New Delhi, May 28th: The second round of induction of prime minister, Manmohan Singh’s council of ministers began here on Thursday at Rastrapathi Bhavan after hectic consultations with the congress chief, Mrs Sonia Gandhi. Nearly 59 ministers were inducted into the cabinet on the day. On May 23, PM had allocated portfolios to six ministers. The swearing in ceremony started at 11.30 am with President Pratiba Patel giving the oath of offence at Ashoka Hall in the presidential palace.
Mr. Kapil Sibal, Ms Ambika Soni, Mr. Kamal Nath and Ms Ananda Sharma merged as major gainers with Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh allocating to them the key ministries of HRD, Information and broadcasting, road transport and highways, commerce and industry. Mr. Murali Deora, Mr. Sushilkumar Shinde, Mr. S. Jaipal Reddy, Mr. Vayalar Ravi and Mr. Praful Patel retained the ministries they held in the earlier government.
With this expansion, the total council of ministers will go up to 79, leaving just two ministerial berths for any political exigency on a future date. The total includes 33 cabinet ministers, 7 ministers of state with independent charge and 38 ministers of state. The state ministers who found berth in the new cabinet are Jaipal Reddy, Jairam Ramesh, D. Purandeswari, Panabaka Lakshmi, A. Sai Pratap and M.M Pallam Raju. The first session of the newly constituted Lok Sabha is expected to begin from June 2, and is likely to continue till June 10.
Kakinada, May 27th: Three persons including a woman were arrested in the connection of kidnap of a six year old boy Abishek on Wednesday night. The three day drama ended with the release of the boy and giving relief to the police as the boy is grandson of former Director General of Police, Mr. M.S ...
Hyderabad, May 28th: The three day DSC (District Selection Committee) exams-2008 which was scheduled to be held from May 29 to May 31 will begin today all over the state in 2,693 centers. A total of 5, 99,649 candidates have applied for the exam all over the state. This year the exam has attained m...
Rajahmundry, May 28th: In the recently announced Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination results, the tribal students of Rampachodavaram agency in the district secured a record 91 percent of passes, surpassing their previous record of 79 percent. Out of the 2,149 tribal students who appeared...
Hyderabad, May 28th: The results of Eamcet-2009 which was held on May 14 will be announced on June 1 at 5.30pm and the ranks are likely to be out on June 21. According to the Eamcet chairman, DS Reddy, the initial key will be released on June 1 and the results will be announced on the same day. Wit...
Hyderabad, May 29th: The results of All India Engineering Entrance Exam will be released today at 2pm. AIEEE is conducted by CBSE for admission to degree-level courses in Engineering and Architecture in the National Institute of Technologies (NITs), Indian Institute of Information Technologies (III...
Hyderabad, May 29th: The first cabinet meeting of the expanded union cabinet is scheduled to be held on Saturday. Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh’s brand new team on Friday took charge of portfolios and set out priorities. The cabinet meeting is expected to finalize the President's addr...
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