New Delhi, July 7 : The Congress party on Monday did a major reshuffle in its organizational structure by appointed new party chiefs for three states.

The new chiefs were appointed to Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh.

“Congress President Sonia Gandhi has approved the proposal for the appointments,” an official release from All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi.

Congress party MLA Siddharth Patel has been appointed as the president of Gujarat Congress Committee and MP Tusharbhai Choudhary and MLA Kunwarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavalia will be the new working presidents.

Former Union Minister and Salem MP K. V. Thangabalu took over as the president of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.

New Delhi, July 7 : Ashok Kumar on Monday took over as the Secretary in the newly created Department of Pharmaceuticals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers.

New Delhi, July 7 : The chief designer of the Chinese Chang''e –1 lunar probe says that they have gathered all the relevant details to draw the first full map of the Moon’s surface.

New Delhi, July 7 : A special team headed by secretary in the External Affairs Ministry, Nalin Surie is leaving for Kabul in the wake of the blast this morning at the Indian embassy, which killed 4

New Delhi, July 7 : India has strongly condemned the terrorist attack at the Indian Embassy in Kabul today and stated that the "cowardly" act, would not deter it from fulfilling its commitments to

New Delhi, July 7: Prime Minister Dr Manamohan Singh will leave for the G-8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan, today.

During the two-day Summit beginning Tuesday, he is expected to meet US President George Bush and discuss the progress of the Indo-US nuclear deal with him.

On eve of his departure, Dr. Singh said that over the years, the country's participation in the G-8/G-5 dialogue process has enabled it to articulate its concerns on a wide range of issues in a forthright manner.