Himanta inducts 2 cabinet ministers, rejigs several seniors' portfolios

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Thursday inducted two new ministers and carried out a major reshuffle of his cabinet with several of the old guard losing some important portfolios. IMAGE:......

Bommai allocates portfolios, some ministers express displeasure

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday allocated portfolios to ministers in his new cabinet, with most of them retaining the ministries they had in the previous B S Yediyurappa......

Stalin keeps home portfolio, PT Rajan gets finance

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M K Stalin's cabinet, including him, would be 34-member strong and he has retained senior leaders like Duraimurugan and 15 shall be ministers for the first time.......

Jaya sacks 3 ministers, six party functionaries

Tamil nadu Chief Minister and All India Dravida Munetra Kazhagam supremo J Jayalalithaa on Monday sacked three ministers and six district heads in the backdrop of her party's defeat in three......

Prabhu's new trade policy mum on achieving exports target

Foreign Trade Policy: More incentives for exports, focus on ease of trading Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday unveiled more incentives to boost labour-intensive and employment-oriented......

6 indicators of India's looming demographic disaster

India is experiencing jobless growth and skepticism abounding that the country may not be able to cash in on its demographic bonus India will need to generate 280 million jobs between now and......

Bihar hardens stand on non-serious investors

The state government has hardened its stand on non-serious investors. It initiated process for cancelling of the approvals for 27 investment proposals worth almost Rs, 17,000 crore (Rs 170......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......