The Monsoon Session of Parliament commenced on July 19. However, the Parliament has failed to transact any business due to continuous uproar by the opposition parties.

​The government is likely to seek action against TMC MP Shantanu Sen, who tried to "assault" Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Ashwini Vaishnaw in Parliament on Wednesday.

The Jammu and Kashmir government has acted tough against people found associated in anti-national and terror activities and have sacked at least 11 government employees including two sons of terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen's chief Sayed Salahuddin.

Earlier on Thursday, PM Modi had expressed his concern over people flouting the Covid protocols. The Prime Minister instructed his ministers to actively participate in Covid management.

The prime minister also advised ministers replacing RS Prasad, Prakash Javadekar and others to learn from their experiences to run their ministries effectively, sources said.

This will be the first reshuffle of the Council of Ministers by PM Narendra Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019. The Union Cabinet can have 81 ministers.

Union Minister Debasree Chaudhuri has been relieved just ahead of the Cabinet expansion today evening. She held the MoS for Women and Child Development.

Modi Cabinet Expansion: The Union Cabinet can have 81 members. At present, there are 53 ministers. There is a scope for adding 28 new faces.

Since 2014, as many as eight women governors and Lieutenant Governors have been appointed by the Modi government.

Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot was on Tuesday appointed as Karnataka Governor amid talks of Cabinet reshuffle.

Modi govt expansion, Union Cabinet expansion: As many as 20 new ministers could take oath when Prime Minister Narendra Modi expands the Council of Ministers. According to sources, the exercise could take place on July 7.

According to sources, the Modi Cabinet may get 19-20 new faces, including Manoj Tiwari, Narayan Rane, RCP Singh, Santosh Kushwaha, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, Locket Chatterjee, Zafar Islam and others.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held 'secret' meetings with senior BJP leaders Amit Shah and BL Santosh on Saturday and Sunday amid talks of Union Cabinet expansion.

Pushkar Singh Dhami will be the new Uttarakhand Chief Minister after ex-CM Tirath Singh Rawat resigned from the post on Friday night on the grounds of facing a constitutional crisis.

A committee constituted by the NHRC had on Wednesday submitted a report before the High Court on cases of alleged human rights violations in post-poll violence in West Bengal.

Earlier on Sunday, two unmanned aerial vehicles targetted an IAF station in Jammu, indicating the possible use of a cocktail of chemicals including RDX in the first of its kind incident in the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who convened a crucial meeting of political bigwigs from all major parties from Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, stressed that holding assembly elections just like the successful conduct of DDC elections will be a priority.

It even asked the social media giant that why it should not be fined for 'violating' rule of land.

BJP national president JP Nadda and UP unit president Swantradev Singh on Thursday met senior leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi to discuss the way forward.

Though there is no official word on whether there will be a Cabinet expansion in Uttar Pradesh, sources said Jitin Prasada, who comes from a noted Brahmin family of the state with political heft, and AK Sharma may be accommodated in such an eventuality.