Congress MP Chiranjeevi is all set to join the Union Council of ministers as minister of state (independent charge) in the upcoming Central Cabinet reshuffle. Sources close to the actor-turned-politic

External affairs minister S.M. Krishna may give up his high profile portfolio during the cabinet reshuffle sometime in mid-September and may be drafted for party work in Karnataka. If the buzz in the

After a lull, dissident activity in the ruling BJP could well gather momentum as certain leaders are getting restive over the delay in reshuffle of portfolios.

The first indication of trouble for Chi

Veerappa Moily, who was shifted from Law Ministry to the Corporate Affairs Ministry, said he had been a victim of ‘campaign by vested interests’ for his reform agenda and the ‘fault of administrative

Corporate Affairs Minister M. Veerappa Moily took charge of his new portfolio here early Wednesday and said the passage of a new bill to replace the 55-year-old Companies Act and issues of corporate g

Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi was Tuesday named India's new railway minister, a post that had been lying vacant since Mamata Banerjee stepped down in May to take over as the West Bengal chief m

Accepting Murli Deora's resignation as corporate affairs minister, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday inducted his son Milind as one of the new faces in his council of ministers.

The junior Deora,

Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy, party chief Mamata Banerjee's Man Friday who had defied Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was not only denied a cabinet rank on Tuesday but also shunted out as minister o

In a substantive yet incomplete exercise, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday dropped seven ministers, inducted V. Kishore Chandra Deo and seven other new faces, and elevated three others including Jairam Ramesh from whom environment and forests has been taken away.

Following is the list of new ministers in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Council of ministers:
Cabinet Ministers