News18 Evening Digest: Who is Likely To Get What In Modi 3.0 Cabinet And Other Top Stories

Chirag Paswan, Nitin Gadkari, HD Kumaraswamy: Who is Likely To Get What In Modi 3.0 Cabinet

With just a few hours left for Narendra Modi’s third consecutive oath-taking ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday at 7.15 pm, all eyes are on the berth allocation in Modi’s Cabinet. As the Bharatiya Janata Party failed to secure an absolute majority of 272 seats in the Lok Sabha polls, it will be forming the government with the support of its NDA allies, JD(U) and TDP. READ MORE

Raebareli Or Wayanad? Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi Likely To Retain This Lok Sabha Seat

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who won the Lok Sabha election from two seats with huge margins, is faced with a dilemma whether to retain his family bastion of Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh or continue representing the people of Wayanad constituency in Kerala who elected him in 2019 polls when he lost Amethi. READ MORE

Rahul Gandhi Likely To Be Leader of Opposition In Lok Sabha. What Are Privileges Associated With Post?

The Congress on Saturday took a decisive step by passing a single-line resolution to appoint Rahul Gandhi as the leader of the Opposition in Parliament. READ MORE

TDP’s Lokesh Naidu Alleges Jagan Reddy Govt Used Pegasus To Tap His Phone; Chandrababu Seeks Report From DGP

Nara Lokesh Naidu, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) general secretary and son of party chief N Chandrababu Naidu, alleged that the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government used Pegasus to tap phones on TDP leaders. READ MORE

4 Israeli Hostages, Including One Woman, Who Were Abducted By Hamas From Nova Music Fest, Rescued Alive In Gaza

The Israeli military said its troops had rescued on Saturday four Israeli hostages alive from Gaza after a “complex daytime operation”. “Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40), were kidnapped by the Hamas terrorist organisation from the Nova music festival on October 7,” the military said in a statement, adding the four were in “good medical condition.” READ MORE

Shabana Azmi Questions Those ‘Celebrating’ Kangana Ranaut Slap Shocker: ‘I Have No Love Lost For…’

Shabana Azmi has expressed disappointment with those who are “celebrating” the Kangana Ranaut slap incident. On Saturday, the veteran actress took to her X (formerly known as Twitter) handle and condemned the unfortunate incident. READ MORE