Shah, who replaced Rajnath Singh, was received by Union home secretary Rajiv Gauba and other senior officials. The two newly appointed ministers of state for home — G.K. Reddy and Nityanand Rai, who too took charge on Saturday — attended the hour-long meeting. Amit Shah takes charge as home minister in New Delhi on Saturday (PTI)Shah’s predecessor Rajnath too took charge as defence minister at South Block, located opposite to his earlier office in North Block. “The defence minister instructed the officers to prepare detailed presentations on all divisions and set time-bound targets to achieve the desired outcome,” a statement from the defence ministry said. Before taking charge Singh visited the National War Memorial and paid tributes to the country’s fallen heroes.

Source: The Telegraph June 01, 2019 20:48 UTC