Hyderabad: In a virtual showdown with the Congress leadership as well as the Union Cabinet, Union ministers and Members of Parliament belonging to the Seemandhra region threatened to resign their pos

New Delhi: Eight new faces will be inducted in the Council of Ministers today, with Sisram Ola and Oscar Fernandes making a re-entry after a gap of four years.
Ola, along with Girija Vyas and K S Rao

Congress leaders were of the view that the changed caste equation wherein the Kapu community was being given preference by the leadership, also played a role in the elevation.

Chiranjeevi got the por

Sunday's Cabinet changes are only one part of the wider political exercise to prepare the Congress party for the next general elec tion. All new ministers or those affected by the reshuffling of the d

The Congress finally rewarded actor-turned-politician K. Chiranjeevi for merging his Praja Rajyam Party by inducting him in the union cabinet as minister of state with independent charge while M.M. Pa

Manish Tewari, Congress spokesperson, was on Sunday sworn in as minister of state.

Tewari, who hails from Ludhiana, comes from a family deeply interested in politics. His father, Dr. V.N. Tewari, a p

Of the seven new ministers sworn in with cabinet rank on Sunday, only two are new faces, while the rest, including Ajay Maken and M.M. Pallam Raju, have been elevated from minister of state rank.

The

Telugu superstar-turned-politician K. Chiranjeevi, who merged his Praja Rajyam Party with the Congress last year, was on Sunday made minister of state with independent charge in the Manmohan Singh gov

Seven Cabinet ministers, including new faces K. Rehman Khan and Chandresh Kumari, and 15 Ministers of State were sworn in on Sunday as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expanded his Council of Ministers.

Shashi Tharoor, former minister of state for external affairs, on Sunday made a comeback to the union council of ministers after two and a half years.

The former UN under secretary general and Thiruv