Jaipal Reddy denies reports that he was upset over being moved out of the Petroleum Ministry under corporate pressure. ...
10:48 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Can we expect better governance and renewed reform after the UPA Cabinet reshuffle? ...
09:52 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Monday ruled out any "pressure" on the shifting of Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy from Petroleum to Science and Technology Ministry. "The Cabinet reshuffle is the prerogative of the Prime Minister. There is no question of any pressure. Jaipal Reddy is a very seasoned politician. He has served in the Petroleum Ministry and now he will serve in Science and Technology Ministry,"...
09:30 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Was Jaipal Reddy downgraded because of him being tough on Reliance and his inability to manage oil marketing companies better. ...
07:34 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Jaipal Reddy's controversial exit from the Petroleum Ministry has raised many eyebrows. Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal has accused the government of rewarding corrupt ministers while punishing the honest ones. Citing Salman Khurshid's elevation to External Affairs Minister and Jaipal Reddy's exit from the Petroleum Ministry, both the BJP and Kejriwal alleged that the Congress-led UPA government is demoting its honest ministers. ...
06:53 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Dismissing all speculations of veteran Congress leader S Jaipal Reddy being upset over the change in his portfolio, the new Union Minister for Science and Technology said that he was "excited to be a part of this ministry" and called it an important one. Addressing a press conference after assuming his new office, Reddy said, "Science and Technology is an important ministry and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has...
06:28 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithiviraj Chavan has said that the state Cabinet will be revamped before the Winter Session of the State Legislature. "The Maharashtra Cabinet will be reshuffled before the Winter Session which commences in Nagpur from December 10," Chavan told reporters on Sunday night on the sidelines of a function. To a question why not a single Member of Parliament from Maharashtra, particularly from Vidarbha, was inducted into...
05:21 PM, Oct 29, 2012
As Congress leader Manish Tewari takes up the charge of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, the first challenge the minister faces is to meet the deadline of cable TV digitisation. ...
05:13 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: New oil minister Veerappa Moily has promised to speed decision making in an effort to attract foreign investment, and will push domestic oil companies to aggressively bid for foreign oil and gas assets to meet growing energy demand. Moily was appointed as the country's new Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, replacing Jaipal Reddy, as part of a broader cabinet reshuffle unveiled on Sunday. Moily said his ministry would...
03:50 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: The new Manmohan Singh team, which is expected to pull the UPA out of troubled waters following allegations of massive corruption, ineffective governance and policy paralysis, is already facing tough questions over its credibility. While Salman Khurshid, who has been facing allegations of siphoning off funds for the differently-abled has been elevated to the External Affairs Minister, other new ministers like K Rahman Khan and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury...
02:38 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: In the first major hint of a change, new Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that a hike in fares was a possibility. "Passenger fares can be hiked if needed. Primary concern is safety," Bansal said at a press conference. Bansal, the former Parliamentary Affairs Minister, was made the Railways Minister on Sunday during the mega Cabinet reshuffle effected by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the 2014...
01:35 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Kolkata: Controversy has already come calling for one of the three ministers sworn in from West Bengal during the big Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who was sworn in as the Minister of State for Railways, has now said that he will resign if criminal charges are proven against him. "The Congress cannot grow in Bengal if we bend to TMC. I am challenging the TMC that if...
01:27 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new team assumed charge on Monday after 22 ministers, including 17 new faces, were sworn in the biggest reshuffle of Council of Ministers on Sunday. The new ministers are expected to give a firm push to the reforms agenda and help counter the government's image of being soft on corruption. The young brigade in the Council of Ministers is close to Rahul Gandhi even...
12:43 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new team assumed charge on Monday after 22 ministers, including 17 new faces, were sworn in on Sunday. Jyotiraditya Scindia took charge as the Minister of State for Power. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha from Guna in Madhya Pradesh in 2002. He was appointed the Minister of State for Commerce in 2009. D Purandeswari also took charge on Monday. She was...
11:32 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Hyderabad: The biggest representation statewise in the Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday was perhaps from Andhra Pradesh. Five new faces have been inducted into the Cabinet including two from the Telangana region. Meanwhile, Pallam Raju, who has been the minister of state for defence since 2006, has been elevated to the cabinet rank. The question is whether this move was to placate the demands of a separate statehood. For the state...
09:38 AM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's imprint on the Sunday reshuffle in the Council of Ministers is evident with several leaders who are in favour of more economic reforms now a part of his new core team. In the biggest reshuffle of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Cabinet, Manmohan Singh inducted 17 new faces and a total of 22 ministers giving several new and young faces a chance to prove...
09:37 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Kolkata: The Congress made sure that it replied to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's walkout from the UPA in a strong manner. Two of the TMC chief's strongest political opponents have been elevated to the cabinet. Two months after the TMC supremo walked out of the coalition, two of her most bitter detractors in the West Bengal Congress, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Deepa Dasmunsi have been inducted into the Cabinet....
08:54 AM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: After the Cabinet reshuffle, all eyes are now on what bigger role will Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi takes up in the party. Sources say he is set to take over as the working president of the Congress. Rahul has a reason to smile with his stamp evident in the reshuffle. Many from Rahul's team, younger faces took charge or were moved up to meaty portfolios. Prime Minister...
08:18 AM, Oct 29, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's big bang cabinet reshuffle, which emphasised on youth and loyalty, is drawing flak from within the UPA's own camp. The Samajwadi Party has slammed the decision to elevate what it calls tainted ministers and also that no ministers from Uttar Pradesh were inducted. "No senior leaders from UP have been made ministers. In fact, tainted ministers have been elevated. Salman Khurshid has become the...
07:38 AM, Oct 29, 2012
Shashi Tharoor makes a comeback as Minister of State Human Resource Development after two years in the Union government. ...
11:04 PM, Oct 28, 2012
