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Jammu, April 8 Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, has prorogued the legislative assembly of the Union territory, formally concluding the Budget session, an official release said on Wednesday.The Budget session commenced on February 2, with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 – Kerala will hold elections on April 9 to elect 140 members to its Legislative Assembly, with voting set to begin at 7 a.m. and continue till 6 p.m.A total of 2.71 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise, including 1.32 crore men, 1.39 crore women...

Pallakad/Kochi, April 7 Congress MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan made serious allegations on Tuesday that the 2018 floods in Kerala were caused by the "corruption and greed" of the Left government, which delayed opening some dams in the state to benefit certain private businesses.The allegation was...

Salem (Tamil Nadu), April 7 The people of Tamil Nadu have decided that the upcoming Assembly elections will be the last for the Karunanidhi family, as they will vote out the family's rule in the state, AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami said on Tuesday.Addressing a campaign in support of...

Lucknow, April 7 – In a significant step towards strengthening the educational framework, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved an increase in the honorarium for ‘Shikshamitras’ (para-teachers) and part-time instructors.The increase in honorarium, which will directly benefit lakhs of...

April 07, New Delhi: Legislative Assembly elections in the southern state of Tamil Nadu will be held on April 23 to elect all 234 seats.Ahead of this, BJP candidate from Tamil Nadu’s Mylapore, Tamilisai Soundararajan, has expressed confidence about her victory and the prospects of an...

Anand, April 6 – Congress candidate Bhrugurajsinh Chauhan formally entered the contest for the Umreth Assembly by-election on Monday, submitting his nomination papers in the presence of senior party leader Bharatsinh Solanki. This marked the party's formal entry into the race for the Anand...

Shimla, April 4 Traffic was disrupted as people arriving from Punjab staged a protest by blocking the road in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district on Saturday against a hike in entry tax levied on vehicles registered outside the state.The BJP MLA, Janak Raj, who arrived at the scene while the...

In Jammu and Kashmir, the Legislative Assembly was adjourned indefinitely after the Budget Session, which lasted for two phases, concluded in Jammu today. Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that the session began on February 2 in Jammu and continued until February 20 before the House was...

JAMMU, APRIL 04: Javed Ahmed Rana informed the Legislative Assembly that a temporary, one-day water disconnection in parts of the Handwara division was part of a revenue recovery drive to meet departmental targets.Responding to a motion by Sheikh Khursheed, he emphasized that timely payment of...

Jammu, April 4 Ruling National Conference (NC) and Congress MLAs expressed serious concern on Saturday over the "encounter" in Ganderbal, in which, allegedly, a civilian was killed, and demanded a judicial investigation into the incident.During the Question Hour, NC legislators stood up...

Bhopal, April 3 – Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister Vishvas Sarang strongly criticised the Congress party for its reaction to the disqualification of Datia MLA Rajendra Bharti, accusing it of habitually opposing constitutional processes while claiming to protect the Constitution.Speaking from...

Bhopal, April 3 – The Madhya Pradesh State Assembly has officially declared the Datia seat vacant following Rajendra Bharti's conviction for an offense, as established by a judgment issued by a court in Delhi on April 2.The verdict, issued by Special Judge Digvijay Singh (PC Act) of the Rouse...

Bhopal, April 3 Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti has been disqualified from the state legislative assembly following his conviction in a fraud case, officials said on Friday.Following deliberations on the issue on Thursday night, the Vidhan Sabha authorities issued a notification...

Ramban/Jammu, April 2 A 15-year-old girl was found hanging from a tree in a village in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said.The girl was found hanging from a tree near her village of Haroog in the Gool area, they said, adding that her family had alleged that she...

Hyderabad, April 2 – An MLA from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana staged a unique protest on Thursday by wearing a dress made from a mosquito net to highlight the growing mosquito problem in Hyderabad.Devirreddy Sudheer Reddy, who represents the LB Nagar constituency, held a press...

Shimla, April 2 There has been no increase in the prices of petrol and diesel in the state, and the Legislative Assembly has only made provisions to allow for a price increase of up to Rs 5 in the future, if needed, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Thursday.The Himachal assembly...

Jammu, April 2 The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday introduced two bills in the legislative assembly aimed at decriminalizing certain offenses to ease doing business and establishing private universities in the Union Territory.Chief Minister Omar Abdullah introduced a bill in the...

Jammu, April 2 The money of depositors in the Jammu and Kashmir State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank is safe, Cooperative Minister Javid Ahmad Dar said on Thursday, noting that the process to appoint a liquidator is underway following an alleged embezzlement of Rs 181 crore...

Shimla, April 2 The 16-day, two-phase budget session of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, which lasted approximately 90 hours, concluded on Thursday with 103 per cent productivity.This 11th session of the 14th Legislative Assembly was conducted in two phases – the first phase, held from...