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Haryana Congress' Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) recommended suspension of the five party MLAs who allegedly cross-voted during last month's Rajya Sabha elections. After the committee met on Friday evening, its chairman, Dharampal Malik, had told mediapersons that the panel would prepare a report and convey its decision to the party high command concerning the issue of alleged cross-voting by five party MLAs in favour of BJP-backed Independent candidate Satish Nandal. According to party s ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 5 (PTI) Haryana Congress' Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) recommended suspension of the five party MLAs who allegedly cross-voted during last month's Rajya Sabha elections. After the committee met here on Friday evening, its chairman, Dharampal Malik, had told mediapersons that the panel would prepare a report and convey its decision to the party high command concerning the issue of alleged cross-voting by five party MLAs in favour of BJP-backed Independent candidate Satish ...Read More >
Srinagar, Apr 04: Describing the now-concluded Assembly proceedings as a "landmark session", Speaker Abdur Rahim Rather on Saturday said the House witnessed an unprecedented moment in its history, with every member being allowed to speak, reflecting the true spirit of democracy. In his concluding remarks before adjourning the House sine die, Rather said that despite the session testing his patience -- with almost every legislator keen to raise issues -- Rather took pride in ensuring that no voi ...Read More >
Haryana Congress' Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) will prepare a report and convey its decision to the party high command concerning the issue of alleged cross-voting by five party MLAs during last month's Rajya Sabha elections. The committee, under the chairmanship of party leader Dharampal Malik, met at the Haryana Congress office here on Friday evening. The five MLAs are accused for cross-voting in favour of BJP-backed Independent candidate Satish Nandal and have been issued a show-cause ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 4 (PTI) Haryana Congress' Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) will prepare a report and convey its decision to the party high command concerning the issue of alleged cross-voting by five party MLAs during last month's Rajya Sabha elections. The committee, under the chairmanship of party leader Dharampal Malik, met at the Haryana Congress office here on Friday evening. The five MLAs are accused for cross-voting in favour of BJP-backed Independent candidate Satish Nandal and have ...Read More >
Shillong, Apr 3 (UNI) Former Meghalaya minister and BJP legislator, Alexander Laloo Hek, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing serious apprehension over the union government's introduction of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) (FCRA) Amendment Bill, 2026 in parliament. "The proposed amendments raise significant concerns regarding their potential impact on the operational viability, autonomy, and effectiveness of the non-profit sector," Hek argued, while urging the Prime Min ...Read More >
The National Conference government headed by chief minister Omar Abdullah, on Wednesday, allowed a private members bill by the party legislator, Tanvir Sadiq, who sought restoration of J&K land grants act 1960 and the rules famed there under to their original form as it existed prior to J&K land grant rules 2022. Sadiq sought renewal of leases to the existing occupants so as to ensure that public land serves the interests of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. It may be stated here that lease for ...Read More >
Jammu: A private member's bill allowing renewal of leases of government land was introduced in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Wednesday after the ruling National Conference decided not to oppose it, but Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said they will take a call on supporting its passage once the debate is completed. The opposition BJP alleged that the ruling party was using its mandate "not for the public good, but to protect the interests of the elite", calling it a "breach of trus ...Read More >
Jammu, Apr 1 (PTI) A private member's bill allowing renewal of leases of government land was introduced in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Wednesday after the ruling National Conference decided not to oppose it, but Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said they will take a call on supporting its passage once the debate is completed. The opposition BJP alleged that the ruling party was using its mandate "not for the public good, but to protect the interests of the elite", calling it a "br ...Read More >
Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said the government does not oppose any private members' bills without due consideration, emphasising that all proposals are examined in detail before a view is taken. Opposing a private member's bill tabled by Congress legislator Nizam-ud-Din Bhat in the Assembly seeking equitable opportunity of employment in the civil services, Abdullah said remarks made during the discussion could give an impression that bills are not read and are opposed routine ...Read More >
JAMMU, Mar 30: Nine Members introduced Private Member bills in the Legislative Assembly (LA) today, of which six bills were withdrawn by Legislators after assurances from the Government and two were rejected by voice voting. Legislator, Qaysar Jamshaid Lone introduced a bill in House which read, "A Bill to amend the Cooperative Societies Act, 1989 (LA Private Members Bill No. 1 of 2025)". Similarly, Legislator Mir Saifullah introduced a bill in House which reads, "A Bill to make it obligatory ...Read More >
Belagavi: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday paid rich tributes to senior legislator Shamanur Shivashankarappa, stating that the late leader played a pivotal role in the social, economic and educational development of Davanagere district. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly while supporting the condolence resolution moved in the House following Shivashankarappa's demise, the Chief Minister recalled his long and impactful public life. Shivashankarappa entered the Legislative Assembly at t ...Read More >
Condolences messages poured in on social media cutting across party lines soon after the news of his death was out. Karnataka's oldest MLA and veteran Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa died from age-related complications at a private hospital in Bengaluru Sunday. He was 94 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. National president of Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha, Shivashankarappa remained active in politics for around five decades and was elected six times ...Read More >
NC MLA from Banihal, Sajjad Shaheen, demanded a one-hour discussion on the Doda MLA's detention last month under the stringent act. However, BJP MLA from Udhampur East, R S Pathania, said invoking PSA is a district magistrate's prerogative. This led to an uproar from many members from the treasury benches, and the lone Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) MLA from Langate, Sheikh Khursheed. The members were up on their seats. Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather rose from his chair, directing the members to take ...Read More >
Srinagar: In a rare occurrence inside the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA united the ruling party and non-Bharatiya Janata Party legislators who unanimously demanded revocation of Public Safety Act (PSA) against him. Mehraj Malik, who represents Doda constituency was slapped with PSA by the District Magistrate in September and is jailed in Jammu's Kathua jail now. In the zero-hour, NC legislator Sajjad Shaheen raised the issue of his counterpart' ...Read More >
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday informed the high court that necessary arrangements had been made to ensure that detained AAP MLA from Doda, Mehraj Malik, was able to cast his vote in the Rajya Sabha elections.A bench of Justice Rajesh Sekhri was told that the government had already dispatched the postal ballot to the competent authority to facilitate Malik's participation in the election, scheduled for Oct 24.Earlier, hearing Malik's application seeking permission to vote in ...Read More >
Public anger erupted after Karnataka Congress MLA from Channagiri, Shivaganga Basavaraj, reportedly made derogatory remarks against a pregnant Range Forest Officer during a government review meeting. Public anger erupted after Karnataka Congress MLA from Channagiri, Shivaganga Basavaraj, reportedly made derogatory remarks against a pregnant Range Forest Officer during a government review meeting. The incident occurred during the quarterly Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting in Channa ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 9 (PTI) NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Thursday criticised the Maharashtra government for misleading farmers in the name of rain and flood relief by presenting "inflated" figures of the aid in view of the upcoming local bodies elections. Speaking to reporters here, he also said the government must not think of avoiding a discussion on the issue of farmers' distress by curtailing the duration of the winter session of the state legislature to be held in December. Heavy rainfall and floo ...Read More >
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Saturday urged Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to call a special session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to condemn the detention of AAP's Doda MLA Mehraj Malik, saying a resolution can put pressure on the Centre to release the legislator and protect all members from future targeting, while as former MLA Kupwara and Chief Spokesperson of the J&K Peoples Conference Advocate Bashir Ahmad Dar has written a letter to the Speaker of the J&K Legislative Assembly, raisin ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 12 (PTI) The AAP on Friday accused BJP MLA Raj Kumar Chauhan of threatening people to arrange crowds for the inauguration of a trauma centre, a charge the Mangolpuri legislator dismissed as baseless. The opposition party also shared a purported video of the incident on its official X handle. Delhi AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj said in a statement that in the video, the BJP MLA is seen allegedly threatening to "demolish" the market if the locals did not arrange crowds for the inaug ...Read More >
Amritsar, Sep 12 (PTI) A court in Tarn Taran on Friday sentenced the sitting AAP MLA from Khadoor Sahib, Manjinder Singh Lalpura, to four years in prison, two days after the legislator was convicted in connection with the molestation and assault of a woman in 2013. Six others, who were also convicted in connection with the case on Wednesday, were also sentenced to four years. The court of Additional Sessions Judge Prem Kumar awarded the quantum of punishment. The case had been registered unde ...Read More >
Patna: Outpatient and elective services at AIIMS-Patna were brought to a standstill on Friday as over 600 resident doctors boycotted work following a violent altercation involving Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. Emergency services also experienced partial disruption. In response to the incident, which took place on the night of July 30, the AIIMS-Patna administration has constituted a fact-finding committee to determine the sequence of events and recommend appropriate action.The confrontation between ...Read More >
New Delhi/Imphal, Aug 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made a second consecutive arrest in the 2024 killings in Manipur's Jiribam, central probe agency sources said on Friday. The NIA in a statement said that the national probe agency caught Lalrosang Hmar alias Rosang, a resident of Moinathol Village in southern Assam's Cachar district, from the Mizoram capital Aizawl on Thursday. The arrest came after the arrest of another key accused, Thanglienlal Hmar, by a jo ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan An ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) Former Union minister and senior advocate E M S Natchiappan has told a parliamentary committee that amending the Constitution is not required for holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls and that changes in the Representation of People Act can legally suffice for its implementation, sources said. Natchiappan, a former Congress MP who headed the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice which had favoured simultaneous polls, also told th ...Read More >
Nagpur: Pardi flyover, which was expected to be East Nagpur's only functional route during the rains, has succumbed to the first monsoon downpour. Torrential rains have resulted in multiple potholes, uneven patches, and loose gravel deposits on the flyover, turning the Kalamna, Itwari and Bhandara wings into pothole-ridden stretches resembling a booby trap. Additionally, the roundabout above has developed several depressions, posing risk to motorists.Commuters have raised concerns over the safet ...Read More >
Mumbai: A day after a Shiv Sena legislator assaulted a MLA hostel canteen staff over the alleged bad food quality, the Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) suspended the licence of a caterer operating the canteen. The FDA issued a notice to Ajanta Caterers asking them to immediately stop selling and serving food. Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad had roughed up a canteen staff as he was upset over "stale" dal served to him. After the video of the assault went viral, the opposition and eve ...Read More >
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta high court on Thursday upheld the July 7 order of a single bench to bar identifiable tainted recruits from the 2016 panel -- whose appointments were cancelled by the Supreme Court in April in the bribe-for-job case -- from appearing for the fresh selection test for Bengal government school teachers, lawyers who attended the hearing said. The West Bengal government and WBSSC filed a petition before the division bench of justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 10 (PTI) Members of the Biju Mahila Janata Dal on Thursday staged a protest here demanding the arrest of BJP MLA Santosh Khatua for allegedly making "derogatory" remarks against senior BJD leader and general secretary Lekhasri Samantsinghar. Led by BJD's chief whip and senior vice-president Pramila Mallik, members of the women's wing of the party took part in a 'Swabhiman' (pride) rally from Rajmahal Square to Master Canteen Square, where they also burnt an effigy of the BJP le ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jul 10 (PTI) Members of the Biju Mahila Janata Dal on Thursday staged a protest here demanding the arrest of BJP MLA Santosh Khatua for allegedly making "derogatory" remarks against senior BJD leader and general secretary Lekhasri Samantsinghar. Led by BJD's chief whip and senior vice-president Pramila Mallik, members of the women's wing of the party took part in a 'Swabhiman' (pride) rally from Rajmahal Square to Master Canteen Square, where they also burnt an effigy of the BJP le ...Read More >
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