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Shimla, March 25 The BJP walked out of the Assembly on Wednesday, raising slogans after a heated exchange following Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's response to the 2026-27 budget.The general discussion on the budget estimates for the financial year 2026-27 in the Himachal Pradesh...

Chandigarh, March 25 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Wednesday attacked the Bhagwant Mann government, alleging that the arrest of AAP MLA Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra was a "staged show" to divert attention from the suicide of a warehousing corporation official...

Hyderabad, March 25 The Telangana BJP has urged Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla to direct the Assembly Speaker to suspend the membership of AIMIM MLAs for showing disrespect towards the national song in the Assembly.A delegation of BJP leaders, led by the party's state President N. Ramchander Rao...

Kolkata, March 25 The Trinamool Congress has filed a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal against senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh, alleging that he threatened to assault police personnel on election duty while speaking at a recent rally in Kharagpur.In the complaint, the...

Kolkata, March 24 – Amidst Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's visit to North Bengal, Siliguri is in turmoil following the unnatural death of a minor girl.Local MLA and BJP candidate, Shankar Ghosh, staged a sit-in to demand justice.Meanwhile, Siliguri Mayor and Trinamool candidate Gautam Deb...

Puducherry, March 24 Disgruntled supporters of former Chief Minister V Narayanasamy held a protest here on Tuesday against Puducherry Congress president V Vaithalingam for "denying a ticket" for the April 9 Assembly elections in the union territory.According to party sources, Narayanasamy had...

Shahjahanpur (UP), March 24 Statues of those who died in the Kakori train incident were demolished using a bulldozer, allegedly during road construction work in Shahjahanpur, sparking outrage from opposition parties, including the Samajwadi Party (SP), on Tuesday, who demanded action against...

Bhubaneswar, March 24 Amid the ongoing deadlock in the Odisha Assembly, Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President, Naveen Patnaik, on Tuesday reiterated his party’s demand for the immediate resignation of State Health Minister, Dr. Mukesh Mahaling, over the fire at the...

New Delhi, March 24 – NCP (SP) Working President and MP Supriya Sule on Tuesday described the alleged assault on Maharashtra Minister Shambhuraj Desai during the election of the Satara Zilla Parishad president and vice president as a “sad” and “tragic” incident for the state.“This has nothing...

Shahjahanpur (UP), March 24 Statues of those who died in the Kakori train incident were demolished using a bulldozer, allegedly during road construction work in Shahjahanpur, sparking outrage from opposition parties, including the Samajwadi Party (SP), on Tuesday, who demanded action against...

New Delhi, March 24 – Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Atishi, wrote to Speaker Vijender Gupta on Tuesday, accusing him of “silencing” the opposition through repeated suspensions and expulsions, and asserting that AAP MLAs will resume participation in House proceedings only after...

Chandigarh, March 23 Former Punjab minister Laljit Singh Bhullar was arrested on Monday, two days after a state warehousing corporation official committed suicide after accusing the AAP MLA of harassment.Bhullar was arrested in Mandi Gobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib district, a police official...

Shimla, March 23 Consumers in Himachal Pradesh will have to pay more for petrol and high-speed diesel, as the Assembly passed a VAT amendment bill on Monday, which seeks to levy an "Orphan and Widow" cess of up to Rs 5 per litre on these two fuels, despite the opposition BJP staging a walkout...

Chandigarh, March 23 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held protests across Punjab on Monday, demanding that the investigation into former Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Laljit Singh Bhullar be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).During these protests, under...

Hyderabad, March 23 Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao, along with several leaders and members, was taken into custody after they attempted to storm the Assembly as part of a protest over the alleged failure of the Congress government to fulfill its election promises.The Congress came to...

Chennai, March 23 AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, has issued an open letter to the people of the state, sharply criticizing the DMK government and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for what he described as a “complete breakdown...

New Delhi, March 23 Members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the main opposition party, boycotted the first day of the Delhi Assembly's Budget Session on Monday, staging a protest with a "bier" (funeral pyre), alleging that the ruling BJP was "murdering" democracy.Leader of the Opposition Atishi...

New Delhi/Puducherry, March 22 The BJP, an ally of AINRC in the Union Territory, announced M Arulmurugan as its candidate for the Karaikal (South) constituency in the April 9 Assembly elections on Sunday.A press release issued by the BJP's Central office in New Delhi stated this.The BJP...

Shimla, March 21 The BJP staged a protest both inside and outside the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Saturday against the state government's policies, specifically the recently increased entry tax, and demanded its immediate withdrawal.The protest was held during the Budget Session of the...

Kolkata, March 21 – Tension gripped Bhabanipur, the constituency of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday over allegations that posters belonging to the Trinamool Congress had been torn down. The ruling party claimed that the BJP was responsible for the incident.However, the...