The Opposition is confident of a floor coordination in Parliament after realising that the UPA constituents are feeling uncomfortable with the Congress while the supporting parties like the BSP and th

Representation of Mumbai in the Union Cabinet has drastically reduced as the financial capital of India failed to get even a single Cabinet-rank minister despite the excellent performance in the last two Lok Sabha elections.

Jairam Ramesh, Salman Khurshid and Jayanthi Natarajan got key portfolios in the reshuffle of the Union council of ministers on Tuesday evening. But Mr Gurudas Kamat, who was elevated in the reshuffle, resigned from the government shortly after the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan citing “personal reasons”.

The names of Mr Jyotiraditya Scindia, Mr Gurudas Kamat, Mr E.

The names of Mr Jyotiraditya Scindia, Mr Gurudas Kamat, Mr E. Ahamed, Mr Beni Prasad Verma, Dr Charan Das Mahant, Mr Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Dr Girija Vyas are doing the rounds for either promotion or

Developments in southern states have virtually put the Centre on tenterhooks. While the DMK is becoming a liability for the ruling coalition with textiles minister Dayanidhi Maran coming under the CBI scanner in the 2G scam, the demand for a separate Telangana state has put the Union government in a fix.

The top four members of the Cabinet — the finance, home, defence and external affairs ministers — are unlikely to be disturbed in the coming reshuffle, but well-placed sources indicated there would “be changes in other important ministries”.

The top four ministers, handling the finance, home, defence and external affairs portfolios, are unlikely to be disturbed in the proposed reshuffle-cum-expansion of the Union Cabinet expected by July 12.

The current mood in the Opposition is not in favour of the government either on its draft Lokpal bill or its attempt to isolate the civil society group led by Anna Hazare.

Social activist Anna Hazare, who has been camping in New Delhi to convince top leaders of political parties for a strong Lokpal bill ahead of an all-party meeting called by the government here on July 3, will meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Thursday in a bid to try to persuade her that the Prime Minister should be included in the bill.