New-look Cabinet a mix of youth and experience

Former Chief Election Commissioner M S Gill and Congress youth brigade members Jyotiraditya Scindia and Jitin Prasada were among the seven new faces inducted into the Union Council of Ministers as......

Soren gets back Coal, Murli Deora gets Petroleum

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will retain the key External Affairs portfolio and the Coal portfolio will go back to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Shibu Soren in the expansion and reshuffle of the......

Reservation Bill: Women MPs toe party lines

Consensus eluded a meeting of women parliamentarians, convened on Friday by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil to discuss the women's Reservation Bill, with most of them reflecting the views of the......

Chidambaram is FM, Patil gets home

Nearly 30 hours after the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government was sworn in, the announcement of portfolios was made on Sunday night. Contrary to expectations, Prime Minister......