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Balendra Shah (PTI image) Balendra Shah on Friday took oath as Nepal’s youngest Prime Minister. He assumed the office under Article 76(1) of the Constitution as the parliamentary party leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). His oath was administered by President Ramchandra Paudel at the President’s Office, Sheetal Niwas, according to Kathmandu Post. “I,…
Balendra “Balen” Shah, 35, is set to take oath as Nepal’s prime minister on Friday, coinciding with Ram Navami as observed in the Himalayan country. It would put one of the world’s youngest PMs in office and mark a dramatic rise for the rapper-turned-politician who forged his political career taking on Singha Durbar, the Himalayan…
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman will take oath as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Tuesday, alongside newly elected Members of Parliament following Sheikh Hasina’s ouster in 2024.Rahman, son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, led the BNP to a landslide victory in the February 12 general elections after returning from a…
Newly elected members of Bangladesh parliament are set to take oath on February 17, Dhaka Tribune reported on Saturday. The cabinet members are scheduled to be sworn in later the same day, the the report said, citing Election Commission secretary Akhtar Ahmed.The 13th parliamentary election took place on February 12, with polling conducted in 299…
NEW DELHI: Minutes after taking oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, Sunetra Pawar on Saturday said that she will “carry forward the legacy” of her late husband Ajit Pawar and “continue to work tirelessly” for Maharashtra.In her first public reaction after Ajit Pawar’s death in a fatal plane crash, Sunetra said that she…
NEW DELHI: Sunetra Pawar took oath as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra from the NCP quota on Saturday, days after her husband Ajit Pawar was killed in a plane crash.Sunetra was clad in a white saree as she took the oath to replace her husband amid the chants of “Ajit dada amar rahe.” Sunetra…
NEW DELHI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will hold a meeting of its legislature party on January 31 to name Sunetra Pawar, wife of late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, as its leader, senior party leader and Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Friday.Speaking to reporters at the NCP office, Bhujbal said chief minister Devendra…
Indian-origin Keshav Poddar was recently sworn in as Jersey City’s deputy mayor for housing and economic development.Poddar took the oath on the Bhagwat Gita.“I promised Jersey City a government that puts residents first, and Keshav is exactly the person to help deliver on that promise. He has spent his career building affordable housing and fighting…
Source: Instagram/@babbulicious Zohran Mamdani‘s historic mayoral oath ceremony inside a New York subway station drew widespread attention and sparked social media buzz after videos showing him grooving to a Punjabi track went viral.The ceremony concluded with a performance by Toronto-based Punjabi artist Babbulicious, who sang his popular track “Gaddi Red Challenger.” Mamdani was seen singing…
Zohran Mamdani made history on Thursday as New York City’s first South Asian and Muslim mayor, taking the oath during a private midnight ceremony at the historic Old City Hall subway station.As the 34-year-old became the city’s second-youngest mayor, swore in on a Quran from the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center collection—his inauguration quickly…
