The Cabinet expansion came a week after Amarinder Singh resigned as chief minister following a bitter power tussle with Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and was replaced by Channi.
The allocation of the department was announced on Twitter by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday.
A list containing their portfolios was handed over by Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy to Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.
The Narendra-Modi led government allocated portfolios to its new ministers on Wednesday. In a major reshuffle, Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought in Sarbananda Sonowal, Narayan Rane and Jyotiraditya Scindia as Cabinet ministers while dropping as many as 12 ministers including Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar. About 15 Cabinet ministers, including some new faces, were sworn-in at the swearing in ceremony held in the Darbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan. This is the first reshuffle in the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019. With this reset, Modi has brought in young faces and has also given representation to various social groups and regions in the reshuffle.
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has kept Home, Personnel, PWD departments himself.
A week after expanding his cabinet, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa allocated portfolios to seven new ministers and also reshuffled the departments of some others.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday indicated that he will allocate portfolios to seven newly inducted Ministers into his cabinet on January 21.
Bihar portfolio distribution: As per the rule, Bihar can have a maximum of 36 ministers including the Chief Minister. On Monday, 15 ministers took oath including CM Nitish Kumar. The Cabinet expansion will take place after the Chhath Puja.
Chetan Chauhan, the courageous batman in the Indian cricket team started his second innings as a political leader. He proved his mettle there as well as he fought and won elections. Chetan Chauhan passed away on Sunday due to coronavirus.
In a first major reshuffle in his government in two-and-a-half years, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has allocated portfolios to three new Ministers, besides changing those of other ministerial colleagues.
The Reserve Bank on Tuesday reallocated portfolios of deputy governors, with the Department of Regulation being entrusted to M K Jain. The move was necessitated as N S Vishwanathan demitted office on Tuesday, an RBI communique said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is unlikely to make major changes in the portfolios of his newly appointed cabinet ministers who will most probably continue to hold the same charges as in the previous government, sources said on Sunday.
For now, the Delhi cabinet would include Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Gopal Rai, Kailash Gahlot, Imran Hussain and Rajendra Pal Gautam.
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has approved the allocation of portfolios as proposed by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said on Sunday. The list of portfolios to be allocated to ministers was sent to the governo
The final list of reallocated porfolios in Maharashtra's Maha Vikas Aghadi government is out. As per the new allocation, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar gets finance ministry while Anil Deshmukh, also of the NCP will be the Home minister. Congress'
The final list of reallocated porfolios in Maharashtra's Maha Vikas Aghadi government is out. As per the new allocation, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar gets finance ministry while Anil Deshmukh, also of the NCP will be the Home minister. Congress' Balasaheb Thorat gets revenue ministry. Check full list here.
Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik reacted over the delay in distribution of portfolios of Ministers in Maharashtra. "The reason for delay is not due to anything else but because we are considering creating new departments, so it's taking time. By Monday, portfolios will be allocated." Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress coalition government is in the state.
Ajit Pawar, leader of Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party who is Deputy of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, is likely to be handed Finance department, according to sources.
Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP government led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has allocated portfolios in Maharashtra. Among the first who got ministries are Eknath Shinde, Balasaheb Thorat, Jayant Patil.
"After two-and-a-half years of struggle, what I had imagined as a possibility was now a reality. After Pyaar Ka Punchnama, there still weren't many opportunities. I stayed in the same flat with 12 boys till my third film!", revealed Kartik Aaryan.
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