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New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP President Nitin Nabin convened a crucial virtual meeting with Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states, state unit presidents, and senior national office-bearers to strategise the effective rollout and public awareness of the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam' (Women's Reservation Act). The deliberations centred on amendments aimed at facilitating the early implementation of 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, potentially f ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh: The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Secretariat has officially declared the seat of MLA Rajendra Bharti vacant after his disqualification, following his court conviction in bank fraud case. According to the official order issued on April 2, 2026, Bharti, who was elected from the Datia constituency, was found guilty in a criminal case by a special MP/MLA court at the Rouse Avenue District Court in New Delhi. The court sentenced him to 3 years of imprisonment along wi ...Read More >
Hyderabad, March 29 (RAHNUMA): Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka has urged elected representatives to actively participate in the prestigious "Model Solar Village" programme, which has been launched by the state government with the aim of transforming Telangana into a green energy-efficient state. Bhatti Vikramarka personally handed over letters to Ministers, Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), and Members of the Legislative Council (MLCs) at the Assembly Hall on Sunday, inviting ...Read More >
Refusing to take cognisance of the complaint, additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) Paras Dalal of Rouse Avenue Courts, in a 31-page order, said the complaint by Lipika Mitra lacked the necessary ingredients to initiate criminal defamation proceedings against the minister. Terming the complaint "worthless material" that had been "stretched for too long," the court said the statements made by Sitharaman were nothing more than political discourse among rival parties. Mitra, represented by ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): A Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday dismissed a defamation complaint filed against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This complaint was filed by Lipika Mitra, the wife of AAP leader Somnath Bharti. The court said that the statements made by the respondent (Sitharaman) are nothing but political opposition and antagonism aimed at AAP and the INDIA bloc. Nothing was aimed at the complainant, Lipika Mitra, and there is no imputation against her. Additional ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Durga Prasad Mohanty, husband of Narla BJD MLA Manorama Mohanty and chairman of Narla block in Kalahandi district, has moved Orissa High Court seeking anticipatory bail, even as the Odisha police have intensified their probe into allegations against him by filing a petition in the JMFC court at Madanpur Rampur for an arrest warrant. This followed raids by Kalahandi police at multiple locations, including Rupra Road, a farmhouse, and the MLA's residence in Bhubaneswar, for over four ...Read More >
Khadoor Sahib MP argued that under the democratic system of India, any elected representative holds the right to put across his point of view. Jailed MP Amritpal Singh Tuesday appeared in person via video conference in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and argued his petition seeking parole to attend the ongoing winter session of Parliament. A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry heard Amritpal but kept the matter for Wednesday as lawyers continued to abstain fro ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Dec 16 (PTI) Jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh on Tuesday appeared before the Punjab and Haryana High Court through video conferencing and argued on his plea for parole to attend the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. Amritpal Singh (32), a Khalistani sympathiser who has been lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail following his detention in April 2023 under the National Security Act, has challenged the Punjab government's decision denying him parole to attend the Winter Session of ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 20 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed her concerns over the "structurally unsound" Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in the state. In a letter written to the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on November 20, Chief Minister Banerjee claimed that the "critical gaps in training, lack of clarity on mandatory documentation and the near-impossibility of meeting voters in the midst of their ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bengal BJP has decided to organise SIR help camps that would run simultaneously with the 1,000-odd camps the party has planned to assist people for registering under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.At a meeting with state functionaries last week, BJP's election-in-charge Bhupendra Yadav asked them to address issues related to the special intensive revision (SIR) at every possible platform."We saw how the opposition tried to spread fake stories in Bihar during SIR. Trinamool has already ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 18: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh, today called on President of India, Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan to exchange Diwali greetings and brief her about recent developments and forthcoming Government initiatives under his Ministries. During the meeting, D ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI) Economist and former CPI(M) leader Prasenjit Bose joined the Congress during a programme in the metropolis, and asserted that he would support the party in its fight to "save the Constitution". Bose (51) became a part of the Congress at a formal joining ceremony here on Monday in the presence of party leaders Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Syed Naseer Hussain and Kanhaiya Kumar, besides state unit president Subhankar Sarkar. "We have to protect the Constitution, establish a government ...Read More >
Cloudburst in Dehradun News: Dehradun experienced cloudbursts in Sahastradhara, leading to swollen rivers and damaged shops. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reported rescue operations by police and SDRF. In Rishikesh, the Chandrabhaga river overflowed due to heavy rainfall, flooding the highway and trapping vehicles. SDRF successfully rescued three people stranded in the river, ensuring their safety. The local administration is monitoring the situation. ...Read More >
New Delhi, India -- The rattle of iron gates sounded like drumbeats as the crowd surged forward. A sea of bodies stormed through the barricades, which had stood as sentinels of power barely hours ago. The hallways of the house of the country's leader echoed with the thunder of muddy footsteps. Some smashed windows and artefacts, others picked up luxury bedsheets or shoes. The building and its plush interiors had been symbols of crushing authority, impenetrable and out of reach for the country' ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 13 (ANI): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday questioned Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's offer to provide legal assistance to Malik's family, stating that the MLA is capable of handling his own legal proceedings. Speaking to reporters, she said, "PSA was imposed on Mehraj Malik and he was put in jail. After that, our Chief Minister meets his father and says that he will help in their legal proceedin ...Read More >
Jagdeep S Chhokar, co-founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and a prominent advocate for clean elections, passed away in Delhi at the age of 80. He spearheaded landmark judicial interventions, enhancing transparency and accountability in Indian politics, including mandatory disclosure of candidate information and the striking down of the Electoral Bonds scheme. Jagdeep S Chhokar, co-founder of poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms and a long-standing advocate for ...Read More >
New Delhi: Jagdeep S Chhokar, co-founder of poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms and a long-standing advocate for clean elections, passed away in Delhi on Friday after suffering a heart attack, ADR sources said. He was 80. A retired professor at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, Chhokar, along with his colleagues, founded the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in 1999. Over the past two decades, the organisation spearheaded several landmark judicial interventio ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sep 08: Political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday denounced slapping of PSA on elected representative from Doda Mehraj Malik, and said such "draconian laws" are weaponised to silence political voices. J&K Peoples' Conference (JKPC) chairman, Sajad Gani Lone, who is also an MLA Handwara expressed strong condemnation over the move. In a post on X, Lone said: "We strongly condemn the use of the PSA against @MehrajMalikAAP This is a soulless democracy". He added that, "The will o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday highlighted the principle of nation first, adding that the foremost duty of every elected representative must be public welfare and national interest. Addressing the valedictory session of the All India Speakers' Conference in the Delhi Legislative Assembly, the Chief Minister stated that the foundation of India's democracy lies in sacrifice and struggle, and that the foremost duty of every people's representative mus ...Read More >
New Delhi: As Union Home Minister Amit Shah cited Arvind Kejriwal's case to defend the bill to oust jailed Ministers and CMs, the former Delhi Chief Minister on Monday demanded action against those who implicate rivals and get them sent to prisons in false cases. After HM Shah in an interview cited Kejriwal as an example of an elected representative not resigning despite being jailed, the AAP leader hit back claiming that the 160-day government that he ran from the jail performed much better th ...Read More >
New Delhi, August 25: As Union Home Minister Amit Shah cited Arvind Kejriwal's case to defend the bill to oust jailed Ministers and CMs, the former Delhi Chief Minister on Monday demanded action against those who implicate rivals and get them sent to prisons in false cases. After HM Shah in an interview cited Kejriwal as an example of an elected representative not resigning despite being jailed, the AAP leader hit back claiming that the 160-day government that he ran from the jail performed much ...Read More >
New Delhi, August 6: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday brushed aside claims of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Congress leader Randeep Surjewala, about the alleged irregularities and imperfections in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and advised them to lodge their complaints, if any, via proper channels. EC's pointed rebuttal comes on back of charges by the two tall leaders of respective parties, where they called the exclusion of 65 lakh names from draft ...Read More >
Mumbai: The state govt on Thursday ordered a stay on the Rs 12 crore aspirational toilets construction contract. Industries Minister Uday Samant said an inquiry will be conducted and a report will be submitted in 30 days, but till then, work on the toilets will be stayed. Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar ruled that the state govt must direct municipal commissioner Bhushan Gagrani to conduct a probe against additional municipal commissioner (City) Ashwini Joshi, who is pushing the aspirational toi ...Read More >
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday extended support to her Jammu & Kashmir counterpart Omar Abdullah for his defiant move against the Centre on Martyrs' Day, questioning why a democratically elected chief minister would not be allowed the freedom to visit a graveyard."What is wrong in visiting the graveyard of martyrs? This is not only unfortunate, it also snatches the democratic right of a citizen. What happened this morning to the elected Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is unacceptable. Shocki ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 14 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin alleged that the Union BJP Government is systematically "stripping" away the rights of elected State Governments from Tamil Nadu to Kashmir and said that an elected Chief Minister is forced to climb walls for wanting to pay homage to the 1931 martyrs. https://x.com/mkstalin/status/1944758906338873669 Also Read | Maharashtra Govt To Invoke MCOCA Against Drug Dealers and Peddlers, Says CM Devendra Fadnavis. "At a t ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: The suicide note of a Vakkom grama panchayat member, who died by suicide along with his mother on Monday, suggests he was under severe mental distress, allegedly triggered by a false criminal case filed against him. Arun (43), the elected representative of the 9th ward, and his mother, Valsala (68), were found hanging behind their house in Vakkom on Monday morning. Just before the incident, Arun sent a suicide note via WhatsApp to friends, claiming he had been falsely implic ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD), the opposition BJD's women wing, on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the Director General of Police, Odisha, at his Camp Office in Bhubaneswar, demanding immediate action against Nilgiri BJP MLA Santosh Khatua for making derogatory remarks against BJD leader Lekhasri Samantsinghar. The delegation urged his arrest to prevent tampering with evidence in a poaching and sexual abuse case, the inclusion of Sections 74 and 351 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear the challenge against Election Commission of India's decision for a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. The updated causelist shows a bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Joymalya Bagchi has over 10 related matters listed for hearing on July 10. On Wednesday, it agreed to hear a fresh plea of two social activists, Arshad Ajmal and Rupesh Kumar, challenging the decision of the poll pane ...Read More >
CHENNAI: In a spirited rebuttal to Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president and Sriperumbudur MLA K Selvaperunthagai's allegations of being denied entry during the kumbabishegam (consecration ceremony) of the Vallakottai Murugan Temple, senior BJP leader and former Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday said the controversy was a manufactured drama and insisted that she attended the ceremony purely as a devotee, not as a political figure. Calling the controversy "a political drama ...Read More >
Chennai: TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai on Tuesday said he was treated with disrespect at the Vallakottai Murugan temple consecration in Kancheepuram despite arriving on time. The DMK allies called for action against HR&CE officials while minister P K Sekarbabu visited the Congress leader and assured action. "The minister expressed regret for the incident," Selvaperunthagai said.The controversy related to the consecration ceremony of the temple, which took place after 17 years. Former Telanga ...Read More >
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