Bengaluru: Congress Belgavi MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi has threatened to quit the party on Sunday after being dropped from the Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy cabinet. Several other MLAs from the party who are miffed up with the reshuffle in the state cabinet led by JDS sulked over the denial of a[Read More…]
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Constitute special courts in every district of Bihar, Supreme Court to Bihar government
Apex court ordered the Bihar to set up special courts in every district in context for the trial of pending criminal cases against the former and present Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs). Along with Bihar, Kerala government has received the same order by Supreme Court.[Read More…]
Jharkhand: BJP issues show cause notice to MLA Dhullu Mahto and MP Ravindra Pandey
Ranchi: Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a show cause notice to its Giridih Member of Parliament (MP) Ravindra Pandey and Baghmara Member of Legislative Assembly Dhullu Mahto over the accusations which have maligned the party image. The blame game between the two occurred when MLA Dhullu Mahto was alleged[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Will state assembly see its first transgender MLA from Chambal?
Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, which has reached its peak and voting is scheduled for November 28 is likely to witness some interesting developments from Chambal division. For the 230 members’ state assembly, total 2,932 candidates are contesting and 1,102 are independent contestants. However, Ambah & Porsa (SC) constituency of Morena[Read More…]
Aam Aaadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti abuses anchor on live TV debate
In a shocking incident, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti abused Sudarshan TV anchor during a live debate. Bharti can be seen using derogatory words for the female anchor and made various allegations against the newsperson. Prior to the latest incident of allegedly insulting news anchor earlier, there had been[Read More…]
UP govt moves to withdraw case against BJP MLA’s murder accused husband
The Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday applied for the withdrawal of murder case against former MLA Uday Bhan Karwariya and a hearing will take place on Monday at the Allahabad High Court. Uday Bhan Karwariya’s wife, Neelam Karwariya is a BJP MLA from Meja[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: Raja Bhaiya floats new political outfit ‘Jansatta Dal’
The strongman of Uttar Pradesh Raja Bhaiya alias Raghuraj Raj Pratap Singh has declared a new political outfit ‘Jansatta Dal’ officially on Monday. Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, 2019 Independent MLA Raghuraj Raj Pratap Singh has made the move to woo Thakur voters of Uttar Pradesh, sources claimed. Raja Bhaiya has served[Read More…]
Madras High Court to hear 18 disqualified MLAs’ plea
The Madras High court permitted plea of 18 disqualified MLAs, supporting TTV Dhinakaran, for immediate hearing on Wednesday. Tamil Nadu assembly speaker, P Dhanapal had disqualified the MLAs for withdrawing their support to chief minister, Edappadi K Palanisamy on Monday. The MLAs faced action for going against the line of[Read More…]
Rajasthan: BJP Mandalgarh MLA Kirti Kumari dies of swine flu; CM condoles her death
Kirti Kumari, BJP MLA from Mandalgarh in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district died on Monday due to swine flu at a private hospital. The 50-year-old was admitted to Fortis Hospital on Sunday. At first, she was admitted to the state-run SMS Hospital after complication in breathing owing to swine flu, Medical Superintendent[Read More…]
33% MPs, MLAs with criminal record entitled to vote in presidential election
The presidential election, that took place on Monday, a total of 4,852 MPs and MLAs were eligible to vote. Out of this huge number, only 451 are women. As per an analysis of the electoral college by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), only nine% of the total 4,852 MPs/MLAs[Read More…]
Telangana: MLA Shankar Nayak arrested for Misbehaving with woman IAS officer
Ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) MLA, Shankar Nayak was arrested today for misbehaving with a female IAS officer during a government event. He misbehaved with Mahbubabad district collector Preeti Meena during an official program on Wednesday. Following this, he was arrested on Thursday. Mahbubabad Police filed cases against Nayak under[Read More…]
Ashok Singh murder case: Prabhunath Singh, two others awarded life-sentence
Former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Prabhunath Singh along with two others were awarded life sentence by a court in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh on Tuesday. They have been convicted in link with a 22-year-old MLA Ashok Singh’s murder case. Singh along with his brother Dinanath and former mukhiya Ritesh Singh were[Read More…]
Assam MLAs, MPs could be disqualified for violating two-child norm
On Thursday, the Health and Family, Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Assam government will recommend to the Centre about the disqualification of MLAs and MPs who do not adhere to the proposed two-child norm. “The government of Assam will take up with the Centre that MLAs adhere[Read More…]
MLA Amanatullah Khan suspended from AAP
Cracks in AAP: MLA Amanatullah Khan resigns from PAC
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan voluntarily resigned from the party’s PAC on Monday night, a day after 40 MLAs wrote a letter against Khan, seeking his ouster from the party’s political affairs committee (PAC) for pointing fingers at Kumar Vishwas. The incident took place when Delhi CM, AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal[Read More…]
Jharkhand land acquisition row: Pradeep Yadav, locals refuse to end fast; police arrest MLA
Jharkhand land acquisition row: Pradeep Yadav, locals refuse to end fast; police arrest MLA The protest against Adani power plant in Godda district of Jharkhand led by Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) legislator Pradeep Yadav is intensifying with every passing day with locals unwilling to sacrifice their land at any cost.[Read More…]
Manipur: Congress MLA Ginsuanhau Zou, 14 others join BJP
A Congress MLA from the Singngat Assembly seat in Churachandpur district joins BJP along with 14 members of the Congress Autonomous District Council from Chandel district. Ginsuanhau Zou and others were felicitated at an event at the state BJP office in Imphal by CM N Biren Singh. “Day after day,[Read More…]
Hazaribag: Former union minister Yashwant Sinha, MLA, supporters detained
The Hazaribag police detained former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, father of civil aviation minister Jayant Sinha, BJP legislator Manish Jaiswal and former MLA Lok Nath Mahto together with about 200 supporters. They were detained for leading a march on the eve of Ramnavami on the Hazaribag-Barkagaon path that has been[Read More…]
73 thefts at house of MPs, MLAs in Delhi in three years
BJP MLA wants to rename Deoband constituency
BJP to conduct training camps for MPs,MLAs
Absconding Meghalaya MLA arrested on rape charges
Julius Dorphang, an independent MLA from Meghalaya, has been arrested from Guwahati on charges of raping a minor in the state. The MLA was absconding after an FIR was filed against him. Dorphang is a former leader of banned militant group HNCL. He is the sitting MLA of Mawhati constituency.[Read More…]
CBI arrests Amanmani Tripathi in wife’s mysterious death case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Samajwadi Party leader and an eastern Uttar Pradesh strongman Amanmani Tripathi in a case involving the mysterious death of his wife Sara Tripathi. Sara had died in a car crash on National Highway-2 when the couple was on their way to the National[Read More…]
Manipur: Another Congress MLA leaves party before assembly polls
Another prominent Congress MLA and former minister Francis Ngajokpa from Manipur has resigned from the party and his post on Thursday. He cited the reason as ‘pressure from workers’ behind his step and this MLA from Tadubi constituency in Senapati district, was elected twice on a Congress ticket since 2002[Read More…]
Jaipur BMW case: Man approaches court saying he was behind the wheel
The alleged accused in the Jaipur BMW case, Siddharth Mahariya has been sent to a three day judicial custody. He is the son of an independent MLA Nandkishore Maharia. Three people were killed and five injured when a speeding BMW allegedly driven by Siddharth, in a drunken state, rammed into[Read More…]