Manmohan's new Cabinet: Six portfolios allotted

Saturday, May 23, 2009, 15:02 [IST]

Six portfolios allotted to senior leaders

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P. Chidambaram will continue as home minister and A.K. Antony as defence minister.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee snatched the Railway Ministry from Lalu Prasad Yadav. However, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar retained his portfolios - agriculture, food and civil supplies and public distribution and consumer affairs.

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Topics: ak anthony, lalu prasad yadav, mamata banerjee, manmohan singh, p chidambaram, pranab mukherjee, sharad pawar, sm krishna, trinamool congress

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