Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is likely to visit Chennai tomorrow to hold talks with DMK chief M Karunanidhi in a bid to break the deadlock over allocation of ministerial berths.

Azad likely to visit Chennai tomorrow for talks with DMK

Press Trust of India

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured Farooq Abdullah that he will be inducted into the Cabinet when the first expansion takes place, J and K chief Minister Omar Abdullah said today.

Farooq to be inducted in first Cabinet expansion

Even as DMK decided to stay out of the UPA government for now, its Parliamentary Party leader T R Baalu today said its MPs would attend the swearing-in of Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister.

DMK MPs to attend swearing in of PM: Baalu

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with a 19-member team will be administered oath of office and secrecy by President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhawan this evening.

Manmohan, 19 others to take oath this evening

A crucial meeting of the ruling BJP was held here today to elect the new chief minister for Uttarakhand following party's debacle in the state where it lost all the five parliamentary seats to the Congress in the recent elections.

BJP holds meeting to elect new Uttarakhand CM

Manmohan Singh was today sworn in as Prime Minister for a second consecutive term at the head of a 20-member team in the first installment of government formation truncated by the deadlock over portfolios for DMK members.

Manmohan sworn in as PM for second term

It became clearer that Rahul Gandhi will not join the Union Cabinet as he did not figure among the 19 ministers sworn in today.

Rahul Gandhi not in Union Cabinet

&nbsp;In a major administrative reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh Government has transferred 13 IAS officers.

Mayawati government transfers 13 IAS officers

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who was sworn in as Cabinet minister, has indicated that there could six more ministerial berths for her party in the first expansion of the Manmohan Singh ministry which is likely on Tuesday.

Six more from TMC likely to be inducted in UPA govt: Mamata

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today said there were no differences with the DMK and expressed hope that the key ally would soon join the government.

Cong says no differences with DMK

Veteran politician Pranab Mukherjee, hailed as one of the five best Finance Ministers in the world in 1984, will re-enter the North Block as Finance Minister of the new Congress-led UPA government.

PROFILE: Pranab's first priority to present budget for 2009-10

Business Standard

Samajwadi Party's support to the Congress-led government at the Centre was aimed at keeping the communal forces at bay, SP's Madhya Pradesh unit President Deep Narayan Yadav today said.

SP supported UPA to keep communal forces at bay

The Congress&rsquo; flexibility in the initial ministry-formation exercise with regard to Sharad Pawar&rsquo;s dual portfolio is leading the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) to believe that it may be possible to wear down the Congress&rsquo;s resistance to both the names proposed and ministries demanded by it.

Cong-DMK chill thaws

While the BJP&rsquo;s lone Muslim MP, Shahnawaz Hussain, has no love lost for Varun Gandhi, his youngest colleague in the 15th Lok Sabha, he does not mince words while criticising senior leader Balbir Punj, who was seen speaking in defence of Gandhi after his infamous hate speech in Pilibhit during the election campaign.

BJP&#39;s Muslim face and Varun

The stalemate over DMK joining the UPA government appears to be heading for an end with the party today reportedly finalising its candidates for the berths of Cabinet and Ministers of State (MoS) in which T R Baalu may be kept out.

DMK likely to name Azhagiri, Maran for Cabinet berths

Ending the deadlock over its participation in the Manmohan Singh Ministry, DMK, a key pre-poll ally of the Congress, today said it has decided to join the Union Cabinet and forwarded the list of nominees to the Prime Minister.

DMK to join Manmohan Singh-led UPA govt

CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat has asked the party's Kerala unit to take an objective look at Lok Sabha poll debacle and suggested state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan to amend his report which sought to put the blame on Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan.

Take objective look at poll debacle: Karat to Kerala CPI(M)

The Congress Party's Rs 150-crore ad campaign for the 2009 elections has been the largest by a political party to date. A behind-the-scenes look at what went into it.

A political storyboard

Poverty in Gujarat has come down, but some economists say the drop can be misleading.

A vibrant Gujarat, but for whom?

The first phase of voting for the Gujarat Assembly elections on Thursday saw 68 per cent of its 18 million voters turning up to exercise their franchise. As many as 846 candidates, including bigwigs from the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress were in the fray for 87 seats in Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions, which went off peacefully.

Record 68% turnout in phase-I of Gujarat polls

The first phase of polling for Gujarat Assembly elections on Thursday recorded a historic high polling of 68 per cent and remained peaceful through. The polling which ended on Thursday sealed the fate of 846 candidates in fray for 87 seats in Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions.

Record 68% turnout in Phase I of polling

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