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NEW DELHI: Confrontation between BJP and AAP over air pollution escalated in the assembly on Monday as four opposition MLAs were suspended for the remaining three days of the winter session after they disturbed lieutenant governor VK Saxena’s address to the house. During LG’s inaugural speech at the year’s first session, AAP MLAs entered the…
Margao: Salcete, historically inhospitable to BJP, dealt it a humiliating defeat, wiping out its presence in the Catholic-dominated taluka. BJP not only failed to retain the two seats it won in the 2020 zilla panchayat elections — Davorlim and Guirdolim — but also lost in Navelim, a whitewash across all three Salcete constituencies it contested….
SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah Monday said political parties shouldn’t interfere in power projects under execution in the Kishtwar region and that law enforcement agencies should take action against those obstructing the work.The statement came days after construction firm Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd. (MEIL), building an upcoming 850-megawatt Ratle hydropower project on the Chenab…
Karnataka deputy CM, ministers, Cong MLAs meet over dinner BENGALURU: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar met with over 30 Congress legislators and ministers for a dinner meeting late Thursday night in Belagavi, amid ongoing speculations about potential leadership changes in the state government.According to news agency PTI sources, dinner gathering included prominent ministers K…
NAGPUR: Amid mass cancellations of IndiGo flights, chairperson of the Maharashtra Legislative Council, Ram Shinde, on Sunday said special trains will be operated from Nagpur to Mumbai on December 14 and 15 to facilitate the return of MLAs, ministers, officers, and staff after the conclusion of the winter session, which will be held in Nagpur…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has listed a habeas corpus petition filed by detained AAP MLA Mehraj Malik for final consideration on Dec 18.Malik, who is AAP’s J&K unit president, was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) on Sept 8 for allegedly disturbing public order and was lodged in Kathua…
In a recent assembly session, Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lauded Prime Minister Modi for his support, encouraging MLAs to show appreciation. When the opposition hesitated to acknowledge this, Kumar humorously reminisced about his past political partnerships, particularly his exit from the RJD. Patna: CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM Shivakumar BENGALURU: “Making a group is not in my blood. All 140 MLAs are my MLAs,” Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar said on Friday, responding to questions on the growing political activity within the party amid speculation over the chief minister’s chair and a possible cabinet reshuffle. “CM decided…
NEW DELHI: In an election marked by determined consolidation of votes against the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan (MGB), the social composition of the newly elected MLAs too has changed strikingly with the share of Muslims and Yadavs hitting a low. What is just as striking : NDA now boasts more Yadav MLAs than the MGB.The decline in…
PATNA: RJD on Monday expelled 27 of its functionaries, including two sitting legislators, several former legislators and its state women cell chief Ritu Jaiswal for working against the party line in the run-up to the assembly elections. “They have been expelled from the primary membership of RJD for six years based on authorised information regarding…
