Politics

The meeting between Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi lasted 40 minutes and terror was a key issue.

Danve retained the seat in 2004, 2009 and 2014. He was also twice elected to the Maharashtra Assembly.

Omar also reminisced about his own oath-taking as the Minister of state in the Union Government in 1999.

Singh (64) started his career from Motihari in Bihar as an ABVP Nagar Pramukh way back in 1967.

The swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as the 15th Prime Minister of India will be the biggest event so far to have been staged at Rashtrapati Bhavan with the guest list, which includes key leaders from SAARC countries, set to cross the 4,000 mark.

The biggest ceremonies at Rashtrapati Bhavan have seen a maximum of 1,500 to 2,000 guests. Modi's guest list is expected to cross the 4,000 mark.

Muslims in India comprise 14 percent of its 1.2 billion people, and are the world's third largest Muslim population.

"I think Mamata Banerjee doesn't have courage to face Modi after the kind of words she used," West Bengal BJP president Rahul Sinha said.

Kejriwal has been sent to 14-day judicial custody in the defamation case filed by Nitin Gadkari.

Earlier in the day it was reported that there was a rift between Sharif and Pakistan Army regarding Modi's invitation.

Earlier, there were reports that Mamata had asked her party MPs to not attend the ceremony.

The existing material on Manmohan Singh will be separately available under a new account on Twitter, said the PMO statement.

The visit is significant as Rahul has been accused of ignoring his constituency.

Today is the 23rd death anniversary of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. But there is no mention of it other than a small ad by the Haryana government.

BJP argues the post of the PM is permanent and nobody has exclusive right over what a PM does in his official capacity during his term in the office.

BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi broke down at the central hall of Parliament on Tuesday and said he revered the BJP like his mother.