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Hyderabad, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Congress party has murdered democracy on the floor of the Assembly, said Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Wednesday in his reaction to Telangana Assembly Speaker's verdict, dismissing petitions for the disqualification of five BRS MLAs who allegedly switched loyalties to Congress. K. T. Rama Rao (KTR) remarked that it has once again been proven that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party have absolutely no respect for the nation ...Read More >
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 >
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 >
Kolkata, Dec 17 (PTI) TMC's Lok Sabha leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday said the party would take appropriate action only if credible and complete video evidence emerges to substantiate allegations that a party MP smoked an e-cigarette inside Parliament. His remarks came amid a political row after BJP MP Anurag Thakur lodged a written complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla last week, seeking action against a Trinamool Congress lawmaker for allegedly using an electronic cigarette inside t ...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 >
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 >
Elections were held to elect members of 347 zones of 22 zila parishads and 2,838 zones of 153 panchayat samitis, for which more than 9,000 candidates are in the fray, officials said. A voter turnout of 48.40 per cent was recorded in the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab Sunday, amid reports of violence, booth capturing, and clashes, which prompted the State Election Commission (SEC) to order repoll at 15 polling booths on December 16. Elections were held to elect members of ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) Maharashtra Sports Minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate moved the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, challenging a sessions court order that upheld his conviction and two-year jail term in a 1995 cheating and forgery case. The move comes as Kokate faces the imminent threat of losing his cabinet post and his assembly seat. In mounting trouble for the minister, a court in Nashik district on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against him in the case. Kokate's lawyer Aniket Ni ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Global South's rise is not aimed against anyone and envisions a world with access to technology, respect for sovereignty, shared prosperity and a global governance structure that reflects contemporary reality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday while addressing a joint session of Ethiopia's Parliament. The speech was the final engagement in Modi's two-day visit to the African country, the second leg of a three-nation tour, and came against the backdrop of India's effo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Chairperson of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka on Wednesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, urging him to refer the VB-G RAM G Bill to the Standing Committee concerned for a detailed examination. In a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker, Ulaka, who is the Congress MP from Koraput in Odisha, said that the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, (VB-G RAM G) seeks to intr ...Read More >
IT and Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Nara Lokesh will launch the GMR MANSAS Educity Project coming up at Bhogapuram on Tuesday (December 16, 2025). This initiatve is part of the State government's plan to establish the country's first Aviation, Aerospace, Defence (AAD) educational city. According to an official release, the aviation, aerospace and defence sectors in India are developing at a rapid pace. Passenger footfall is projected to reach 700 million across the 200 airports in ...Read More >
Hisar: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday announced that Hansi will be declared Haryana's 23rd district. Addressing a development rally in Hansi, he said the formal notification would be issued within a week, after which Hansi would attain district status from a revenue perspective. The announcement was greeted with loud applause and slogans by the large gathering present at the rally.Earlier, the chief minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for three development pro ...Read More >
New Delhi: The three-member inquiry committee headed by Supreme Court Judge Aravind Kumar has asked Justice Yashwant Varma, facing removal motion in the Lok Sabha in the aftermath of discovery of wads of burnt and unaccounted currency notes from his official residence, to respond to the memo of charges against him.In its Dec 5 proceedings, Justice Varma sought eight more weeks to respond to the charges of misconduct framed against him by the committee - comprising Justice Kumar, Madras HC Chief ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Two weeks after the three-member Joint Inquiry Committee issued notice to Justice Yashwant Varma seeking his response to corruption charges that have triggered removal proceedings in the Parliament, the Allahabad High Court judge has moved the Supreme Court challenging the legality of the Committee by contending that the same was constituted unilaterally by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, allegedly without consultation with the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Ju ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in connection with a petition filed by former Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Verma, who has challenged the legality of a three-member inquiry committee constituted by the Lok Sabha to probe corruption allegations against him. Challenge to Lok Sabha Inquiry Committee Justice Yashwant Verma, in his petition before the Supreme Court, argued that the inquiry committee formed by the Lok Sabha under the Judge ...Read More >
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday visited the Himachal Niketan at Dwarka, New Delhi, to take stock of the progress of the ongoing construction work and directed the officers to ensure its completion within six months.The project, being built at an estimated cost of Rs 145 crore, will have 107 rooms, a restaurant, a banquet hall, a multipurpose hall, a meeting hall, dormitories, parking, a garden, electric vehicle charging stations, besides other facilities. ...Read More >
BELAGAVI: The Leader of Opposition in Assembly and senior BJP leader R Ashoka has urged Speaker UT Khader to extend the ongoing winter session of the legislature by a week. In his letter to Khader, Ashoka said that the ongoing 10-day winter session has been truncated to eight days. Ashoka said this isn't sufficient to discuss the problems of the state, which are "plentiful." "It was decided that the winter session will be held from December 8 to December -- a period of 10 days. However, it has ...Read More >
Jaipur: In response to allegations of bribery for approval of work and release of funds under MLA-LAD scheme, AICC's Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa took swift action Saturday by instructing state Cong chief Govind Singh Dotasra to investigate the allegations against Hindaun MLA Anita Jatav. A notice was also issued to Jatav by the party.The allegations surfaced in a sting operation, prompting Randhawa to demand a detailed factual report within seven days. Commenting on the inciden ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned twice on Monday due to protests, disrupting work in the first half. As the House commenced with Question Hour, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiran Rijiju raised the reported offensive slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Congress' Delhi rally on Sunday and sought an apology from the Congress leaders. "We are members of this House, representing various parties. We are opponents, not enemies. In 2014, a BJP member had stated something wrong ...Read More >
Shivraj Patil Death News: Senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil passed away at 91 in Latur after a prolonged illness. He served as Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Union Home Minister, notably during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, for which he took moral responsibility. Patil also faced criticism over his attire following the Delhi blasts. Senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil passed away at his residence in Latur early this morning. He ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The state government has called a special session of Assembly on December 17, which will focus on making Madhya Pradesh a developed state (Viksit Madhya Pradesh). The Congress MLAs will corner state government on its failures and will raise gaps in the vision documents. There will be discussion on state's overall development. The subjects to come up for discussion relate to infrastructure development, irrigation, industrialisation, employment, mining, women empowerment, ...Read More >
Jaipur, Dec 15 (PTI) Facing allegations of corruption in the release of MLA-LAD funds, independent MLA in Rajasthan Ritu Banawat on Monday alleged that she was being "politically framed" as part of a conspiracy. The MLA from Bayana claimed she was pressured to issue a letter for the release of funds even for the year 2026, but she had refused to do so. A sting operation by a newspaper accused Banawat, the BJP MLA from Khinvsar, Revantram Danga, and the Congress MLA from Hindaun, Anita Jatav, o ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Dec 15 (PTI) With a three-fold hike in the salary and allowances of Odisha MLAs triggering a political row, and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik announcing that he would forgo the enhanced benefits, all eyes are now on Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, whose assent is required for the Bills passed by the assembly. On the last day of the winter session on December 9, the Assembly passed four bills unanimously, though the lone CPI(M) member remained absent from the House. The Left ...Read More >
Imphal, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The opposition Congress in Manipur on Monday described the ruling BJP MLAs' meeting with central party leaders in New Delhi on Sunday as "attending a crash course", taking a swipe at the state leadership amid the ongoing political situation. The Manipur BJP Legislature Party held a meeting at the party headquarters in Delhi on Sunday and discussed the peace process and other key issues related to the violence-hit state. Manipur state Congress President Keisham M ...Read More >
A massive row has erupted after derogatory slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi were raised at a Congress rally in Rajasthan's Jaipur, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanding that senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi apologise. Manju Lata Meena, Jaipur women's Congress district president, raised a 'kabar' (grave) slogan against PM Modi during a 'Vote Chor Gaddi Chhod' rally that was held to raise the Opposition's 'vote theft' charges against the BJP on Sunday. When asked ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Dec 15 (PTI) With a threefold hike in the salary and allowances of Odisha MLAs triggering a political row and leader of opposition Naveen Patnaik announcing that he would forgo the enhanced benefits, all eyes are now on Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, whose assent is required for the Bills passed by the state Assembly. On the last day of the winter session on December 9, the Assembly passed four bills unanimously, though the lone CPI(M) member remained absent from the House. The L ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 15 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said that a special one-day session of the state assembly will be held on December 17 to mark the completion of 69 years of the first session of the state legislative assembly. Madhya Pradesh was formed on November 1, 1956, and its first assembly session was held on December 17 that same year. "The first session of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held on December 17, a ...Read More >
A day before the start of the winter session, Jharkhand assembly Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahto on Thursday chaired an all-party meeting to ensure the smooth functioning of the House, and underlined that all parties have assured cooperation in carrying out legislative business smoothly. The winter session will begin on Friday and conclude on December 11, with five working days scheduled. Representatives from all parties, including chief minister Hemant Soren, Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi, ...Read More >
The inaugural session of the 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly got underway on Monday with the newly-elected members taking the oath of office. Pro-tem speaker Narendra Narayan Yadav administered the procedure allowing the members of recite oath in five languages -- Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit or Maithili. Ministers in the Nitish cabinet were the first to take oath, with deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary, elected from Tarapur assembly seat, coming to the dais first. He was followed by ano ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday sent greetings to the people of Nagaland on the occasion of their Statehood Day. In a post on X, PM Modi hailed the culture of the state for being "rooted in service, courage and compassion," and wished for prosperity and progress for Nagaland. "Greetings to the people of Nagaland on the occasion of their Statehood Day. The glorious Naga culture, rooted in service, courage and compassion, is widely admired. The people of ...Read More >
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