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* Indian National Congress

* Bharatiya Janata Party

* Janata Dal (Secular)
* Communist Party of India (Marxist)

* Lok Janshakti Party

* All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

* Nationalist Congress Party
* Bahujan Samaj Party
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Complete list of Cabinet ministers and portfolios

Surprises and Shocks
Anand Sharma has been made the new Commerce & Industry minister as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expanded his Council of Ministers inducting 59 more and giving portfolios of HRD to Kapil Sibal, Law to Veerappa Moily and Surface Transport & Highways to Kamal Nath.

UNION MINISTERS
Ghulam Nabi Azad: [...]

PM announces Cabinet portfolios

May 28, 2009, 2:06 pm
Sibal gets HRD, Kamal Nath loses Commerce
Kapil Sibal has been given the all-important Human Resource Development Ministry in the new UPA government, the portfolios to which were announced on Thursday night.
Congress loyalist and spokesperson Veerappa Moily will be country’s new Law Minister, replacing HR Bharadwaj of the previous [...]

Manmohan Singh’s Ministers take oath(in picture)
All for one

President Pratibha Patil talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, standing with newly sworn-in ministers, during a photo session after the swearing in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Thursday.
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Dayanidhi Maran

President Pratibha Patil administers the oath of office and secrecy to newly inducted Cabinet Minister Dayanidhi Maran [...]

1947-2009 – India’s PMs down the ages
From Jawaharlal Nehru till Manmohan Singh, India’s prime ministers from independence on Aug 15, 1947 till now:
Jawaharlal Nehru : Aug 15, 1947 – May 27, 1964
Lal Bahadur Shastri : June 9, 1964 – Jan 11, 1966
Indira Gandhi : Jan 24, 1966 – March 24, 1977
Morarji Desai : March 24, [...]

Manmohan Singh begins 2nd term as PM

May 22, 2009, 3:57 pm
Will fix economy
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PM Manmohan Singh on Friday assumed office for a second consecutive term and said that his govt’s focus will be on restoring the economy and fostering growth.
“Our first priority is to restore the economy, especially keeping [...]

India to swear in 19 cabinet members
Fri, May 22 03:24 PM

(L-R) Congress party leaders A. K. Antony, Pranab Mukherjee, party chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister-elect… Congress party leaders A. K. Antony, Pranab Mukherjee, party chief Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister-elect
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be sworn in at the head of a new 19-member cabinet [...]

Rahul Gandhi will NOT join cabinet

May 22, 2009, 3:58 pm
According to PM
PM Manmohan Singh on Friday cleared that Rahul Gandhi is not keen on joining his government.
“Rahul Gandhi has so far not agreed to join government, but I have not given up hope,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said shortly after the swearing-in ceremony.
Meanwhile, UPA chairperson [...]

Manmohan Singh appointed PM

Swearing in on May 22
President Pratibha Patil has appointed Manmohan Singh prime minister for a second consecutive term, after the UPA coalition staked its claim to form the govt. The new ministry will be sworn in on May 22.
Apparently in view of the comfortable numbers the coalition has [...]

End of LTTE: Will India shut down Rajiv murder case?
what we achieved -Rajiv murder case?

18 years on
India will seek forensic evidence from Sri Lanka to confirm the deaths of LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran and his intelligence head to finally close the case on the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi 18 years ago.
Prabhakaran and [...]