CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI ■ ■ HYDERABAD MONDAY JUNE 10, 2024 `9.00 PAGES 12 LATE CITY EDITION Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his ministers after the swearing-in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar are also seen | SHEKHAR YADAV COALITION AND CONTINUITY IN MODI RAJNATH, SHAH, GADKARI, SITHARAMAN, JAISHANKAR IN TOP TEAM R A J E S H K U M A R T H A K U R @ New Delhi PRIME Minister Narendra Modi returned to power on Sunday with almost all his top-ranked ministers, giving a clear indication that he will take forward the policies and agendas set in the NDA-II government. However, the Modi 3.0 government will have to take its allies along. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to Modi and his 72member Cabinet comprising 30 Cabinet ministers, 5 ministers with independent charge, and 36 ministers of state at the forecourts of the Rashtrapti Bhavan. The event was attended by about 8,000 guests, which included specially invited foreign dignitaries. With the oath taken for a third consecutive term, Modi also became the first non-Congress leader and the second PM after Jawaharlal Nehru to remain in power for three consecutive terms. Dressed in a white kurta with a matching blue-colured jacket, Modi took the oath in Hindi as the head of NDA-III government. After Modi, Rajnath Singh, who was the defence minister in the previous government, was administered the oath of office. Amit Shah, home minister in the previous government, was the next to be sworn in. Notably, Modi dropped three senior leaders — Anurag Thakur (elected but not inducted), Smriti Irani (lost the election), and Rajeev Chandrasekhar (lost) — though there were speculation they might be included in the Cabinet. Among the 30 Cabinet ministers who took the oath were Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Hardeep Puri, Bhupendra Yadav, Sarbananda Sonowal, Kiren Rijiju, G Kishan Reddy, Dharmendra Pradhan, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Pralhad Joshi, L Murugan, and Anupriya Patel. Among the new faces are Suresh Gopi and George Kurian from Kerala, Ajay Tamta (Uttarakhand), CR Patil (Gujarat) and Bandi Sanjay Kumar (Telangana). NCP REJECTS MoS, INSISTS ON CABINET BERTH | P7 Representation from across states, sections, and classes RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR @ New Delhi PRIME Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet reflects a pan-India presence as it has representation from across 24 states and Union territories. The ministers belong to various sections, classes, and backgrounds. Though the BJP did not fare well in Uttar Pradesh, the representation of ministers from this state is at 9 – higher than other states and UTs. Bihar has 8 ministers, Maharashtra and Gujaraat have 6 ministers each, while Karnataka has 5. As assembly elections in Bihar is in 2025 and BJP with JDU and other local allies is aiming to win big in assembly elections, the state was given 8 ministers spread across its allies JDU, LJP and HAM. Out of the 72 ministers inducted in the cabinet, 43 ministers have more than 3 terms in the ministry while 39 are with past ministerial experiences. Thirty-four have already served in state legisla- BJD defeat: Pandian quits politics Former bureaucrat V K Pandian on Sunday announced his withdrawal from active politics following the BJD’s drubbing in both the assembly and Lok Sabha polls. “My intent in joining politics was only to assist Naveen Babu, and now I consciously decide to withdraw from active politics,” he said VED Lahoti from IIT Delhi zone topped this year’s Joint Entrance Exam-Advanced (JEE Advanced) scoring a record 355 out of 360 marks. Dwija Dharmeshkumar Patel of IIT Bombay zone is the top-ranked female candidate. She scored 322 and her all-India rank is 7, according to IIT Madras which conducted the exam this year. Aditya from Delhi zone bagged the second rank followed by Bhogalpalli Sandesh of Madras zone at the third position. Others in the top 10 are Aditya (IIT Delhi zone), Bhogalpalli Sandesh (IIT Madras zone), Rhythm Kedia (IIT Roorkee zone), Putti Kushal Kumar (IIT Madras zone), Rajdeep Mishra (IIT Bombay zone), Koduri Tejeswar (IIT Madras zone), Dhruvi Hemant Doshi (IIT Bombay zone) and Alladabona SSDB Sidhvik Suhas (IIT Madras zone). Four of the top 10 rank-holders are from IIT-Madras. The maximum number of candidates have qualified from the IIT Madras zone, followed by the IIT Delhi Zone and the IIT Bombay zone. As many as 48,248 candidates out of the 1,80,200 who had appeared for papers 1 and 2 in JEE (Advanced) 2024 have qualified, IIT-Madras said. The exam was held on May 26. tures. Notably, 23 ministers inducted in the third term cabinet of Modi government have experience in working as ministers in states and 27 are from OBC, 10 from Scheduled Castes, and five from Scheduled Tribes. Among the most notable inductions are Suresh Gopi and George Kurian from Left-ruled Kerala, where the BJP managed to open its account this time. Also, ministerial berths have been given to 5 MPs from various minority communities. This time, the cabinet has more experienced politicians as ministers than the NDA’s first and second terms. With a target of making India the world’s third largest economy in next five TWO FROM HYD IN TOP 10, BOTH WANT CSE IN IIT-BOMBAY Two students from Hyderabad featured in the top 10 of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) (Advanced). Putti Kushal Kumar secured Rank 5 whereas Alladaboina SSDB Sidhvik Suhas bagged the 10th rank. Speaking to TNIE, Sidhvik Suhas said, “I wanted to secure a singledigit rank and I am satisfied to have featured in the top 10. I am aiming for admission into the CSE branch in IITBombay.” Parents of Kushal Kumar told this newspaper that their son was also aiming for the CSE branch in IIT-Bombay | P2 Terrorists open fire at bus with pilgrims in J&K, 9 dead F AYA Z W A N I @ Srinagar AT least nine persons were killed and 43 injured when a bus carrying pilgrims plunged into a gorge after coming under terrorist fire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Sunday evening. As the terrorists opened fire, the driver lost control of the vehicle and the 53-seater bus fell into a gorge, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Reasi, Mohita Sharma said. Sharma said the bus was on its way from Shiv Khori to Katra when it was ambushed in the Kanda area of Pouni, which falls on the border of Reasi and Rajouri districts. “The rescue operation has been completed and nine people have died in the incident,” the SSP said. Police found empty cartridges near the site of the attack. An official said eight pilgrims died on the spot while another died while being rushed to the hospital. “Nineteen injured have been referred to Reasi hospitals while 25 injured were rushed to Rajouri hospitals for treatment,” he said. As per doctors treating them, some of the injured are in critical condition. Asked whether any of the dead or injured were hit by bullets, the SSP said, “It is being ascertained”. The pilg r i m s we r e f r o m U t t a r Pradesh. BJP Lok Sabha MPs from Telangana G Kishan Reddy (left) and Bandi Sanjay Kumar (right) take oath as Union ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday Two spots for Telangana Rajnath Singh Amit Shah Nitin Gadkari JP Nadda Shivraj Singh Chouhan Nirmala Sitharaman S Jaishankar Manohar Lal Khattar HD Kumaraswamy Piyush Goyal Dharmendra Pradhan Jitan Ram Manjhi Lalan Singh Sarbananda Sonowal Virendra Kumar Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu Pralhad Joshi Jual Oram Ashwini Vaishnaw Giriraj Singh Jyotiraditya Scindia Bhupender Yadav Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Annapurna Devi Kiren Rijiju Hardeep Singh Puri Mansukh Mandaviya G Kishan Reddy Chirag Paswan CR Patil E X P R E S S N E W S S E R V I C E @ Hyderabad JEE-A topper scores 355/360 K A V I TA B A J E L I - D AT T @ New Delhi CHOUHAN, NADDA, KHATTAR AMONG NEW MINISTERS CABINET MINISTERS years, PM Modi has five former chief ministers— Jitan Ram Manjhi from Bihar, H D Kumaraswami from Karnataka, Shivraj Singh Chauhan from Madhya Pradesh, Manohar Lal Khattar from Haryana, and Sarbananda Sonowal from Assam. The Modi 3.0 cabinet will have seven women ministers, including two in the Cabinet role. The new ministers inducted into the council of ministers are former Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman; BJP MPs Annpurna Devi, Shobha Karandlaje, Raksha Khadse, Savitri Thakur, and Nimuben Bambhaniya; and Apna Dal MP Anupriya Patel. There were 10 women ministers in the previous council of ministers, which was dissolved on June 5. 20-yr-old Delhi student held for Hawk Eye hack S W E T H A V I M A L A M @ Hyderabad A 20-year-old student in Delhi has been arrested for hacking the Hawk Eye application of the state police department and offering the stolen data for sale at $150 to interested buyers. A team from the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) travelled to Delhi and nabbed him on Saturday . The accused, Jatin Kumar, is also allegedly behind the data leak of TSCOP and SMS services. He has a history of cybercrimes and was arrested by the Special Cell, Dwaraka Police Station, last year in connection with a data leak regarding Aadhaar cards and critical information related to other agencies, DGP Ravi Gupta said. Despite Jatin’s efforts to mask his identity , the TGCSB tracked him down using “social engineering techniques”, the Telangana police said. Jatin is alleged to have posted the compromised data on databreachforum.st and was offering to sell it for a price of $150 USD. Interested buyers were asked to contact him through Telegram IDs Adm1nfr1end and Adm1nfr1ends to purchase the data of HawkEye and TSCOP . Speaking to TNIE, TGCSB director Shikha Goel said, “The accused claimed to have shared the compromised data and asked for payment via crypto wallets. But as of now, we are probing if the data was actually sold, and if so, the details of the purchase will be collected from crypto wallets.” CONTINUED ON P3 CARLOS WINS 1ST FRENCH OPEN TITLE Jasprit Bumrah claimed three wickets while Hardik Pandya chipped in with two scalps as India defended a modest total (119) to beat Pakistan | AFP Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest men’s player to win Majors in all three surfaces. The 21-year-old prevailed 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 against Alexander Zevrev in Paris on Sunday | P11 Ministers of State with independent charge TWO BJP Lok Sabha MPs from Telangana were inducted into the Union Council of Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. While Kishan Reddy retained his place in the Cabinet, Bandi Sanjay Kumar has been inducted into the Union ministry for the first time as an MoS. While Kishan’s retention was on expected lines, there was competition for the second spot with Bandi Sanjay — from the backward Munnuru Kapu community — making the cut. Both have an EATALA TO BE RSS backg round and TG BJP BOSS? served as BJP state chief. With Kishan back in During his term as Telthe Cabinet, the BJP angana BJP president, is likely to appoint Bandi Sanjay helped the Eatala Rajender as party expand its base in the state unit chief the state. His removal in a few days | P4 from the post in July 2023 is believed to have contributed to the party’s poor performance in the Assembly polls held later that year. Bandi Sanjay was then made the BJP national general secretary and has now been given a spot in the Union ministry . Rao Inderjit Singh Jitendra Singh Arjun Ram Meghwal Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav Jayant Chaudhary CONTINUED ON P4 Ministers of State Jitin Prasada Shripad Naik Pankaj Chaudhary Krishan Pal Gurjar Ramdas Athawale Ram Nath Thakur Nityanand Rai Anupriya Patel V Somanna Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani SP Singh Baghel Shobha Karandlaje Kirti Vardhan Singh BL Verma Shantanu Thakur Suresh Gopi L Murugan Ajay Tamta Bandi Sanjay Kumar Kamlesh Paswan Bhagirath Chaudhary Satish Chandra Dubey Sanjay Seth Ravneet Singh Bittu Durga Das Uikey Raksha Khadse Sukanta Majumdar Savitri Thakur
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