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Dissidence in Karnataka Congress following cabinet expansion

Ramesh Jarkiholli, who was dropped from the cabinet to accommodate his brother Satish Jarkiholli, has threatened to quit the party

December 25, 2018

Modi asks new Ministers to be focused

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed his newly inducted colleagues in the first meeting of the Council of Ministers held after the September 3 Cabinet expansion and asked them to work in a focused manner. Nine new faces, all first-timers, were inducted as Ministers of State (MoS) while four MoS were promoted to Cabinet …

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September 12, 2017

Know the new faces to join Modi cabinet; oath-taking ceremony begins

Former diplomat Hardeep Puri, former union Home Secretary RK Singh, former bureaucrat KJ Alphons, former Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh and five other new faces including MPs Ashwini Choubey from Bihar and Anant Kumar Hegde from Karnataka will be inducted into the Union Council of Ministers in the expansion and reshuffle to be carried out …

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September 3, 2017

Cabinet expansion triggers crisis

Expansion of her cabinet on Friday by inducting one more minister from the PDP quota has created crisis for Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as her trusted minister Basharat Bukhari resigned in protest against having been assigned the insignificant portfolio of horticulture.  Bukhari was so far holding the important portfolio of revenue, relief and rehabilitation that was taken …

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February 17, 2017

Akhilesh to expand his cabinet on Sept 26

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will expand his cabinet on September 26 in perhaps the last reshuffle of his council of ministers ahead of the Assembly election in early 2017. Governor Ram Naik will administer oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers at Raj Bhavan on Monday, a Raj Bhavan release said. …

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September 23, 2016