Manmohan makes minor cabinet changes
Giving up plans for any fresh induction into his ministry, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday effected a minor reshuffle of portfolios retaining External Affairs while shifting S Jaipal Reddy from Information and Broadcasting to Urban Development and Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi from Water Resources to I&B.
Singh confined Friday's reshuffle, necessitated by the Winter session of Parliament beginning next Wednesday, to portfolios held by Congress ministers while also retaining the Coal portfolio which was taken from JMM leader Shibu Soren last year when he went to Ranchi to become Jharkhand Chief Minister.
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