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Shimla, April 10 The Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled on Friday that an election petition is inherently based on trial proceedings, and therefore, evidence and witness examination are essential for ensuring a fair adjudication process.The court was hearing the petition filed by senior...

Ambala, April 9 Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda accused the government of imposing "arbitrary" conditions on the purchase of crops on Thursday.Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda alleged that the BJP government in Haryana continues to impose new conditions on...

Bhubaneswar, April 9 Senior Biju Janata Dal leader Dr. Sasmit Patra has tendered his resignation from the post of Parliamentary Party leader of the BJD in the Rajya Sabha.The party supremo and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik accepted Patra's resignation on Thursday."President of Biju...

Mumbai, April 6 The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) launched a sharp criticism of the Maharashtra Congress leadership on Monday, specifically targeting state president Harshvardhan Sapkal, regarding the "strategic blunders" of the past and the seat-sharing disputes for the Rajya Sabha...

Chandigarh, April 5 The disciplinary action committee (DAC) of the Haryana Congress recommended the suspension of five party MLAs who allegedly cross-voted during last month's Rajya Sabha elections.After the committee met here on Friday evening, its chairman, Dharampal Malik, told reporters...

Chandigarh, April 3 The Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) of the Haryana Congress, which met here on Friday, will prepare a report and convey its decision to the party high command regarding the alleged cross-voting by five party MLAs during the last month's Rajya Sabha elections.The...

Bhopal, April 3 – The membership of the Congress MLA from Datia, Rajendra Bharti, has been cancelled from the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly following his conviction in a cooperative bank fraud case by a Delhi court.“As a consequence of his (Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti) conviction –...

Bhopal, April 2 – The opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh raised concerns on Thursday regarding the intentions of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regarding the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the state, following the conviction of Datia MLA Rajendra Bharti in a case of fraud and...

Patna, April 2 – A new round of political speculation has emerged in Bihar after RJD MLA Faisal Rahman met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday, days after abstaining from voting in the Rajya Sabha elections held on March 16.Rahman, who represents the Dhaka constituency, was among the...

Chandigarh, March 30 Haryana Congress MLAs will visit 'mandis' across the state to understand the difficulties faced by farmers in wheat and mustard procurement, and to provide them with support.The decision was taken at a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting held in Delhi under the...

Patna, March 29 Congress MLA Surendra Kushwaha, who had abstained from voting in the recent Rajya Sabha elections, met senior JD(U) leader and Bihar minister Ashok Choudhary on Sunday, sparking speculation about divisions within the party.The Valmiki Nagar MLA, however, told reporters that the...

Chandigarh, March 27 – Former Haryana Chief Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Bhupinder Hooda, stated on Friday that the Congress would file a complaint with the Election Commission against the Returning Officer who allegedly manipulated the recently held Rajya Sabha elections by canceling...

Patna, March 25 – Congress MLA Manohar Prasad Singh has submitted his response to the party’s disciplinary committee chairman, Kapildev Prasad Yadav, after receiving a notice for his absence during the 2026 Rajya Sabha elections held in the Bihar Assembly.In his written response, Singh, an MLA...

Bhubaneswar, March 23 The opposition BJD strongly criticized its suspended MLAs on Monday, who justified their cross-voting in the recent Rajya Sabha elections, accusing them of invoking the legacy of Biju Patnaik to shield themselves from public criticism.Addressing a press conference at the...

Chandigarh, March 23 Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Monday that the five Congress legislators accused of cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha polls to two seats in Haryana should resign on moral grounds.The Congress has already issued a show-cause notice to the five MLAs for alleged...

Chandigarh, March 23 Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) president Abhay Singh Chautala on Monday alleged that over the past eleven years, the BJP government in Haryana has pushed the youth into a difficult situation.He was addressing a public gathering during INLD's "Yuva Sammelan" in Narwana...

Bhubaneswar, March 23 The opposition BJD has said the party is ready to take legal action to ensure that its six MLAs, who have been suspended for allegedly voting in favour of the BJP in the recent Rajya Sabha polls, are disqualified from the Odisha assembly.Addressing a press conference here...

Bhubaneswar, March 22 The opposition BJD on Sunday said the party is ready to go to court to ensure that its six MLAs, who have been suspended for allegedly voting in favour of the BJP in the recent Rajya Sabha polls, are disqualified from the Odisha assembly.Addressing a press conference...

Jaipur, March 22 Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday termed the recent cross-voting by Congress MLAs in the Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana, Odisha, and Bihar as "unfortunate and condemnable".In a post on X, Gehlot said that at a time when Congress leaders like Rahul Gandhi...

Bhubaneswar, March 21 The BJD suspended six of its MLAs on Saturday for cross-voting during the recent election for four Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha.The suspended MLAs are Chakramani Kanhar (Baliguda), Naba Kishor Mallick (Jayadev), Souvic Biswal (Choudwar-Cuttack), Subasini Jena (Basta)...