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Haryana Minister Anil Vij on Thursday said he had offered to resign from the Cabinet after the Urban Local Bodies department was reassigned to a newly inducted minister and was told that he may be divested of the home portfolio as well.

Congress-turned-BJP leader Jitin Prasada has been appointed cabinet minister for Technical Education in Uttar Pradesh government after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expanded his team ahead of the Assembly polls next year.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday allocated portfolios to ministers inducted into the expanded cabinet, keeping 37 departments with him.

Ministries in Rajasthan were announced around 2:30 am on Wednesday after Congress president Rahul Gandhi stepped in to resolve a reported tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot over key portfolios like home and finance.

The third expansion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet was seen to reward performers - one crucial face among whom was Dharmendra Pradhan. The minister, who was in charge of petroleum portfolio has been elevated to cabinet rank. He also got additional charge of the new Skill Development Ministry.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has kept the important home and revenue departments after a reported tussle with his deputies Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma.

Yogi Adityanath, the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, is in Delhi today for meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. On the table are big decisions on ministries. The BJP leadership may have its first UP crisis in hand with a tussle between the Chief Minister and his deputy, Keshav Prasad Maurya, over the important ho...

Hours after meeting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his uncle Shivpal Yadav resigned from the state cabinet and as the chief of Samajwadi Party's state unit, indicating a failure of the efforts to broker peace. The Chief Minister is yet to accept it, sources said. The two had a 20-minute meeting last evening in what was seen as a bid t...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav stripped his uncle and powerful cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav of all important portfolios late on Tuesday evening while handing him the social welfare department, in a move that puts him in direct confrontation with his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in today as Delhi's new chief minister along with six ministers who make up what is possibly India's youngest cabinet with an average age less than 40.

In what is being seen as an outcome of a meeting held by Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav of all Uttar Pradesh ministers on Sunday, his son and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav stripped 15 other senior ministers of powerful portfolios and allocated less significant ministries to them. This includes nine cabinet ministers, one minister of stat...

In what is seen as a bid to keep the communal and caste equations in his cabinet intact, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has given up the powerful Home Affairs portfolio. Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, who held the Revenue portfolio, will be the new Home Minister. "I have given up the Home portfolio to devote more time for my other duties." Chan...

Haryana Minister Anil Vij on Thursday said he had offered to resign from the Cabinet after the Urban Local Bodies department was reassigned to a newly inducted minister and was told that he may be divested of the home portfolio as well.

Congress-turned-BJP leader Jitin Prasada has been appointed cabinet minister for Technical Education in Uttar Pradesh government after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expanded his team ahead of the Assembly polls next year.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday allocated portfolios to ministers inducted into the expanded cabinet, keeping 37 departments with him.

Ministries in Rajasthan were announced around 2:30 am on Wednesday after Congress president Rahul Gandhi stepped in to resolve a reported tussle between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot over key portfolios like home and finance.

The third expansion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet was seen to reward performers - one crucial face among whom was Dharmendra Pradhan. The minister, who was in charge of petroleum portfolio has been elevated to cabinet rank. He also got additional charge of the new Skill Development Ministry.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has kept the important home and revenue departments after a reported tussle with his deputies Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma.

Yogi Adityanath, the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, is in Delhi today for meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. On the table are big decisions on ministries. The BJP leadership may have its first UP crisis in hand with a tussle between the Chief Minister and his deputy, Keshav Prasad Maurya, over the important ho...

Hours after meeting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, his uncle Shivpal Yadav resigned from the state cabinet and as the chief of Samajwadi Party's state unit, indicating a failure of the efforts to broker peace. The Chief Minister is yet to accept it, sources said. The two had a 20-minute meeting last evening in what was seen as a bid t...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav stripped his uncle and powerful cabinet minister Shivpal Yadav of all important portfolios late on Tuesday evening while handing him the social welfare department, in a move that puts him in direct confrontation with his father and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in today as Delhi's new chief minister along with six ministers who make up what is possibly India's youngest cabinet with an average age less than 40.

In what is being seen as an outcome of a meeting held by Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav of all Uttar Pradesh ministers on Sunday, his son and chief minister Akhilesh Yadav stripped 15 other senior ministers of powerful portfolios and allocated less significant ministries to them. This includes nine cabinet ministers, one minister of stat...

In what is seen as a bid to keep the communal and caste equations in his cabinet intact, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has given up the powerful Home Affairs portfolio. Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, who held the Revenue portfolio, will be the new Home Minister. "I have given up the Home portfolio to devote more time for my other duties." Chan...