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.

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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

Andhra Pradesh, a crucial state electorally for the Congress, on Sunday got the maximum representation of six in the rejig of the council of ministers, with five new faces and one elevated to the cabi

As a lot of heat and dust is being raised on the Planning Commission's affidavit to the Supreme Court on determining the new poverty line based on a day's earning of Rs 32 by person, the parameters of