New Indian ministers sworn in

Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, has added new members to his week-old cabinet, rewarding loyal coalition allies with ministerial posts.Fifty-nine new ministers were sworn in on Thursday, joining 19 others who took the oath of office on Friday - completing the formation of the new government and ending days of political manoeuvring since the Congress-led coalition swept to victory.Pratibha Patil, India's president, administered the oath to the ministers at a ceremony in the capital, New Delhi.The delay came as Singh and Sonia Gandhi, the leader of his Congress party, grappled with putting together a group that satisfied all the coalition partners and gave due representation to allied parties.