ODISHA CABINET RESHUFFLE
Modi's Cabinet: Dharmendra Pradhan retains Ministry of Education; Jayant Chaudhary new MoS
Dharmendra Pradhan remains Education Minister in NDA govt under PM Modi. Ministry includes Department of School Education and Literacy, and Department of Higher Education. Previous Minister was Ramesh Pokhriyal.
'Ujjwala man' Dharmendra Pradhan takes oath as Cabinet Minister for third time
Dharmendra Pradhan, a senior BJP leader, was inducted into the Union cabinet for the third time. He won from Sambalpur in Odisha, defeating the Biju Janata Dal's Pranab Prakash Das by over 1.19 lakh votes.
Odisha 2023: Triple train accident, Pandian's meteoric rise hog limelight
Despite six months having passed since the accident on June 2, it remains vivid in the minds of people travelling along the Kolkata-Chennai route. The accident involved three trains - Coromandel Express, Yeshwantpur-Howrah SuperFast Express and a stationary goods train.
Naveen Patnaik inducts three more ministers into Odisha cabinet
Both Arukha and Marndi were dropped from the council of ministers during the previous reshuffle held in June last year. Nayak had also earlier served as a minister in the Patnaik cabinet.
BJP reshuffles state in-charges
Two former chief ministers and a cabinet minister have been made in-charges of different states. Former Tripura CM, Biplab Kumar Deb, has been given Haryana replacing Tawde. Similarly, former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has been introduced to the national organisation for the first time ahead of the Gujarat assembly polls. Rupani has been given charge of Punjab and Chandigarh. Earlier, these two states were with Dushyant Gautam, who is also holding charge of Uttarakhand.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik revamps team; inducts 12 fresh faces into new ministry
Cabinet minister RP Swain, who earlier held the food supplies portfolio, has been given the charge of Agriculture & Farmer Empowerment and Fisheries & Animal Resources Development.
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Odisha Cabinet reshuffle: 21 ministers, including 5 women, take oath
A total of 21 Ministers, including 13 Cabinet and 8 Minister of State (Independent charge), took oath in the Naveen Patnaik-led state council of ministers. Five women MLAs were inducted in the council of ministers, including three as Cabinet Ministers. In the last cabinet, only two women were part of the council of ministers.
New Odisha cabinet to take oath today, at least six new faces expected
Sources in the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) said that more than six of the 20 ministers who resigned are likely to be dropped from the new ministry. Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal has been informed about the oath-taking ceremony which will be held on Sunday at the state secretariat, the Lok Seva Bhavan.
Cabinet reshuffle: Modi's new appointees diversify ministerial ranks, bring average age down
The PM has opted for more youth with the average age of the council of ministers down to 58 from 61 after this expansion exercise. He has increased the number of women in his council to 11. Significantly, he has also focused on bringing in a large number of lower and middle caste ministers, possibly keeping in mind upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh and later, Gujarat.
Ashwini Vaishnaw takes charge as new telecom minister
Some of the immediate challenges for Vaishnaw includes holding fifth generation (5G) spectrum auctions, bringing back industry's confidence, and clearing some of the regulator's recommendations to improve sectoral health.
Cabinet reshuffle: Wharton alum, former-IAS officer Ashwini Vaishnaw is big winner
The 50-year-old Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha is a former IAS officer (1994 batch). He went to study management at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and joined the corporate sector after serving as a bureaucrat for 15 years.
2 ex-bureaucrats, 24 professionals join Union Council of Ministers
JDU’s Ramchandra Prasad Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP, is also an ex-bureaucrat. The Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer and JNU alumnus had served as principal secretary to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.
Cabinet Reshuffle: The full list of Modi's new ministers and what they got
In the new setup, PM Modi will monitor Ministry of Science & Technology, while Amit Shah will take on the Ministry of Cooperation, in addition to Home Ministry.
Cabinet Reshuffle: How are new ministers being selected? Here's a clue
The new set of India's Council of Ministers will be chosen keeping the existing paradigm in mind while accounting for political exigencies in view of coming elections. Here's how the government has fared so far in selecting ministers while keeping electoral and administrative challenges in check.
Modi gives charge of Home Ministry to Amit Shah, Sitharaman gets Finance, Rajnath Defence
PM Modi along with his other Cabinet colleagues were sworn in by the President yesterday.
Patnaik, who has never known defeat, has never fought this hard
This time, as BJD’s only state-wide campaigner, Patnaik has travelled more than 1,000 km in a specially designed bus, reaching almost every constituency.
The Biju Janata Dal braves 'Chit-fund' stain
While Lok Sabha MP Rabindra Kumar Jena, whose factory and offices had been raided by the CBI, will contest once again from Balasore.
In mid-level reshuffle, government appoints 30 joint secretaries
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued the orders for the new appointments.
Shake-up in many state Congress units soon
The resignations of Gujarat and Goa PCC chiefs indicate the beginning of a series of changes, party insiders said. Reshuffle of PCCs of Odisha, Bihar, Mumbai, Kerala, Haryana and UP are likely to happen soon.
Experiments continue three years on: Shiv Sena on cabinet rejig
"Modi govt has completed three years but experiments are still on. People are still waiting for the miracle of 'achhe din'," Shiv Sena said in an editorial.
Target 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Caste, region and religion clearly visible in Cabinet reshuffle
Modi has inducted Gajendra Singh Shekhawat from Rajasthan, Virendra Kumar from MP and Ananth Kumar Hegde from Karnataka — three states that will have assembly elections before 2019.
Cabinet Reshuffle: 7 reasons why Dharmendra Pradhan received a pat on the back from PM Modi
A long-time party worker known for his go-getter outlook, under Pradhan’s leadership the ministry of petroleum and natural gas ushered in a slew of reforms.
Cabinet reshuffle: Alphons Kannanthanam appointed a MoS in ministry of IT
The 65 year old Kannanthanam is a former DDA commissioner and popularly known as Delhi’s Demolition man for his activist stance.
CM Naveen Patnaik revamps Odisha Cabinet, 12 ministers take oath
The ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor S C Jamir in presence of the chief minister and other senior ministers at Raj Bhavan.
PM Narendra Modi sets up Bihar poll chessboard
With the induction of Ramkripal Yadav, Giriraj Singh and Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Bihar has seven ministers in the Union cabinet, apart from Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Cabinet reshuffle: East India missing entirely from new Team Manmohan
Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal, Odisha, Assam and seven northeastern states have been left without a minister of Cabinet rank.
Cabinet reshuffle: Congress addresses regional aspirations, Andhra gets maximum berths
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's reshuffle of the Union Council of Ministers on Sunday reflects Congress' attempt to address regional aspirations.
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