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Friday, December 19, 2025
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Topic: Cabinet

Jaishankar, Sitharaman retain key ministries, TDP gets civil aviation, JD(U) panchayati raj & fisheries

Rajnath Singh remains defence minister, JP Nadda is health minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan gets agriculture & rural development, HD Kumaraswamy gets heavy industries and steel.

Cabinet approves 3 semiconductor projects worth Rs 1.26 lakh cr, among them India’s 1st fab unit

IT Minister Vaishnaw says India's 1st commercial semiconductor fab plant ‘big turning point for the nation’. The other 2 are assembly, testing, packaging and marking (ATMP) units.

To curb illegal immigration, Haryana to table travel agents bill — up to 10 yrs jail, Rs 2L minimum fine

Draft Haryana Registration and Regulation of Travel Agents Bill cleared by state cabinet, to be introduced in Budget session beginning 20 February.

Rs 450 LPG, task force, SIT: Slew of decisions in Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal’s 1st month but no cabinet meet

The chief minister is yet to get his own Officer on Special Duty, chief secretary etc. after clearance from BJP central leadership, it is learnt.

New Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 9 ministers to be inducted into cabinet today

This will take the strength of the cabinet to 12. Swearing-in at Raj Bhavan at 11.45 am.

Maharashtra cabinet expansion ‘stuck over portfolio allocation’, Ajit ‘wants key home, finance’ ministries

Shiv Sena & BJP leaders say there are more hopefuls than cabinet posts, but exercise expected to be done before 17 July, when monsoon session of assembly is to begin. 

Cabinet approves $11 billion revival package for BSNL, says CNBC-TV 18 report

The revival package will come to around Rs 890.47 billion ($10.79 billion), according to CNBC-TV 18.

‘First of its kind’ — Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik chairs cabinet meeting from Japan’s Kyoto

Patnaik is on an official tour to Japan to seek investment for Odisha. Technology now allows governance delivery on the go, a statement from CMO quotes him as saying.

Cabinet approves MoU with Nepal for construction of bridge over Mahakali river

Briefing the media Thursday, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur said the bridge will be completed within 3 years & will help people living in Uttarakhand's Dharchula & in Nepal territory.

Cabinet approves Rs 12,000 crore for second phase of Green Energy Corridor

The scheme aims to facilitate grid integration, power evacuation of about 20 GW of renewable energy projects in 7 states and will be implemented during 2021-22 to 2025-26 fiscal years.

On Camera

What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.