PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony Highlights: BJP won 240 seats in Lok Sabha polls
PM Modi Oath Ceremony: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath for the third time today, along with 72 ministers of his new cabinet. He has become the first three-term Prime Minister since Congress stalwart Jawaharlal Nehru. The decisions on the new cabinet were taken after a marathon 11-hour meeting at the Prime Minister's residence yesterday.
A three-layered security has been put in place at Rashtrapati Bhawan where he will be administered oath of office by President Droupadi Murmu. Officials said commandos from Delhi Police's SWAT and NSG have been deployed around the venue and other strategic locations as Delhi remains on high alert for the event.
Police have declared the national capital a no-fly zone, banning the use of aerial platforms like drones, para gliders, remotely piloted aircraft and hot air balloons for the next couple of days.
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by leaders from neighbouring countries, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Mauritius, and Seychelles, in addition to the Maldives, as part of India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy.
Here Are highlights On PM Narendra Modi's Swearing-In Ceremony
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE:The first meeting of the third Narendra Modi cabinet is likely to be held on Monday evening at the Prime Minister's Lok Kalyan Marg residence, the sources said, according to news agency PTI.
The 10 Big Names From Previous Cabinet Who Are In Modi 3.0Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new cabinet with a mix of old and new faces was sworn in today. He will head a cabinet that emphasises on continuity and experience, while also rewarding partners in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
The 7 New Faces In Modi 3.0Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath today for a third consecutive term along with 71 ministers of the new coalition government. Modi 3.0 rewarded partners in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government with cabinet berths.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: The oath ceremony of the new government cabinet ends.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Pavitra Margherita takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
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PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Satish Chandra Dubey takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
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PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Bandi Sanjay Kumar takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Ajay Tamta takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: L Murugan takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Suresh Gopi takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
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PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: BL Verma takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Kirti Vardhan Singh takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Shobha Karandlaje takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: SP Singh Baghel takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: V Somanna takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Anupriya Patel takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Nityanand Rai takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Ram Nath Thakur takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Ramdas Athawale takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Krishan Pal takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Pankaj Chaudhary takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Sripad Yesso Naik takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Jitin Prasad takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Jayant Chaudhary takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Arjun Ram Meghwal takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Jitendra Singh takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Rao Inderjit Singh takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: CR Patil takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Chirag Paswan takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: G Kishan Reddy takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Mansukh Mandviya takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Hardeep Singh Puri takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Kiren Rijiju takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Annapurna Devi takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Bhupendra Yadav takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Jyotiraditya Scindia takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Ashwini Vaishnaw takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Giriraj Singh takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
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PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Prahalad Joshi takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Virendra Kumar takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Sarbananda Sonowal takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Rajiv Ranjan Singh takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Jitan Ram Manjhi takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Dharmendra Pradhan takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Piyush Goyal takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE:HD Kumaraswamy takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Manohar Lal Khattar takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: S Jaishankar takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Nirmala Sitharaman takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: JP Nadda takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0.
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Nitin Gadkari takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
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Amit Shah takes oath as cabinet minister in the new goverment.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE:
Rajnath Singh takes oath as cabinet minister in Modi 3.0
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: PM Modi Takes Oath For 3rd Time 
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: President Droupadi Murmu Arrives At The Oath Ceremony 
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: PM Modi Arrives At Rashtrapati Bhawan
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu Arrives At Rashtrapati Bhavan
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister designate N Chandrababu Naidu meets veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Adani group chairman Gautam Adani, Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Shahrukh Khan at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Newly-Elected MP Kangana Ranaut Arrives At Rashtrapati Bhawan
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PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Nirmala Sitharaman, Shivraj Chouhan At Rashtrapati BhavanBJP leaders Nirmala Sitharaman, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Ashwini Vaishnaw at Rashtrapati Bhavan for the oath ceremony of the new government.
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PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Anurag Thakur Congratulates PM Modi
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: HD Deve Gowda Congratulates PM ModiJD(S) patron and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda congratulated PM Modi for securing a historic third term. He also apologized for being unable to attend the oath ceremony.
In a post on X, HD Deve Gowda said, "I have written to Shri @narendramodi on the historic occasion of being sworn in for the 3rd straight term, this evening. My frail health does not permit me to be present in person, but I will watch the ceremony on TV. Indian democracy is robust whatever the Congress may say."
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: On Way To PM Home, BJP Leader Faces Traffic, Gets Down, RunsPunjab BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu did not want to be late in reaching Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official home in central Delhi today. But the traffic in the national capital had slowed him down.
Soon, he got out of his vehicle and started running on the road, with guards in tow. Visuals of Mr Bittu running at a roundabout before entering PM Modi's official home have been shared widely on social media.
"One should never be late," he told NDTV, adding many leaders were coming, so he decided to get down and run instead of waiting in the jam.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: JP Nadda Likely In Modi 3.0BJP chief JP Nadda is likely to return as a minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is taking oath this evening for a historic third term. Thirty ministers are expected to take oath along with him.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: HD Kumaraswamy To Be Sworn In As Cabinet Minister In Modi 3.0JD-S President HD Kumaraswamy is all set to be sworn in as a Union Cabinet Minister in Modi 3.0 government today, said news agency IANS. Mr Kumaraswamy won the Mandya Lok Sabha seat with a thumping margin of 2.84 lakh votes against Congress candidate Venkaramane Gowda, a close associate of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.
People From Trans Community To Attend PM Modi Oath-Taking CeremonyAbout 50 people from the transgender community have been invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi and the new cabinet of ministers to them give blessings, said news agency PTI.
Before the ceremony, BJP MP and former Social Justice and Empowerment minister Virendra Kumar felicitated the community members at his residence.
"This is a part of Prime Minister Modi's call of 'sabka saath sabka vishwas and sabha prayas'. Including people from transgenders in the ceremony is to enhance the inclusivity message of the PM," Mr Kumar told media.
This is the first time that people from the transgender community are formally invited for the swearing-in ceremony, he said.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' Arrives In Delhi
Raksha Khadse, MP From Maharashtra, Likely In Modi 3.0 Cabinet: 5 PointsRaksha Khadse won the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket from Raver, Maharashtra. As Narendra Modi and close to 30 ministers will take oath today at Rashtrapati Bhavan, it will be interesting to see if Raksha Khadse gets a cabinet berth.
Read more. PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Nitish Kumar Meets Party Workers
JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar met party workers at his Delhi residence ahead of PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony. His party had won 12 Lok Sabha seats and is crucial for the new NDA government.
PM Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Will Honestly Fulfill Expectations Of Leadership: V Somanna On Cabinet PostSenior BJP leader and former Karnataka minister V Somanna said he will honestly work towards fulfilling the expectations of the party leadership on him as the minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet, which will be sworn in this evening, reported news agency PTI. He said he has no expectations regarding the portfolio and will serve in the department assigned to him by the Prime Minister to ensure that the government's benefits reach the people.
"Our party gave me an opportunity from Tumkur, I won from there. I have fulfilled the various responsibilities given by the party. Considering all this, our state and central leadership have given me this opportunity. I thank them and the people of Tumkur, and workers and leaders of both BJP and JD(S)," Mr Somanna said.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Giriraj Singh On Modi 3.0
Giriraj Singh, who is going to become a minister once again in Modi 3.0, said that the fall in numbers of BJP MPs won't make the new government weak, it will remain as strong as before.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur Not In Modi 3.0?BJP leaders and former Union Minister Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur, and Narayan Rane will not be part of Modi 3.0 cabinet, sources have said. Ms Irani had lost the Lok Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi by over 1.6 lakh votes to Congress loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma. She was Women and Child Development Minister in the second term of the Modi government.
PM Modi Oath-Taking Ceremony LIVE: Sheikh Hasina Meets LK AdvaniBangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina paid a courtesy call to veteran BJP leader
LK Advani at his residence in Delhi
