Politics

BJP MLA Madan Dilawar and the BSP had earlier moved the high court challenging Assembly Speaker CP Joshi's September 2019 decision to allow the induction of the six MLAs to the ruling Congress.

Amarinder Singh further asked the Delhi chief minister 'not to exploit the tragic affair for reviving his defunct Aam Aadmi Party's stake in the state'.

Wondering how a 61-year-old former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister is a threat to public safety, Chidambaram sought her immediate release from detention.

In a fresh bulletin, the hospital said Gandhi's investigations are being carried out and she is showing satisfactory improvement.

LJP president Chirag Paswan cited a case in which a ward councillor, reportedly in an inebriated state, abused him and his father Ram Vilas Paswan.

Taking into consideration the Gujarat government's objections, additional sessions judge B J Ganatra junked Patel's plea observing that the Congress leader can always approach the court whenever he wants to travel out of the state.

The respondents have to provide the replies by August 11 and submit their side of the case.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Dotasra had played his role well as a member of the assembly and deputy chief whip when the party was in opposition.

However, no leader was named in the press release issued by the PDP to mark its 21st foundation day as party president Mehbooba Mufti is a week short of completing one year under detention.

This is the second online campaign started by the Congress amid the political crisis in Rajasthan. The party had on Sunday carried out the 'Speak Up For Democracy'.

In a letter to the chief minister, the Congress general secretary raised the matter of Vikram Tyagi, a businessman from Ghaziabad who has been missing for almost a month.

Accusing Governor Kalraj Mishra of acting under pressure to not call an assembly session, Gehlot along with several Congress MLAs had staged a sit-in at the Raj Bhawan in Jaipur on Friday.

The government on Thursday sought proposals from agencies to redesign the Prime Minister's official website which will be available in six UN languages and 22.

Analysts say that Mamata needs to tap nearly 30 per cent Hindu votes that went to the BJP, mainly from the Left Front and Congress, to form a TMC government again next year.

The Shiv Sena, which has been pitching for construction of the temple for three decades, formed a government in Maharashtra with the ideologically-different NCP and Congress last year.

The BJP's 'Prohoson Divas' programme will coincide with the Martyrs' Day observed by TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee in memory of those killed in police firing in 1993 during a protest led by her then as a Congress leader against the then CPI-M-led Left Front...