Present state Cabinet has 34 ministers including CM MK Stalin. Reshuffle was expected soon after LS elections, it is learnt, but was delayed due to hooch tragedy & Vikravandi by-polls
Multiple BJP functionaries confirm that delegation in Delhi sought removal of Home Minister A Namassivayam & Rural Development Minister AK Sai J Saravanan Kumar.
In the last two days, Nadda met Prahlad Patel, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Mansukh Mandaviya, Nirmala Sitharaman, Arjun Ram Meghwal, while Santhosh met Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
Mamata inducted 8 ministers — 5 cabinet ministers, 1 minister of state with independent charge, and 2 MoSes — and dropped 4 in a ministerial reshuffle Wednesday.
The ministry reshuffle exercise began a day after the ruling BJD won three Rajya Sabha seats and the by-poll in the Brajrajnagar assembly constituency.
This is Haryana govt's first cabinet expansion since it was sworn in two years ago. BJP says it was 'long overdue' but could not take place earlier due to the farmers’ protests.
Five Pilot loyalists are in cabinet, but he holds no formal post in party or government. Party sources say he turned down post of AICC general secretary in-charge for a state.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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