Jayalalithaa reshuffles cabinet, drops two ministers
byChennai, June 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday reshuffled her cabinet, dropping two ministers and adding two, and also reallocating three…
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Oscar Fernandes: Long-time Congress organisation man (Profile)
byNew Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Becoming a minister for the first time in the UPA-II government Monday, Oscar Fernandes, a senior Congress leader from…
Girija Vyas: Poet and champion of women’s rights (Profile)
byNew Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Girija Vyas, who was sworn-in as cabinet minister in the Manmohan Singh government Monday, has a long eventful political…
UPA will get a third term: PM
byNew Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said he is confident that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will get a third…
Sis Ram Ola: Veteran Rajasthan leader returns to Centre (Profile)
byNew Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Inducted into the Manmohan Singh government Monday, Sis Ram Ola, a veteran Congress leader from Rajasthan, had also served…
Eight inducted in union cabinet
byNew Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Eight minister, mostly Congress party veterans, were inducted into Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s ministerial council Monday in possibly the…
Friends-turned-foes: JD-U, BJP spar in Bihar
byPatna, June 17 (IANS) Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party sparred in Bihar Monday, a day after their 17-year-old alliance ended in…
K.S. Rao – An engineer, serving fifth term in parliament
byNew Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Kavuri Sambasiva Rao, who took oath as minister Monday, is an engineer who is serving his fifth term in…
Congress willing to align with like-minded, secular parties: Maken
byNew Delhi, June 17 (IANS) The Congress is watching carefully the political situation in Bihar where the JD-U and BJP parted ways and is…
BJP to expose Nitish Kumar’s ‘doublespeak’
byPatna, June 17 (IANS) A day after its 17-year-old alliance with the JD-U ended, an angry BJP Monday decided to expose the “doublespeak” of…