Cabinet secretary gets a year’s extension

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lok Sabha Secretary General P.D.T. Acharya was Friday given a year's extension, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Tuesday appointed West Bengal Power Secretary Sunil Mitra as the new disinvestment secretary. "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Sunil Mitra, as secretary in the department of disinvestment, ministry of finance," an official statement said Tuesday.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The extension of Presidential rule in Jharkhand by another six months has been approved by the Parliament, after the Government assured that the assembly polls would be held there "at the earliest opportunity". "We will hold elections at the earliest opportunity.

July 12th, 2009 Peru's leader shakes up his Cabinet amid protestsLIMA, Peru — President Alan Garcia shuffled his Cabinet on Saturday following months of protests, replacing seven of 16 ministers and naming a new chief — the third person to hold the post in nine months. Javier Velasquez, a lawyer who has served as a congressman for 14 years for Garcia's APRA party, was sworn in as Cabinet secretary to replace Yehude Simon, who resigned Wednesday.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to recommend the extension of President Rule beyond July 18 for second six month spell, as no party or group has been able to form a government in the state.nformation and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said after a Cabinet meeting that the decision was taken on the basis of the report of Governor Syed Sibte Razi sent on June 16. In his report, the Governor said that political impasse continues in Jharkhand as no party or group has staked claim to form the government, she said.

June 18th, 2009 KATHMANDU - European diplomats have urged Nepal to extend the terms of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), media reports said Thursday. The call came during a meeting between Nepal's Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala and diplomats from the European Union (EU) countries based in Kathmandu Wednesday, Nepal Samacharpatra newspaper reported.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Disinvestment Secretary Rahul Khullar has been appointed the new commerce secretary, the government said Friday. Khullar, a 1975 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of the union territory cadre, will succeed G.K.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI -Commerce Secretary G.K. Pillai was Friday named the new home secretary and will take over from incumbent Madhukar Gupta, who retires June 30.

June 5th, 2009 UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown reshuffles CabinetLONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced changes to his Cabinet on Friday. The members are: Chancellor of the Exchequer (Treasury) — Alistair Darling Foreign Secretary — David Miliband Home Secretary — Alan Johnson Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor — Jack Straw Defense — Bob Ainsworth Health — Andy Burnham Leader of the House of Commons and Minister for Women and Equality — Harriet Harman Business, Innovation and Skills — Peter Mandelson Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — Hilary Benn Children, Schools and Families — Ed Balls Energy and Climate Change — Ed Miliband International Development — Douglas Alexander Northern Ireland — Shaun Woodward Scotland — Jim Murphy Wales — Peter Hain Work and Pensions — Yvette Cooper Transport — Andrew Adonis Communities and Local Government — John Denham Cabinet Office, Olympics and Paymaster General — Tessa Jowell Culture, Media and Sport — Ben Bradshaw Leader of the House of Lords — Janet Royall Chief Secretary to the Treasury — Liam Byrne Government Enterprise Champion (non-Cabinet post) — Alan Sugar

June 5th, 2009 LONDON - A woman state secretary who resigned in fury from the government of Gordon Brown Friday accused the British prime minister of using women as "female window dressing". Caroline Flint, a state secretary for Europe in the Foreign Office, made her remarks in a resignation letter after she was reportedly passed over for promotion in Friday's reshuffle.

May 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Having a degree in law can apparently improve one's chances of getting a ministerial berth as nearly half of the cabinet members have studied the subject. Of the 33 cabinet ministers named by Wednesday, 15 hold a degree in law.

May 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the television studios discussed the possibility of Rahul Gandhi's inclusion in the Cabinet, the man at the centre of it all said only time will show whether he would join the Ministry or work for the party. "Only time will show," Gandhi told reporters here.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Wednesday took strong note of the government's reported decision of setting up a high-level committee to consider the ex-servicemen's one rank-one pension demand that may be in violation of the poll conduct code. The poll panel issued notice to union Cabinet Secretary K.M.

April 22nd, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan's differences with Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan were out in the open again Wednesday.

February 4th, 2009 JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir's newly elected Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has broken the convention set by his father Farooq Abdullah of having the principal secretary attend all cabinet meetings. While Chief Secretary S.S.