Three new ministers in Manmohan team

NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday inducted three new faces in his team of ministers.

They are Beni Prasad Verma, who has been made minister of state for steel (Independent Charge); K.C. Venugopal, minister of state for power; and Ashwani Kumar, who has been made minister of state for planning and parliamentary affairs and science and technology and earth sciences.

This is the first reshuffle of the council of ministers in the second term of the United Progressive Alliance government.