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Cabinet expansion on Wednesday afternoon, says Karnataka CM Bommai

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said the expansion of his cabinet will take place this afternoon.

BJP chief to send final list for cabinet expansion on Wednesday: K'taka CM

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said the central leadership of the BJP will send the final list of the new ministers to be inducted in his cabinet on Wednesday morning

Will take place 'pretty shortly': Karnataka CM on Cabinet expansion

Earlier on Friday he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought approval for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Hubballi-Dharwad.

Cabinet expansion could take place within next week, says new Karnataka CM

Bommai also made it clear that his government will not be a rubber stamp

K'taka CM Bommai indicates cabinet expansion would take some time

Meanwhile, Ministerial aspirants have already begun lobbying to secure a berth in the new cabinet.

Modi 2.0's first Cabinet reshuffle: Here's the complete list of ministers

Ahead of cabinet expansion, govt brings DPE under finance ministry

Earlier, the DPE came under the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Yediyurappa likely to allocate portfolios to new ministers January 21

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. Speculations are rife that the Chief Minister may reallocate portfolios to certain other Ministers in the cabinet whose strength is now 33. "I will announce (portfolios) on Thursday. I will hold a consultation with everyone tomorrow and announce on Thursday," Yediyurappa told reporters in response to a question. Ending a long wait, Yediyurappa had expanded his 17- month old cabinet on January 13, by inducting seven ministers as he also dropped Excise Minister H Nagesh from the ministry. The new Ministers who were sworn-in were: MLAs Umesh Katti (Hukkeri), S Angara (Sullia), Murugesh Nirani (Bilgi) and Arvind Limbavali (Mahadevapura), and MLCs R Shankar, M T B Nagaraj and C P Yogeshwar. The cabinet expansion had led to resentment, with several MLAs expressing serious reservations about MLCs not elected by the

Expansion of Bihar cabinet not tomorrow, but likely soon, says Nitish Kumar

The state cabinet can have up to 36 members and at present it has only 13, besides the Chief Minister

Karnataka cabinet expansion tomorrow; 7-8 new ministers to take oath: CM

The announcement comes two days after Yediyurappa finalised the expansion at a meeting with top BJP leaders, including party chief J P Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi

Ahead of Karnataka Cabinet expansion, suspense over ministerial berths

Yediyurappa said on Sunday, '10 plus three' will take oath on February 6, apparently referring to the induction of only 10 out of 11 winners of the by-polls.

Cabinet expansion to happen in next three to four days, says BS Yediyurappa

Speaking to reporters, he said there was no need for him to travel to Delhi as he has already had a discussion with Shah and has got his approval for the exercise.

Deputy CM for fourth time: Ajit Pawr returns into Maharashtra government

Pawar was the deputy CM twice in the 15-year regime of Congress-NCP alliance in Maharashtra during 1999-2014

Maharashtra cabinet expansion likely on December 30, say media reports

Currently the Uddhav Thackeray-led cabinet has six ministers besides chief minister Thackeray

Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana Cabinet to see first expansion on Nov 14

Khattar (65), who took oath as the chief minister for the second time on October 27, and Dushyant Chautala (31), who was sworn-in as his deputy, are the only two members of the present cabinet

Modi drops five ministers, inducts 19

All five ministers of state who have been dropped are from sectors that represent the BJP's core focus of villages, the poor and farmers

BJP to Shiv Sena: Follow alliance dharma or chart own path

Athavale rewarded with his induction in Union Cabinet

No idea why I was dropped from Union ministry: Vasava

He said he wanted to bring transparency in the functioning of his ministry, but was not supported in his endeavour

Modi govt expansion aimed at denting BSP votebank in Uttar Pradesh

In the cabinet expansion, Modi govt inducted three new faces from Uttar Pradesh

Cabinet expansion: Lawyers, doctor, PhD holder in Modi's Council of Ministers

Among the members inducted in Modi's ministry, there are six lawyers a specialist in cancer surgery and a PhD degree holder