New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Following is the list of the council of ministers after Monday’s cabinet reshuffle: – Manmohan Singh: Prime minister, Minster of Personnel and Public Grievances and Pension, Minister of Planning, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space. – A.K. Antony: Defence minister – Sharad Pawar: Minister [...]

London, June 17 (IANS) Indian-born Amol Rajan has been appointed editor of the London morning daily The Independent, making him Fleet Street’s first non-white editor, the newspaper reported Monday. Rajan, 29, was previously the daily’s comment editor. Oliver Duff, who was executive editor and news editor of The Independent, has [...]

New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said he would be happy to see Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi become the prime minister. “I will very happy to see Rahul Gandhi step into my shoes,” Singh said when asked about Rahul Gandhi’s candidature for prime ministership. Talking [...]

New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Formula 1 team Marussia has handed Tio Ellinas of Cyprus his first Formula 1 test. The Marussia young driver programme member Ellinas will conduct a scheduled straight-line aerodynamic evaluation with the team at United Kingdom’s Kemble Airfield Tuesday. The 21-year-old Cypriot is now in his [...]

New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Karun Chandhok is banking on past experience for a top five finish in his class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, zooming off this weekend at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Chandhok will be competing in the LMP2 category for Murphy Prototypes, an emerging [...]

New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Congressman Mallikarjun Kharge will be the new Railways minister while Rajasthan MP Girija Vyas will replace Ajay Maken as the housing and poverty alleviation minister. The labour ministry will go to Sisram Ola. Oscar Fernandes will be the minister for road transport and highways, official [...]

Kolkata, June 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday shouted at villagers protesting a gang-rape and murder, and branded the accused and the protestors as “CPI-M people”. Banerjee yelled at the protestors when women surrounded her and shouted slogans about the lack of security while she was visiting [...]

Kolkata, June 17 (IANS) Even as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday went visiting a village in North 24 Parganas district rocked by the brutal gang-rape and murder of a teen, the victim’s family and the villagers say they were unable to put forth their grievances. Banerjee, who visited [...]

Halle (Germany), June 17 (IANS) Seventeen-time major champion Roger Federer says he feels fit and confident before the start of Wimbledon where he will be defending his men’s single crown. The Swiss Sunday won his 77th tour title and sixth crown at the Gerry Weber Open here, his first trophy [...]

Chennai, June 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday reshuffled her cabinet, dropping two ministers and adding two, and also reallocating three portfolios. In a statement issued by the Raj Bhavan here, Governor K. Rosaiah on Jayalalithaa’s recommendation dropped S.T. Chellapandan, minister for labour, and A. Mohammedian, minister [...]