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Cabinet reshuffle: Rudy resigns; Modi may induct JD(U), AIADMK ministers

AIADMK's Thambi Durai and K Venugopal are likely to be their party's representatives in the Cabinet

Amit Shah cancels TN visit for now, cabinet reshuffle likely this week

AIADMK, JD(U) likely to get berths; allies like Shiv Sena and TDP could get more representation

Ministerial reshuffle in offing; PM Narendra Modi cracks whip

Prime Minister takes ministers to task for missing Parliament sessions

Modi Cabinet heads for reshuffle as Naidu steps down, 2019 LS polls near

Reshuffle likely after conclusion of presidential elections and the Monsoon session

Cabinet reshuffle likely to take place after monsoon session of Parliament

The strength of the Council of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, is 74 at present

Time for a reshuffle

Cabinet reorganisation should not be postponed further

Call and complain

The wife of a minister of state has been calling journalists, particularly women journalists. She has been requesting that as women they should show solidarity with her and defend her in print. The wife's grouse is that some of the recent reportage about the cabinet reshuffle was unfair towards her. Her husband was relieved of his earlier portfolio and given a new one. A couple of reports insinuated that it had something to do with his wife's career, and in particular a party hosted at the minister's residence where the ministry officials were also present. The wife has been complaining that the source of these reports was her husband's former boss at the ministry, and that if hosting a party was a crime, the same yardstick should be applied to a senior leader who hosted his daughter's wedding at his official residence.

Know your new ministers

An analysis of the criminal, financial & other background details of the Union council of ministers after Tuesday's Cabinet reshuffle shows 72 crorepati ministers. Here is a snapshot of the latest inductees:

No more a people ministry for Birender Singh, now the steel minister

The 70-year-old law graduate from Haryana's Rohtak would now have to preside over an ailing sector, desperately looking for protection from the government

PMO stamp in Cabinet rejig

Increases coherence between government and RSS

Gangwar backs GST, Meghwal bats for growth

Asked about the Congress's opposition to the GST Bill, Gangwar said no party opposes GST outside Parliament

Gangwar backs GST, Meghwal bats for growth

The two new ministers of state in the finance ministry expressed hope that the goods and services tax (GST) Bill would be passed in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament

India Inc says reshuffle stresses performance

CEOs surprised some stellar performers denied Cabinet berth

Creating jobs is Irani's biggest challenge

The textile sector is the largest employer in the country, taking in more than 32 million people. The government is banking on it to absorb millions more; Irani will have to see a special package declared last month falls into place

Mr Javadekar's agenda

New HRD minister's priority should be less friction, more work

Under Javadekar, private sector would have field day: Cong

Says the minister had waived a fine of Rs 200 crore on an influential industrialist accused of environmental degradation

Meet Arjun Meghwal and Santosh Gangwar, the new ministers of state for Finance

The new ministers are replacing Jayant Sinha, who has been appointed as the MoS for Civil Aviation

Rural development should come naturally to Narendra Tomar

Tomar has earlier held the same portfolio in Madhya Pradesh during Uma Bharti's stint as chief minister in 2003. and was credited with several new programmes

Cabinet rejig focus on performance

Javadekar gets HRD, Irani goes to textile, Prasad loses communications; all 5 ministers dropped were from social sectors

The quiet and the argumentative

The council of ministers was expanded on Tuesday with 19 members of Parliament swearing in as ministers of state. Here is a snapshot of their activity in Parliament.In the Lok Sabha, P P Chaudhary and Arjun Ram Meghwal topped the attendance chart with 98 per cent attendance with Chaudary asking most number of questions in the Lok Sabha at 394. Bijapur MP Ramesh Jigajinagi was among quietest asking just one question in the last two years. SS Ahluwalia did not ask at all. In the Upper House, MJ Akbar and VIjay Goel had top attendance of 94 per cent. While Akbar almost sat quiet through his one-year term, not asking any questions, Mansukh Mandavia led with 449 questions in four years. For Rajya Sabha members, the data is for the period of their current term. As each of them started their tenure on different dates, their activity would depend on the length of the current term till now.