Rahul Gandhi is set to assume a ’larger’ role in the Congress very soon with the reshuffle of the AICC secretariat on the cards this week.

With the much talked about rejig of the Union Council of Min

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.

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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

Salman Khurshid is to be the new external affairs minister, while Ashwani Kumar is to be the new law minister, highly placed sources said on Sunday.

M.M. Pallam Raju is to be made the next HRD minist

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

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The much-talked about larger role for Congress general secretary Rahul Gadhi's youth brigade in the ministerial rejig effected by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday turned out to be a mixed bag,