Narendra Modi takes oath as member of Lok Sabha

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath as a member of the new Lok Sabha on Monday after being reelected from Varanasi parliamentary constituency in the Lok Sabha elections amid chants and thunderous applause Protem Speaker Virendra Kumar who was sworn in earlier today administered the oath in the first day of the maiden session of the 17th Lok SabhaPrime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Parliament for 17th Lok Sabha says The role of an active Opposition is important Opposition need not bother about their numbers I hope they will speak actively and participate in house proceedings pictwittercomOQfvlDxDuDmdash ANI ANI June 17 2019As per rules Modi as leader of the house was the first member to take oath while ministers and other MPs will be invited to take oath in the new Lok Sabha later The swearingin ceremony of newlyelected MPs will be spread over two days Among other Lok Sabha members to take oath were Home Minister Amit Shah Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Law Minister Ravi Shankar PrasadWhen we come to Parliament we should forget Paksh and Vipaksh We should think about issues with a lsquoNishpaksh spiritrsquo and work in the larger interest of the nation PM narendramodimdash PMO India PMOIndia June 17 2019The election for Speaker of the Lok Sabha will take place on June 19 and President Ram Nath Kovind will address the joint session of Parliament on June 20 The Union Budget will be presented by the new government on July 5The first session of 17th Lok Sabha commenced on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is also the leader of the House taking oath as Member As soon as the House met the Members stood in silence for a few minutes as per the convention after the assembling of the new Lok Sabha The panel of presiding officers K Suresh Brijbhushan Sharan Singh and B Mehtab took oath as Members after the Prime Minister Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Home Minister Amit Shah Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chemical and Fertilisers Minister D V Sadanand Gowda also took oathEdited by midday online desk with inputs from ANITop five news stories of the dayMumbai Crime Powai police arrest pervert exprofessor for stalking harassing studentThe Powai police on Saturday arrested a man who formerly worked as a professor at a premier engineering institute in the city for allegedly sending lewd messages and videos to one of his exstudents The accused identified as Vijay Deshmukh had been fired from the institute in 2018 following the students complaint to its womens cell But he resurfaced in her life recently after she returned from South Korea following which she filed a police complaint against him Read moreMumbai trashes BMCs successful ban claims as city vendors still use banned plasticLife is plastic and fantastic for Mumbai once again While the Maharashtra government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC have been making tall claims regarding the effective implementation of the plastic ban a test drive by midday at various markets in the city has revealed a very different picture Close to a year since the state implemented the ban plastic bags are still being freely handed out in the open market Read full storyFemale leopard that attacked two kids found dead in ThaneThe decomposed carcass of a 10yearold female leopard that attacked two children a couple of days back was found in the forest patch in Murbad Thane on Saturday The children were attacked when they had gone to the forest with their grandmother to collect firewood and fruits in Karpewadi forest on Friday afternoon Read full storyMumbai A year and Rs 334 crore later Gokhale Bridge opens upAlmost after a year since repair work started Andheris Gokhale Bridge was fully opened to the public on Sunday morning The work which started in July last year after the cantilever footpath on the southern end of the bridge collapsed was carried out at a cost of R334 crore Soon after the incident Western Railway WR had undertaken a safety audit of the bridge with help from IITBombay following which major repair and strengthening works had been identified Read full storyMaharashtra radiologists to join doctors stirThe Maharashtra State Branch of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association MSBIRIA has decided to support the striking doctors in West Bengal To show their solidarity with them members of the association have decided to shut all radiodiagnostic modalities like sonography Xray CT scan MRI etc for 24 hours across the state from 6 am today Read full storyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates