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
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
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
The Prime Minister and Sonia Gandhi went in for a major cabinet reshuffle but in his choice the PM has been careful in choosing those who will keep the reforms agenda going. ...
07:30 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Though a first time MP, AICC spokesperson Manish Tewari has a long association of nearly 31 years with Congress since joining its youth wing in 1981. The 47-year-old leader was seen as a strong defence line of the Congress in JPC on 2G to counter BJP onslaught. On Sunday, Tewari was sworn in as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) Information and Broadcasting. Tewari, who was the president...
05:52 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh effected a major Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, giving away the major share to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to counter the Telangana forces in the former and ex-ally Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress in the latter. ...
05:50 PM, Oct 28, 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...
05:01 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Manish Tewari is the new entrant to the Cabinet. The man who had the tough task of defending the government as the Congress spokesperson is now the new MoS with independent charge, Information and Broadcasting. The new inductee, however, said that the government was not trying to send any message to India Against Corruption through its new appointees. ...
03:24 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday that he had always wanted Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi in the government but that he wanted to work for the party and strengthen it. Rahul Gandhi has not gotten any Cabinet post or elevated within the party amidst the mega reshuffle that took place on Sunday. The rumour mill had gone on an overdrive in the days leading up to...
02:05 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh effected a major Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, giving away the major share to Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal to counter the Telangana forces in the former and ex-ally Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress in the latter. Several ministers were elevated to the Cabinet rank, with many new faces being included at the MoS level, even as portfolios of several ministers were changed. Below...
01:37 PM, Oct 28, 2012
The mega Cabinet reshuffle took place on Sunday with 17 new faces in the Manmohan Singh government. A host of new and young faces made an entry into the Union Cabinet, some of them being elevated from their earlier positions. The first among them is Shashi Tharoor. He made a comeback two years after he quit the Cabinet over the IPL controversy. Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia could get the Cabinet berth ...
11:59 AM, Oct 28, 2012
Hitting out at the BJP over the allegations against its party chief, Congress general secretary Manish Tewari challenged Nitin Gadkari to prove his innocence in the matter. He also questioned the internal probe ordered by the anti-corruption group into the allegations made against it, and termed the IAC as the "B team of the BJP". ...
08:32 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal has promised action over the allegations against key members of India Against Corruption (IAC). The group has assured that an internal investigation will be started into allegations against activists Anjali Damania, Prashant Bhushan and Mayank Gandhi. Gandhi and Damania also addressed a press conference assuring full cooperation in the probe even as the Congress questioned the "internal Lokpal probe". According to a statement released...
05:04 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Even as CNN-IBN has accessed documents that show that Robert Vadra bought acres of land in Mewat, Haryana, well below the circle rate, the Congress is staying adamant saying it will not order a probe into Vadra's land deals. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said, "You cannot investigate lies. Mr Vadra has done his duty as a private citizen and according to law." Slamming Arvind Kejriwal...
07:43 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday stirred a controversy for reportedly comparing toilets to temples. Saying that toilets were far more important than temples, he proceeded to comment upon the poor hygiene levels in the latter. While the BJP has slammed Ramesh, the Congress too has distanced itself from the comments. ...
08:58 AM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: AICC spokesman Manish Tewari on Wednesday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has malafide intentions. "The locus of Modi is malafide as he does not apply the same norms on himself. His office is not responding to the RTI filed," said Tewari. He said that Modi is trying to deflect the attention from main issues in Gujarat like economic problems in the state - 17 scams that...
11:49 AM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday claimed that the JD(U)-BJP alliance in Bihar is unlikely to last long and indicated it was not averse to doing business with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar if his ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were snapped. "Whatever JD(U) has been doing for sometime, it is becoming clear that it has to carry the load (BJP). We do not think that all is well...
08:35 PM, Oct 02, 2012
New Delhi: Under fresh attack from Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on FDI in multi-brand retail, the Congress on Monday advised her to "evolve from a street fighter to a statesman" pointing to 'divergence' in her party's stand. "There comes a time in the life of every political party and politician when you have to evolve from an agitator to an administrator...from a street fighter to a statesman. These are...
07:06 PM, Oct 01, 2012
New Delhi: In a stinging attack on the CAG, the Congress on Monday alleged that the government auditor was as much responsible as the BJP for the disruption of the just-concluded monsoon session of Parliament on the coal mine allocation issue. Party spokesperson Manish Tewari also sought to make a major issue out of a telephone call by a senior BJP leader to the CAG on a yet-to-be-tabled report by...
09:43 PM, Sep 10, 2012
