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Modi Cabinet: Jaitley, Shourie top contenders for Finance Ministry

Jockeying for key posts in Team Narendra Modi has intensified as the swearing-in ceremony will take place on Monday, May 26. Sources have now told CNN-IBN that Arun Jaitley and Arun Shourie are the top two contenders for the Finance Ministry.



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PM Modi to quit as Gujarat CM today, Anandiben likely to succeed him

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will quit as the Gujarat Chief Minister on Tuesday. Following Modi's resignation, Gujarat will get a new Chief Minister.



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After rout in LS polls, Cong, NCP discuss Maharashtra Assembly poll plan

After suffering a rout in the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, Congress and NCP leaders met in Mumbai on Tuesday night to deliberate on their plan of action to face the crucial Assembly polls later this year.



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Row over renaming of PMOIndia Twitter handle to PMOIndiaArchive

While the country sees change of guard at the Prime Minister's, a row has erupted over a change of guard on Twitter. This after the PMO Twitter handle was changed from @PMOIndia to @PMOIndiaArchive, automatically transferring its content and 1.24 million followers to the new account.



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Hope the BJP accepts different religions, sexualities, Ramdev not a great role model: Sonam Kapoor

The Narendra Modi wave has also reached the Cannes Film Festival and actor Sonam Kapoor spoke to CNN-IBN's Sushant Mehta on her expectations from the new Prime Minister and the government. She said even though there are some people connected to the BJP who are not great role models, she expects the party to adapt itself to diversity in the society.



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Narendra Modi in tears: How India saw the softer side of a tough man

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was formally elected as the leader of the BJP's parliamentary party on Tuesday. Modi, who entered Parliament or its Central Hall for the first time, was highly emotional and for the first time perhaps, the country saw the soft side of a man known for his tough image.



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Tamil Nadu: No role for AIADMK at the Centre despite landslide victory

Despite a massive showing in the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu, the road leading to the Red Fort in New Delhi seems too distant for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Even after winning 37 out of 39 seats in the state, the AIADMK supremo will have no say in the formation of the next government as the BJP has achieved a majority in Parliament on its own.



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Impressed by Modi's inclusive, conciliatory statements: Shashi Tharoor

While many were moved to tears after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emotional speech in Parliament at the BJP's Parliamentary party meeting, the Congress wasn't far behind. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that he was impressed by Modi's speech.



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Gujarat: Vadnagar lauds its son, PM-elect Narendra Modi

The country's most famous chai-wala (tea seller), Narendra Modi's unprecedented success is no surprise for people of the sleepy town of Vadnagar in Gujarat's Mehsana district. This is where he was born. modi's younger sister, Vasantiben, who lives in Visnagar, a few miles away, tells us she had faith in her brother's abilities.



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After Andhra poll rout, Cong workers feel they have let down Sonia

After the dismal performance of the Congress in the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, a pandemonium broke out on Tuesday at the Congress meeting in Hyderabad.



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