Even UPA-2 had wanted Jaishankar to succeed Ranjan Mathai as foreign secretary, but was forced to settle for Sujatha Singh.

The government wants to raise the monthly wage ceiling to Rs 15,000 from the existing Rs 6,500 under the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme.

The other key legislations pending in the Upper House include three dealing with creation of Legislative Councils in TN, Rajasthan and Assa...

In the new BJP-led government at the Centre, the women and child development ministry was upgraded to cabinet rank.

Last Friday marked the UPA’s best cabinet performance, with a record 23 decisions taken in a single day, including some longpending key ref...

DMK has demanded a review of the decision to allow FDI in retail sector and said that it was ready to support opposition's resolution on th...

DMK chief put at rest any questions of inducting party MPs into the Ministry in a possible Cabinet reshuffle, saying the party would not no...

With speculations rife about a cabinet reshuffle, Congress has discussed the issue with DMK after the exit of the Trinamool Congress.

cabinet secretariat has put defence minister A K Antony in the first slot after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, relegating agriculture minis...

NCP warned the Cong that if its demands like coordination committee for UPA coalition and better treatment of allies were not not resolved ...

NCP blamed a section of the Congress for misleading the media on the issue and planting wrong stories on the standoff in the name of source...

With speculation of an expansion of Cabinet, key UPA constituent DMK today remained non-committal on staking the two berths vacated by it.

The government told BJP MP Haribhau Jawale that of the 37 GoMs, 11 are empowered GoMs, all headed by Mukherjee, underlining the senior mini...

Congress' ties with the DMK appears to be on the mend with both sides deciding not to allow legal troubles facing Kanimozhi and A Raja to c...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced minor changes to his cabinet. In a surprise move Dr Singh moved Jairam Ramesh to the rural developm...

Mukherjee is meeting the DMK patriarch apparently to know about the party's choice for replacements for Maran and A Raja, who had earlier q...

The 'Outlook' magazine on Saturday made public more tapped conversations involving lobbyist Nira Radia and said that it had "unearthed" 800...