ministerial appointments

Bengaluru, April 11 Pressure is mounting within the ruling Congress in Karnataka for a cabinet reshuffle, as a group of senior legislators will travel to New Delhi to meet the party high command and urge them to give opportunities to fresh faces.According to party sources, a group of senior...

Bengaluru, April 7 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Tuesday that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress high command will decide on the cabinet reshuffle, amid mounting pressure within the ruling party to make a change, aimed at providing opportunities to new faces.A group...

Bhubaneswar, April 1 The Odisha government has appointed four ministers and 26 MLAs from the ruling BJP as chairpersons of the district planning committees (DPC), officials said.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has approved the names of the heads of the planning committees for 30 districts...

Bengaluru, March 25 A group photoshoot of Karnataka MLAs on Wednesday sparked speculation about a possible leadership change and cabinet reshuffle in the state.The timing of the group photoshoot led to speculation, as such an exercise is typically held at the end of the Assembly's five-year...

Dehradun, March 20 With the Uttarakhand state assembly elections scheduled for next year, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday carried out the much-awaited expansion of his cabinet, inducting five new ministers, including former state BJP president Madan Kaushik.Besides Kaushik, the...

Bengaluru, March 20 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Friday that any decision regarding the cabinet reshuffle rests solely with the Congress high command and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.His remarks come as several party legislators are intensifying their demands for ministerial...

Bengaluru, March 20 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Friday that any decision regarding the cabinet reshuffle rests solely with the Congress high command and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.His remarks come as several party legislators have been intensifying their demands for...

Dehradun, March 20 Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is set to expand his cabinet on Friday, officials said.The swearing-in ceremony for the new ministers will be held at the Lok Bhavan here at 10 am, the officials said.Currently, there are five vacant positions in the cabinet...

Bengaluru, March 17 A group of senior Congress legislators met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday, urging a cabinet reshuffle to provide them an opportunity to serve as Ministers.The group of about 40 legislators, who have been MLAs for over three terms, have planned to go to New Delhi...

Imphal, February 28 BJP MLA Tongbram Robindro Singh claimed on Saturday that the expansion of Manipur Chief Minister Y. Khemchand Singh's cabinet is likely to take place after the upcoming budget session of the state Assembly.Y. Khemchand Singh was sworn in as the chief minister of Manipur on...

Chennai, February 22 The BJP on Sunday demanded that the Tamil Nadu government remove Minister K N Nehru from the Cabinet and order a CBI investigation into the alleged irregularities in appointments within the Municipal Administration department.Nehru holds the portfolios of Municipal...

Imphal, February 21 Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand left for New Delhi on Saturday and is likely to hold discussions with the BJP's central leadership to expand the state cabinet.Manipur currently has five ministers, including the CM."Singh is likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit...