Independent charge for Shashi Tharoor likely
Thiruvananthapuram: The names of Shashi Tharoor and Kodikunnil Suresh are doing the rounds with the much-awaited Union Cabinet reshuffle just a few hours away, on Monday evening, to be precise. C.P.
At 85 to 67, Rahul Gandhi has a 'young’ team
New Delhi: Congress party 'communication' got off on a rather tottering note on Monday when the party’s new spokesperson Ajay Maken waxed eloquent on how Rahul Gandhi’s new team was young and raring
Central Cabinet Reshuffle: Eight new ministers sworn in
New Delhi: Eight new faces were inducted in the Council of Ministers today, with Sisram Ola and Oscar Fernandes making a re-entry after a gap of four years.
President Pranab Mukherjee administered th
Kavuri firm on resignation despite PM's intervention
Eluru MP Kavuri Sambasiva Rao reiterated that he was firm on his resignation from the Lok Sabha membership.
Talking to reporters after having a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Sin
Chiru got choice portfolio
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
Purandeswari gets it for spilling the beans
In spite of announcing on Saturday that the Prime Minister had informed her about her “promotion”, Union minister of state Daggubati Purandeswari’s name was missing from the Cabinet reshuffle list on
Reshuffle will ready Congress for 2014
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
PM's new team gets down to work
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new team got down to work Monday with new ministers taking charge and old ones relinquishing responsibilities after a mega revamp of the council of ministers that saw 1
I was punished for no fault: Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor, re-inducted into the Manmohan Singh government after two years, said on Monday that he was dropped earlier from the ministry for no fault of his.
Tharoor made the comment after hundre
Not unhappy with new ministry, never haggled: Jaipal Reddy
Newly-appointed Science and Technology Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on Monday dismissed claims that he was unhappy with his new charge and said that he ‘never haggled for portfolios’.
"The prime minister