India, Sept. 17 -- A day after eight new ministers were sworn in, Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday announced their portfolio allocations, retaining cabinet affairs and finance by himself.

The ministers - Wailadmiki Shylla, Timothy D. Shira, Brening A. Sangma and Sosthenes Sohtun from the National People's Party, UDP legislators Metbah Lyngdoh and Lahkmen Rymbui, BJP's Sanbor Shullai and HSPDP's Methodius Dkhar - had taken oath at Raj Bhavan on Tuesday.

Deputy chief ministers Prestone Tynsong and Sniawbhalang Dhar continue to hold their existing charges. Tynsong remains in charge of home (police), both wings of the public works department, district council affairs and parliamentary affairs. Dhar continues with urban...