Dr. Tushar A. Chaudhary assumes charge as Minister of State for Tribal Affairs

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Tribal Affairs Ministry has sanctioned a grant in aid of Rs. 116.90,50,000/- for Madhya Pradesh as regular allocation to bring rapid development in tribal areas of the state.

July 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Maharashtra Governor S.C. Jamir has been given additional charge of Gujarat till the time designate Devendra Nath Dwivedi assumes the charge.

June 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday gave additional charge of the Water Resources ministry to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, a Rashtrapati Bhawan spokesperson said. This ministry was earlier held by Meira Kumar, who resigned after being nominated for the Lok Sabha Speaker's post.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mullappally Ramachandran assumed charge as Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs here today. He was welcomed by the Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta and other senior officers of the Ministry.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Veerappa Moily assumed charge as Law and Justice Minister here on Friday. He was welcomed by Secretary, T.K.Vishwanathan and other senior officers of the ministry.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Newly inducted ministers took charge of their offices in different ministries on Friday. Former United Nations diplomat and writer Shashi Tharoor, who was appointed as the Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs, said he would work towards strengthening India's place in the world.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India wants peace with neighbours but it will not tolerate terrorism, Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said soon after taking charge Friday. We always want good relations with neighbours but the one thing we will not tolerate is terrorism and sheltering of terrorists, Kaur told reporters inside her office when asked if India will resume dialogue with Pakistan.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Prithviraj Chavan's hands will be full with the most number of portfolios, while two ministers have been promoted to cabinet level. Besides being MoS in the PMO, Chavan is MoS (independent charge) for personnel, public grievances and pensions, a portfolio which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had kept with himself in the previous government.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Among the 29 MPs who made their debut as central ministers, former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh of the Congress was made heavy industries and public enterprises minister, while former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference was given the new and renewable energy portfolio. Former UN undersecretary general Shashi Tharoor of the Congress was made minister of state for external affairs.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Among the 30 MPs who made their debut as central ministers, former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh of the Congress was made heavy industries and public enterprises minister, while former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference was given the new and renewable energy portfolio. Former UN undersecretary general Shashi Tharoor of the Congress was made minister of state for external affairs.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Dinsha Patel, senior most Congress leader from Gujarat, was Thursday named minister of state for micro, small and medium enterprises. Patel served as MoS in the petroleum and natural gas ministry in the previous Manmohan Singh government.

May 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The UPA government Thursday evening announced the portfolios of the 73 ministers. Among the prominent cabinet ministers, Farooq Abdullah is the minister of New and Renewable Energy, while M.

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI -; Pranab Mukherjee on Monday assumed his charge as the new Finance Minister. Mukherjee was welcomed by the Finance Secretary, Revenue Secretary, Expenditure Secretary, Disinvestment Secretary, CEA, Chairman, CBDT and Chairman, CBEC.

April 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Love conquers all, they say. And in this case, a mother's love certainly won a Congress ticket for her daughter despite stiff opposition from other party members.

March 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Monday announced 12 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections from Gujarat, including the names of Union Minister of Textiles Shankarsinh Vaghela and two union ministers of state. Vaghela will contest from the Panchmahal constituency.