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New Delhi, March 18 Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Javed Ali Khan on Wednesday reiterated the need to provide proper retirement benefits to former parliamentarians.Participating in the farewell event for retiring members in the Upper House, Khan pointed out the need for the government to...

New Delhi, March 18 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised the contributions of the 59 members retiring from the Rajya Sabha between April and July, calling Parliament "an open university" and urging outgoing legislators to remain active in national life.Addressing the Upper House...

Gandhinagar, March 18 The Gujarat assembly complex received a bomb threat via email on Wednesday morning during the ongoing budget session, but it turned out to be a hoax after a thorough check of the premises, police said.The threat was received on the official email ID of the assembly just...

Chandigarh, March 18 – Haryana Congress legislator Gokul Setia has announced a protest outside the state Congress office in Chandigarh on Wednesday following the cross-voting in the recent Rajya Sabha elections and the cancellation of votes cast by the state Congress MLAs.The protest is...

Mumbai, March 17 – The Maharashtra government announced on Tuesday that a vigilance audit will be conducted across Mumbai within 30 days to investigate irregularities in housing schemes under Development Control Regulations (DCR) 33(11) and 33(20)(b).The government said it would take action...

Chandigarh, March 17 – The Haryana Assembly witnessed a chaotic scene on Tuesday after the main opposition party, the Congress, raised concerns about the Rajya Sabha elections, alleging "election fraud".During the uproar, the House saw frequent disruptions, a brief adjournment, and the Speaker...

Agartala, March 17 BJP MLA Ram Pada Jamatia submitted his nomination papers for the post of Speaker of the Tripura Assembly on Tuesday, a senior party leader said.Earlier, the BJP legislature party had cleared the name of Ram Pada Jamatia, an MLA of the Bagma Assembly constituency in Gomati...

New Delhi, March 17 – The suspension of eight members of the Lok Sabha was lifted on Tuesday following a proposal moved by Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, after an expression of "regret" from the Congress leadership regarding the conduct of some MPs.The suspended...

Mumbai, March 16 Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde left for Delhi on Monday evening, sources said.However, they did not specify the reason for his visit. It is also unclear whether Shinde will meet with top BJP officials.Shinde is expected to meet with Shiv Sena MPs in the...

Hyderabad, March 16 Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday urged Congress party legislators to focus on the government's achievements and future plans during the debates in both the Assembly and Council.Addressing the Congress Legislature Party (CLP), he said that debates on the...

Mumbai, March 16 Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray expressed frustration on Monday over the failure to appoint leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra legislature, despite repeatedly raising the issue.He met Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar and requested appropriate action."There...

On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the Congress-led Karnataka government of "disrespecting democracy" after the Assembly Speaker, U.T. Khader, adjourned the state Assembly when state ministers allegedly failed to provide written replies to questions raised by opposition MLAs...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Voting for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha was halted for about half an hour on Monday due to a dispute over the issuance of a second ballot paper to a BJP MLA.The BJD agent, representing the opposition, objected to the issuance of a second ballot paper to BJP MLA...

Patna, March 16 Voting is underway for five Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar on Monday, with five nominees from the ruling NDA and one from the opposition RJD contesting the biennial elections, an official said.BJP national president Nitin Nabin, also a five-time MLA from the Bankipur assembly seat...

Panaji, March 16 Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday that the continuation of Goa's budget session will depend on the opinion of the Election Commission of India (ECI), following the announcement of a by-election for an assembly seat in the South Goa district.The budget session of the...

Agartala/Kohima, March 15 – The Election Commission (EC) announced on Sunday that by-elections would be held for two Assembly constituencies in two northeastern states – Tripura and Nagaland.Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, while announcing the election schedule for four states...

March 15, New Delhi: Voting began on Sunday in Kazakhstan for a referendum on a new constitution that critics say could allow President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to remain in control of Central Asia's largest economy beyond his current term limit of 2029.Tokayev, a former diplomat who has...

Bengaluru, March 15 Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly attempting to bribe Congress MLAs from Odisha, who are staying at a resort near here, party sources claimed on Sunday.Fourteen MLAs, along with other Odisha Congress unit office bearers, are staying at a resort.They were...

Bhubaneswar, March 14 BJD president Naveen Patnaik accused the BJP of "horse trading" in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha on Saturday, and asserted that such a practice is an "offence" in a democratic process.His comments came amid concerns about cross-voting in the biennial...

Gairsain, March 13 Congress MLAs held a sit-in demonstration on Friday at the entrance of the Uttarakhand Assembly building in Gairsain, the state's summer capital, demanding solutions to the disruptions in LPG supply caused by the conflict in West Asia.Leader of the Opposition Yashpal Arya...