PM Modi’s cabinet reshuffle: What are the reasons for creating a new ministry?

PM Modi’s cabinet reshuffle: What are the reasons for creating a new ministry?

The Narendra Modi government has set up a ministry of cooperation and handed over its reins to the powerful home minister Amit Shah. The recent history of India’s ministry formations tells us two things. Creation or, for that matter, even dismantling of a ministry is always a political call. For the government of the day, … Read more

PM Modi to inaugurate 306-km stretch of WDFC on Jan 7: PMO

PM Modi to inaugurate 306-km stretch of WDFC on Jan 7: PMO

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 306-km New Rewari-New Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) via video-conferencing on January 7, a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Tuesday. Modi will also flag off the world’s first double-stack long-haul 1.5-km-long container train hauled by electric traction from … Read more