Last Updated on November 11, 2021 10: 25pm

The forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan is all set for the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the council of ministers. President Ram Nath Kovind would administer the oath of office and secrecy at 7 pm. More than 8,000 guests, including head of states from 14 countries are likely to attend.

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09: 05 PM: Debasree Chaudhuri takes oath as MoS.


08: 59 PM: Kailash Choudhury sworn-in as minister of state.

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08: 56 PM:  Pratap Chandra Sarangi takes oath as minister of state.


08: 54 PM: 

Assam’s Rameswar Teli takes oath as minister of state.


08: 53 PM: Som Parkash takes oath as MoS.


08: 51 PM: Renuka Singh Saruta  sworn-in as minister of state.


08: 50 PM: V Muraleedharan takes oath as MoS.


08:48 PM: Rattan Lal Kataria takes oath of office.


08:45 PM: Nityanand Rai sworn-in as minister of state.


08:43 PM:  Suresh Angadi takes oath as minister of state.


08:42 PM:

Outgoing minister Maneka Gandhi likely to be pro-tem Speaker in Lok Sabha.


08: 41 PM: Anurag Thakur takes oath as minister of state.


08: 40 PM: Shamrao Dhotre takes oath as minister of state.


08: 36 PM:  Sanjeev Balyantakes oath as minister of state.


08: 33 PM: Babul Supriyo takes oath as minister of state.


08: 32 PM:  Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti takes oath of office


08: 31 PM: Ramdas Athawale takes oath as minister of state.


08:30 PM: ParshottamRupala takes oath of office.


08: 27 PM: G Kishan Reddy takes oath of office.


08: 24 PM: Raosaheb Danve takes oath of office.


08: 21 PM: Krishan Pal Gurjar takes oath as minister.


08: 20 PM: General VK Singh takes oath of office.


08: 19 PM: Ram Meghwal takes oath of office.


08: 17 PM: Ashwini Kumar Choubey takes oath of office.


08: 14 PM: FagganSingh Kulaste takes oath of office.


08: 13 PM: Mansukh Mandaviya takes oath of office.


08: 11 PM: Hardeep Singh Puri takes oath of office.


08:09 PM: Former Home Secretary RK Singh takes oath of office.


08:08 PM: Prahlad Singh Patel takes oath of office.


08:07 PM:

Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal Pradesh takes oath as minister of state with independent charge.


08:05 PM: Dr Jitendra Singh takes oath as minister of state with independent charge.


08:04 PM: Shripad Naik takes oath of office.


08:03 PM: Rao Inderjit Singh takes oath of office.


08:01 PM: Santosh Gangwar takes oath as minister of state with independent charge.


07:57 PM: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat takes oath of office.


07:54 PM:  Giriraj Singh takes oath of office.


07:53 PM: Shiv Sena’s Mumbai South candidate Arvind Sawant takes oath as minister.


07:51 PM: BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit chief Mahendra Nath Pandey takes oath.


07:47 PM: Prahlad Joshi takes oath as minister.


07:46 PM: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi takes oath as part of the new government.


07:42 PM: Dharmendra Pradhan takes oath of office.


07: 41 PM: Piyush Goyal takes oath as minister.


07: 39 PM: Prakash Javadekar takes oath of office.


07: 38 PM: Dr Harsh Vardhan takes oath of office.


07: 35 PM:  Smriti Zubin Irani takes oath as minister in Modi Govt 2.0.


07: 32 PM: Former Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda takes oath of office.


07: 31 PM: Former Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhriyal takes oath of office.


07: 30 PM: PM:Former foreign secretary S Jaishankar takes oath of office.


07: 29 PM: Chand Gehlot takes oath as Cabinet minister.


07: 27 PM: Harsimrat Kaur Badal takes oath as part of Modi Govt 2.0.


07: 25 PM: Ravi Shankar Prasad re-inducted in ministry, takes oath.


07: 22 PM: Narendra Singh Tomar takes oath as part of Modi Govt 2.0.


07: 19 PM: Ram Vilas Paswan takes oath as a part of Modi ministry .


07:17 PM: Nirmala  Sitharaman takes oath to be part of Modi Govt 2.0


07: 15 PM: DV Sadanand Gowda inducted as minister, takes oath.


07:12 PM: Nitin Gadkari takes oath to be part of Modi Govt 2.0.


07: 11 PM:  BJP President Amit Shah takes oath as minister.


07:08 PM: Rajnath Singh takes oath as part of the Modi Govt 2.0.


07:05 PM:  Modi takes oath as the Prime Minister of the 17th Lok Sabha.


07:03 PM: President Ram Nath Kovind arrives for the swearing-in ceremony.


06:57 PM:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the venue for taking oath.


06:51 PM:

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena arrives at Rashtrapati Bhavan.


06:48 PM:

Mauritian PM Pravind Jugnauth arrives at the venue. Thailand’s Ambassador to India Chutintorn Gongsakdi also arrives.


06:44 PM:

 Sushma Swaraj arrives at the venue for the ceremony.


06:40 PM:

As per reports Rajnath Singh will be second to take oath, followed by Amit Shah.


06:35 PM:

Former PM Manmohan Singh and  Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi arrive at Rashtrapati Bhavan.


06:29 PM:

Nirmala Sitharaman and Giriraj Singh have arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan ahead of swearing-in ceremony.


06:20 PM:

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, his wife Nita Ambani, Adani group chairman Gautam Adani arrived at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.


06:18 PM:

Nitish Kumar-led JDU will not be joining the Cabinet, News18 has reported.


06:08 PM: 

BJP chief Amit Shah has arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan for the oath-taking ceremony.


06:08 PM: 

Smriti Irani arrived at the venue.


05:53 PM:

UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Prakash Javadekar, Kiran Bedi, NR Narayana Murthy, Ratan Tata are among those arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony.


05:35 PM:

Former Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar arrives at PM Modi’s residence.


05:24 PM: 

Former foreign secretary S Jaishankar is likely take oath as part of Modi Cabinet, CNN News 18 reported.


05:15 PM: 

Bollywood celebrities Anil Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Shahid Kapoor, Karan Johar, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Jitendra are among the Bollywood personalities who have reached Delhi to attend oath-taking ceremony.


04:51 PM: 

Amit Shah likely to be finance minister, reports India Today.


04:44 PM:

BJP president Amit Shah to join the Union Cabinet.

Gujarat BJP resident Jitu Vaghani tweeted congratulating Shah.


04:35 PM: 

Ramdas Athawale and Rita Bahuguna Joshi arrive at PM’s residence.


04:32 PM:

Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli arrives in Delhi for the swearing-in ceremony.


04:25 PM:

Ahead of the oath taking ceremony, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet his new Council of Ministers at 4.30 pm at his 7, Lok Kalyan Marg residence.