-turned-politician Veena George will helm Kerala's Health Ministry in the successive LDF cabinet, replacing KK Shailaja at a time when the state is witnessing an unprecedented Covid-19 surge.
