Earlier, the Uttar Pradesh government held its cabinet meetings in Prayagraj and Varanasi districts. The upcoming cabinet meeting is being planned ahead of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple.
Lan's appointment as finance minister comes with the removal of Li Shangfu as defence minister following his disappearance for over two months. The disappearances of Li and ex-foreign minister Qin Gang have raised questions of Xi Jinping's governance over his party.
When VK Pandian took voluntary retirement as CM Patnaik's private secretary, the opposition parties - Congress and BJP - predicted that he would join the politics and today their prediction came true with his induction into the Cabinet in Odisha.
The Union Cabinet has given a green flag for setting up Sammakka Sarakka Central Tribal University in Telangana. The new university will be established with a budget of Rs. 900 crore.
The entire Rs 3,760 crore viability gap funding (VGF) will be borne by the central government, the Information & Broadcasting Minister said while briefing the media about the Cabinet decisions.
Union minister Anurag Thakur said it congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation on its efforts while briefing reporters on the decisions taken by the Cabinet.
Naga MLAs had also said they would not be attending the session as they felt Naga peace talks were being hindered by the state government. Responding to a media query, Chief Minister N Biren Singh had earlier said that the assembly session would be convened before September 2.
The cabinet, at its meeting led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, additionally chose to give advantages of the 7th Pay Commission to gram panchayat secretaries.
Over 120 people have lost their lives and over 3,000 others injured since ethnic strife broke out in Manipur on May 3 between Meitei and Kuki groups.
PM Modi will chair a meeting in the national capital on Monday amid the ongoing buzz over the reshuffle of the Council of Ministers.
"It covers laptops, PCs, all-in-one computers, servers and ultra-small form factor devices. There was an earlier version of the scheme too, and now after taking feedback and revisions, a modified version has been passed by the cabinet today," Ashwini Vaishnaw added.
The Cabinet approved revised domestic gas pricing guidelines. According to reports, price of natural gas will be 10 per cent of the monthly average of Indian Crude Basket, to be notified monthly.
Primary to national level cooperatives societies including primary societies, district, state and national level federations and multi-state cooperative societies can become its member.
Maharashtra Cabinet expansion: The BJP has 12 women legislators in the state, including one from the Legislative Council.
The BJP, which wheeled back to power, after forging an alliance with Shiv Sena is expected to get important portfolios, sources said.
It will be the first cabinet expansion of the Bhagwant Mann-led government more than three months after the Aam Aadmi Party stormed to power in Punjab.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday announced that he will appoint a new Prime Minister and a Cabinet this week.
The policy has been launched with the aim of developing Rajasthan as a film destination.
Yogi Adityanath on Friday took oath as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister for a second term at a ceremony where 52 others were sworn in as ministers, as PM Narendra Modi watched the proceedings marking the BJP’s triumphant return to power in the state.
Hectic parleys are underway in Delhi to finalise the names who will take oath as Ministers along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after Holi. Adityanath has reached Delhi to take part in a meeting which is underway at BJP headquarters. This is his second trip to Delhi after the election results were declared on March 10.
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