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The stage is all set for Assembly Speaker G. Prasad Kumar to announce his verdict on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) on the disqualification petitions pertaining to five of the 10 MLAs of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti who allegedly defected to the ruling Congress after winning on the BRS ticket. The Speaker has decided to announce the course of action into the petitions filed against MLAs Tellam Venkat Rao, Arekapudi Gandhi, Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy, T. Prakash Goud and Gudem Mahipal Reddy by the BR ...Read More >
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Sanjay Nishad triggered a fresh political storm with his remarks on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's recent act of pulling down the hijab of a Muslim woman during a public event. Nishad, whose NISHAD Party is part of the BJP led NDA in Uttar Pradesh, questioned the criticism directed at Nitish Kumar and made comments that were widely described as insensitive. In an interview to a news outlet, he said that the chief minister's hands had only touched the ...Read More >
Odisha: Congress protest over National Herald case leads to scuffle with police Bhubaneswar, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hundreds of Congress party workers on Wednesday engaged in a scuffle with the Odisha Police after they were stopped midway while marching to gherao the state office of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here. The Congress workers and leaders staged the protest alleging "political harassment" of Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (PTI) More than 85 per cent of eligible voters exercised their franchise in the final phase of gram panchayat elections in Telangana on Wednesday, the SEC said. The elections were held peacefully, and counting of votes was underway, officials said. Of the 50,56,344 eligible voters, 43,37,024 cast their votes, recording a turnout of 85.77 per cent, the State Election Commission said. Polling was conducted in 3,752 gram panchayats for 28,410 ward member seats. As of 7 pm, 1,9 ...Read More >
Kolkata Dec 17 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday criticised the Centre's decision to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), calling it an "anti-Bengal" move and accusing the BJP of systematically erasing the state's cultural and historical legacy. Reacting to the Union Cabinet's approval of a Bill to rename MGNREGA as Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G), the TMC national general secretary said the ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday clarified that the Nehru Papers are not "missing" from the Prime Minister's Museum and Library (PMML), stating that they are in the possession of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and asked her to explain what documents are being withheld. Union culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat issued the clarification after the Congress cited a parliamentary reply on the issue and demanded an apology from the Union government. Referring to a post by Congress l ...Read More >
CHENNAI: MDMK General Secretary Vaiko has condemned the Union government for introducing a Bill to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), alleging that the move reflects the Narendra Modi-led BJP government's hostility towards Mahatma Gandhi and its disregard for the livelihoods of poor rural citizens. In a statement, the senior leader said that despite strong opposition from Congress, DMK, MDMK, Left parties and other Opposition members in Parliament, U ...Read More >
Nizamabad: The polling process for the third phase of gram panchayat elections in Nizamabad district concluded peacefully on Wednesday amid tight security arrangements.Polling began at 7 am, with voters braving cold weather and queuing up at polling stations from early morning to exercise their franchise. Officials said an average turnout of 23.35 per cent was recorded by 9 am, which rose to 54.69 per cent by 11 am.District election officer and collector T. Vinay Krishna Reddy visited polling st ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) The Mumbai Congress on Wednesday took out a protest march to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office here, alleging misuse of central agencies by the BJP-led Union government in the National Herald case, and demanded an apology from the ruling party to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The protest march was led by Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad, who alleged that the ED was acting at the behest of the Modi government to harass the Congress leadership ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will challenge in court the order of Telangana Assembly Speaker dismissing the petitions for the disqualification of five BRS MLAs who allegedly switched loyalties to the Congress party. Terming Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar's order 'unconstitutional', BRS MLAs K. Sanjay and K. P. Vivekanand said the Speaker pronounced a unilateral order without taking their arguments into consideration. Sanjay and Vivekanand, who were among the ...Read More >
Sangareddy/Hyderabad, Dec 17 (Maxim News): Congress cadres allegedly attacked BRS workers in a village of Narayankhed mandal in Sangareddy district on Tuesday night, just hours before the third phase of polling. The incident took place at Jukal Thanda village and triggered tension in the area. According to the information available, the attack occurred when BRS workers tried to catch Congress activists who were reportedly distributing cash to lure voters. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp The situat ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Leader of Opposition in Punjab assembly, Partap Singh Bajwa, on Wednesday termed the violent communal clash inside the Central Jail, Ludhiana, a "damning reflection" of the complete collapse of the state's jail administration.Condemning the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab govt, Bajwa said the incident, during which Jail Superintendent Kulwant Singh Sidhu and several jail officials sustained injuries, exposed serious and unacceptable lapses in inmate supervision, security arrangements, and ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh on Wednesday addressed questions raised by Opposition MPs regarding the recently tabled 'The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill, 2025'. Taking part in the debate in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Singh said that certain Opposition MPs were pushing "contradictory" facts and statements. He said that a lot of provisions ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The CPI-M in Kerala has decided to lodge a formal complaint against the parody song "Pottiye Kettiye", alleging that it constitutes a serious violation of the election code of conduct and deliberately hurts religious sentiments. The move comes amid continuing political fallout from the Sabarimala gold theft controversy, which the party believes played a role in the recent local body election results. CPI-M Pathanamthitta district secretary Raju Abrah ...Read More >
The Prime Ministers Museum and Library is housed in the historic Teen Murti campus located south of Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi A day after the Congress questioned the government's claims in Parliament that no Jawaharlal Nehru-related documents were missing from the Prime Ministers Museum and Library, the Centre issued a statement on Wednesday. In a series of posts on X, the Ministry of Culture rejected the opposition's claims . On JN papers: Vide letter dated 29.04.2008 Shri M V Rajan, re ...Read More >
Congress Members of Parliament on Wednesday staged a protest in the Parliament House complex, accusing the Centre of misusing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) following relief granted to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. The protest came a day after a Delhi court refused to take cognisance of the ED's money laundering charges against the two Congress leaders. Party MPs said the court's decision proved that "truth has prevailed" in the case. Holding a banner reading "Sa ...Read More >
Hyderabad: More than 85 per cent of eligible voters exercised their franchise in the final phase of gram panchayat elections in Telangana on Wednesday, the SEC said. The elections were held peacefully, and counting of votes was underway, officials said. Of the 50,56,344 eligible voters, 43,37,024 cast their votes, recording a turnout of 85.77 per cent, the State Election Commission said. Polling was conducted in 3,752 gram panchayats for 28,410 ward member seats. "The elections concluded pea ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress MLAs led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar on Wednesday staged a protest against the Central government's decision to remove Mahatma Gandhi's name from the rural employment guarantee scheme and the alleged hate politics against the party leadership in the National Herald case. All MLA and the MLCs protested in front of the Gandhi statue at Suvarna Soudha Belagavi where the state legislature session is underway. Speaking on the occasion, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against five MLAs of the state. Speaker Prasad Kumar said the petitioners failed to prove that the MLAs had switched to the Congress. He clarified that they are technically still in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and dismissed the disqualification petitions against Arikepudi Gandhi, Mahipal Reddy, Tellam Venkat Rao, Bandla Krishnamohan Reddy, and Prakash Goud. BRS leaders had ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Dec 17 (PTI) Counting of votes for the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab was underway on Wednesday even as the ruling AAP claimed it registered victories in more than 900 zones and was leading in many so far. Complete results are expected late evening, officials said. The counting of ballot papers started at 8 am at 154 centres set up across the state. Polls were held to elect members of 347 zones of 22 zila parishads and 2,838 zones of 153 panchayat samitis on ...Read More >
Satna/Bhopal, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress MLA Vikrant Bhuria on Wednesday expressed shock over contaminated blood transfusion to the children suffering from thalassaemia at the government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Satna, describing it a 'systemic failure', which may 'destroy' children's lives. Young Congress MLA Bhuria, who is also a Doctor (MBBS) by profession, said that the mandatory medical norms for collecting blood samples and testing them at multiple stages might be the reason for ...Read More >
Delhi Pollution: BJP's Neoma Gupta Defends Govt As CM Rekha Gupta Faces 'AQI' Chants At Messi Event Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor anchors this special report on Delhi's severe air pollution crisis as the Air Quality Index (AQI) remains in the 'very poor' category. The coverage details the implementation of strict new measures, including the 'No PUC, No Fuel' policy, which denies fuel to any vehicle lacking a valid Pollution Under Control certificate, a rule enforced with cameras at petrol pumps. The re ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (PTI) More than 85 per cent of eligible voters exercised their franchise in the final phase of gram panchayat elections in Telangana on Wednesday, the SEC said. The elections were held peacefully, and counting of votes was underway, officials said. Of the 50,56,344 eligible voters, 43,37,024 cast their votes, recording a turnout of 85.77 per cent, the State Election Commission said. Polling was conducted in 3,752 gram panchayats for 28,410 ward member seats. "The elections ...Read More >
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah hit out at his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar, calling his act of removing the veil of a Muslim woman in full public glare 'shameful', saying this incident shows Kumar's real face, who was once seen as a secular leader. He, however, blamed the former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti for setting the precedent of lifting the burqa of a woman in elections. "We have seen such incidents earlier as well here. During my ele ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) A Bill replacing the 20-year-old MNREGA and seeking to guarantee rural jobs for 125 days every year came up for discussion in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, with Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asserting that the measure will not only ensure employment but also fulfil Mahatma Gandhi's dream of making villages self-reliant. Moving the Bill for consideration and passage, Chouhan, the Union Rural Development Minister, said the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevi ...Read More >
Malavalli: Even as the verbal duel between Mandya District in-Charge Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy and Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK), who represents Mandya Constituency in the Lok Sabha, over establishment of Industries in Mandya continues, N. Cheluvarayaswamy has asked H.D. Kumaraswamy to apply to KIADB (Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board) for allotment of land, mentioning the area required. Speaking to press persons at Travellers Bungalow in Mal ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Telangana Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Wednesday dismissed the disqualification petitions filed against five of the 10 BRS MLAs, who had allegedly switched over to the ruling Congress. Describing the Speaker's decision as a "cruel joke" in democracy, BRS working president KT Rama Rao said they would challenge it in the court of law. The Speaker had earlier issued notices to 10 MLAs as petitions were filed against them by the opposition party. Eight among the 10 MLAs had submitted ...Read More >
Nitin Nabin has taken charge as the Bharatiya Janata Party's national working president. He expressed gratitude for the support from his state and constituency. Nabin thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leaders for the opportunity. Bihar BJP Minister Dilip Jaiswal highlighted Nabin's young age as an inspiration for Indian youth. Nitin Nabin, the newly appointed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national working president, assumed charge of his official duties at the party headquarter ...Read More >
Sirsa said PUCC status and vehicle categories will be verified using Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) systems, along with physical checks on the ground. Vehicles without a valid Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC) will not be supplied fuel at petrol pumps in Delhi starting December 18, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said according to a report by ANI. Addressing a press conference, Sirsa said all petrol, diesel and CNG pump dealers in the national capital have ...Read More >
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said on Monday that he will seek more time from the Delhi Police to appear in connection with the National Herald case, citing the ongoing Karnataka Assembly winter session. Shivakumar said he plans to present himself before investigators only after the session concludes on December 19. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Shivakumar said he would formally request a copy of the first information report (FIR), noting that he has so far learned about t ...Read More >
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