Ranchi: Opposition parties on Friday disrupted the proceedings in the Jharkhand Assembly as the House was running beyond the stipulated lunch time of 12.30 p.m. The Assembly breaks for lunch on Fridays at 12.30 p.m instead of the normal timing of 1 p.m. for Muslim legislators to go for their[Read More…]
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Leopard enters Gujarat assembly, 100 forest officials deployed
A stir created on Monday early morning after suspected entry of a leopard in the Gujarat assembly premises in Gandhinagar. A team of 100 forest officials has been deployed with tranquilizers, to catch the leopard and all the official work has been stopped due to the operation. The forest department has[Read More…]
Voting for 3 Lok Sabha seats in UP, Bihar on March 11
New Delhi: By-elections to the Lok Sabha seats of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh and Araira in Bihar will be held on March 11, the Election Commission announced on Friday. Polling will also be held in the Jehanabad and Bhabua Assembly constituencies of Bihar the same day. The poll[Read More…]
Gujarat, Himachal results prove there is no substitute to BJP in India: Vasundhara
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Monday congratulated the people of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh for “choosing development”, as the BJP was poised to win assembly elections in both states. She said by voting in favor of BJP, the people of the two states have “proved” that they want development.[Read More…]
Gujarat elections: Modi, Rahul call on Gujarat to vote
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President-designate Rahul Gandhi on Thursday appealed to the voters in Gujarat to exercise their franchise in the second phase of polling that has begun. “Today is Phase 2 of the Gujarat elections. I request all those voting today to vote in record numbers and[Read More…]
Meghalaya CM dares rebel Congress MLAs to quit assembly
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Wednesday dared rebel Congress legislators to resign from the assembly ahead of next year’s elections. “We know all who will resign. We will be happy to see if they resign as MLAs. That is why we have given enough time. If somebody has the[Read More…]
Private doctors’ strike hits out-patient care in Karnataka
Out-patient services in private hospitals across Karnataka was affected on Monday as some 50,000 private doctors went on a strike to protest against an amendment bill intended to regulate their functioning. The strike will continue till their demands are met, said a senior Indian Medical Association (IMA) official. “Out-patients were[Read More…]
I support two-phase Lok Sabha and Assembly elections: Nitish Kumar
JD(U) chief and Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar, on Monday said that he supports Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s stand on holding simultaneous elections to Parliament and state assemblies. “I favour and support in principle a synchronised two-phase Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the country,” Nitish told the media. The[Read More…]
Not ‘PETN,’ white powder found in UP assembly was just harmless silica
The 150 gram of white powder found in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on 12 July was just silicon dioxide and not PETN (pentaerythritol tetranitrate), said a report by National Investigation Agency. The UP government suspended director of the forensic science laboratory (FSL) for giving false information. On the basis of[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Bill to regulate Ola, Uber operations, tariff passed
App-based cabs service providers such as Ola and Uber will no longer be able to escape with tariff as the state government will now control operations of aggregators including their tariff, through the new legislation cleared by the state Assembly. The state has also decided to guard good samaritans, who[Read More…]
Gujarat Assembly amends law; life-term for cow slaughter
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on Friday enacted a harsher law for those found involved in cow-slaughtering in Gujarat. Now, there will be a life-term imprisonment for those involved in this crime. Interestingly, the decision is being taken just ahead of the assembly polls in the state. The BJP has set[Read More…]
MLAs suspended for riding a bicycle into Assembly
West Bengal assembly passes bill to regulate private hospitals
West Bengal Assembly on Friday passed a bill to regulate functioning of private health facilities, providing for up to three-year jail terms and trials under the IPC for offenders and fines up to Rs 50 lakh in case of death of patients due to medical negligence. Under the West Bengal[Read More…]