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Kiren Rijiju replaced as law minister, Arjun Ram Meghwal to take over

May 18, 2023 1:38 pm

Arjun Ram Meghwal has been assigned independent charge as minister of state in the Ministry of Law and Justice in addition to his existing portfolios, a press communication from the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

Maharashtra BJP leaders 'wait and watch' as Pankaja Munde set to meet bitter followers

July 13, 2021 12:21 pm

Pankaja Munde's meeting with her supporters comes in wake of unrest following the Centre's decision to snub her sister Pritam Munde Khade in favour of Bhagwat Karad in the Union cabinet reshuffle.

Cabinet reshuffle: Thrust on merit but eye on political goals too

September 03, 2017 1:41 pm

Among the nine new ministers, three are Brahmins -- Shiv Pratap Shukla, Ashwini Kumar Choubey and Anant Kumar Hegde, two Rajputs, R K Singh and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, one Jat (OBC) in Satyapal Singh and Virendra Kumar, a Dalit

On eve of reshuffle, allies JD(U), Sena say have no news

September 02, 2017 10:54 pm

JD(U) leader and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claimed in Patna that there had been “no such talk of the JD(U) joining the Union Cabinet”. “No talks were held on the issue (between the BJP and JD-U),” he said.

PM Modi to expand cabinet tomorrow, uncertainty hangs over names

September 02, 2017 10:08 pm

While carrying out the reshuffle, Modi is also likely to keep an eye on upcoming state elections in Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka and his party's re-election bid in 2019. 

Reshuffle of Cabinet on Sunday, more exits imminent

September 01, 2017 10:11 pm

BJP sources suggested that fresh faces in the Union Council of Ministers were likely from poll-bound Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka along with some from Rajasthan and Maharashtra among others.

Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, new faces to be inducted

September 01, 2017 9:46 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake the third and probably last major recasting of his council of ministers before the next Lok Sabha polls in 2019 and the exercise is being seen as a balancing act between his thrust on merit and demands of realpolitik.

Cabinet reshuffle likely after Parliament's monsoon session

July 18, 2017 8:46 pm

The talk of reshuffle has gained ground after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chose its senior leader M. Venkaiah Naidu as its vice-presidential candidate. The portfolios he handled - Information and Broadcasting and Housing and Urban Development - were respectively given to union ministers Smriti Irani and Narendra Singh Tomar.

Trinamool suffering from "political fear psychosis": Congress

October 29, 2012 9:27 pm

Congress and its former ally Trinamool Congress today clashed over induction of three ministers from West Bengal in the Union Cabinet reshuffle with the Mamata Banerjee's party's response being dubbed as a sign of "political fear-psychosis".

Cabinet reshuffle: Changes just cosmetic,says CM

April 17, 2014 4:17 pm

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal,while speaking on Sunday’s Union Cabinet reshuffle,said that the ‘cosmetic face-change exercise’ of the Congress-led UPA government would hardly be able to save the party from decimation,as the citizens were tired of the “anti-people policies” of the Centre.

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Nirmala Sitharaman named Defence Minister: Glimpses from Modi cabinet reshuffle 2017

September 03, 2017 5:30 pm

In the cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, nine new ministers have been inducted into the Narendra Modi-led NDA government. Nirmala Sitharaman was named as the new Defence Minister, while Piyush Goyal replaced Suresh Prabhu in the Railway Ministry.

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