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New Delhi, March 10 Proceedings in the Lok Sabha were adjourned until noon on Tuesday as opposition members stormed into the well, raising slogans against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission, and protesting against "vote theft".As the Lok Sabha convened in the...

March 9th, Aizawl: According to Assembly Secretariat officials, the resolution will be moved by School Education Minister Vanlalthlana after the Question Hour on Monday.The resolution aims to intensify efforts for the inclusion of the Mizo language in the Eighth Schedule, which currently...

Itanagar, March 9 Arterial roads in townships and villages across Arunachal Pradesh are being constructed under the Chief Minister's Comprehensive State Rural Development Programme (CMCSRDP), Chief Minister Pema Khandu informed on Monday.Responding to a question raised by senior BJP MLA...

Mumbai, March 9 Ruling BJP member Sudhir Mungantiwar and Opposition NCP (SP) MLA Jayant Patil on Monday pressed Minister Meghana Bordikar for answers in the Maharashtra assembly over alleged discrepancies between the sanctioned funds and actual expenditure of the state women's commission...

New Delhi, March 6 The Lok Sabha has listed for Monday a notice by opposition members to move a resolution to remove Om Birla as the Speaker.Once 50 members of the House stand up upon being called by the Chair, the notice will be considered as admitted. Then the resolution will be discussed...

Jaipur, March 6 – Vasudev Devnani, Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, expressed strong displeasure after several MLAs who had submitted questions were found absent during Question Hour in the House.The Speaker said it was inappropriate for legislators to remain absent after raising...

Jaipur, March 6 Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani, while giving a directive during Question Hour in the House, said that only the names of elected public representatives should be written on plaques during the inauguration of all government buildings, regardless of their party...

Chandigarh, March 5 – A new record was set in the Haryana Assembly on Thursday, with all 20 questions listed during Question Hour, being discussed in just 55 minutes, five minutes short of the scheduled one-hour timeframe.Assembly Speaker Harvinder Kalyan expressed his delight over this...

March 3, Kohima: The second day of the Eighth Session of the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly saw intense discussions during Question Hour and debates on the Motion of Thanks to the Governor's Address.During Zero Hour, MLA Achumbemo Kikon raised concerns about racial discrimination against...

Gandhinagar, February 27 A total of 322 lions have died in Gujarat over the past two years, including 64 due to unnatural causes, state forest minister Arjun Modhwadia informed the assembly on Friday.He was responding to a question raised by Congress MLA Shailesh Parmar during Question Hour...

Raipur, February 27 The opposition Congress questioned the BJP government in Chhattisgarh on Friday over the alleged illegal dumping of fly ash in the Raigarh district, and staged a walkout from the legislative assembly after expressing dissatisfaction with its response.Raising the issue...

Jaipur, February 26 The Rajasthan Assembly was adjourned for 15 minutes on Thursday following noisy scenes as ruling BJP and opposition Congress members argued over a playground in Sikar.The uproar began during a call attention motion when Congress MLA Rajendra Pareek alleged irregularities in...

Deputy Chief Minister in charge of the Home Department, Prestone Tynsong, informed the House on Thursday that the police department in Meghalaya is taking steps to address manpower shortages, including the recruitment of nearly 3,000 personnel, even as vacancies continue to arise due to...

Gandhinagar, February 26 Congress MLAs staged a walkout from the Gujarat Assembly on Thursday, alleging poor budgetary allocations for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and minorities, as well as underutilisation of funds.The Opposition began a protest while Social Justice...

Patna, February 26 Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha assured the assembly on Thursday that the cracks that have appeared in several buildings along Ashok Rajpath following the tunneling work for the Patna Metro will be examined as a priority.Cracks have appeared in several...

Ranchi, February 26 Jharkhand Minister Chamra Linda announced on Thursday that the state government would enact a law to prevent the diversion of funds allocated for the Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP), so that they could be used entirely for the benefit of the tribal population.Responding to a question...

Raipur, February 26 The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly was in disarray on Thursday after the government disclosed that 66 inmates had died in the state's prisons over the past 13 months, with the Congress demanding a House committee investigation into the death of a tribal leader while in...

Gandhinagar, February 25 The Gujarat government told the legislative assembly on Wednesday that 629 cases related to the transportation of cows and beef were registered across the state in the last two years, and 1,810 accused were apprehended in connection with this, while 1,800 cows were...

Lucknow, February 24 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana said on Tuesday that in the last four years, there has been a significant positive change in the perception of the state legislature in society.Speaking to reporters after the conclusion of the Assembly's Budget...

Gandhinagar, February 24 Six out of the seven member positions in the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) are currently vacant, some for over four years, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel informed the legislative assembly on Tuesday.In a written reply during the Question Hour, the chief...