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Bhubaneswar, March 21 – The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) suspended six of its MLAs on Saturday for alleged anti-party activities, including cross-voting in the recent Rajya Sabha elections.In an official statement, the party said the action was taken following the issuance of show-cause notices by...

Bhubaneswar, March 21 The Biju Janata Dal suspended six of its MLAs on Saturday for cross-voting during the recent election for four Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha.The suspended MLAs were Chakramani Kanhar of the Baliguda constituency, Naba Kishor Mallick of the Jayadev constituency, Souvic...

Bhubaneswar, March 21 BJD chief Naveen Patnaik on Saturday sought the intervention of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to restore law and order following an attack on the residence of a senior BJD leader and former minister here, police said.According to a complaint lodged at the...

Chandigarh, March 20 The Congress issued a show-cause notice to its fifth MLA from Haryana on Friday for alleged cross-voting during the recent Rajya Sabha elections.The party had earlier issued similar notices to four other legislators in the state.The notice was served to Jarnail Singh...

Chandigarh, March 20 The Congress issued a notice to its fifth MLA from Haryana on Friday for alleged cross-voting during the recent Rajya Sabha elections.The party had earlier issued similar notices to four other legislators in the state.The notice was served to Jarnail Singh, the MLA from...

Chandigarh, March 19 The Congress has issued show-cause notices to four of its Haryana MLAs who are alleged to have cross-voted during the recent Rajya Sabha elections.This action comes after the party on Wednesday named four out of the five legislators it suspected of defying the official...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 Hundreds of women activists of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) staged a demonstration in front of the official residence of party MLA Subasini Jena on Thursday. Jena had voted in favor of the BJP-supported independent candidate, Dilip Ray, in the recent Rajya Sabha elections...

Chandigarh, March 19 A Congress delegation met Haryana Governor Ashim Kumar Ghosh here on Thursday, alleging that the ruling BJP behaved as "political predators" and openly indulged in horse-trading in the recently held Rajya Sabha polls in the state.The delegation, led by Leader of Opposition...

Chandigarh, March 19 – The Haryana Congress Legislature Party submitted a memorandum to the Governor on Thursday, informing him about the alleged collusion between the BJP and the Election Officer during the elections for two Rajya Sabha seats.The memorandum stated that the Legislative...

Chandigarh, March 19 The Congress has issued show-cause notices to four of its Haryana MLAs who are alleged to have voted against their party in the Rajya Sabha elections on Monday.This action comes after the party revealed on Wednesday the names of five legislators suspected of defying the...

Patna, March 19 – A blame game is underway within the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, days after four MLAs from the opposition coalition failed to show up for voting in the biennial Rajya Sabha elections, resulting in a victory for the ruling NDA.Although the 35-MLA multi-party coalition received...

Patna, March 19 – The Patna High Court granted bail to MLA Anant Singh of Mokama in connection with the Dularchand Yadav murder case on Thursday.Justice R.P. Mishra granted the bail after hearing arguments from all parties involved.With the court's approval, Anant Singh is expected to be...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has urged the Assembly Speaker to disqualify two of its MLAs under the provisions of the Tenth Schedule (Anti-Defection Law) of the Constitution.The MLAs, Sofia Firdous (Barabati-Cuttack) and Dasarathi Gamango (Mohana), have...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 – The Congress party submitted a formal petition to the Assembly Speaker on Wednesday, seeking the disqualification of two of its MLAs under Article 10 of the Constitution (also known as the anti-defection law) for allegedly cross-voting in the recent Rajya Sabha biennial...

Chandigarh, March 18 The Haryana Assembly witnessed chaos for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as treasury and opposition benches traded barbs over the Rajya Sabha elections.After the main opposition Congress leveled allegations of "horse-trading" against the BJP, the ruling party...

Chandigarh, March 18 The Congress named four of its five MLAs in Haryana who allegedly cross-voted in Monday's Rajya Sabha elections.Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Haryana's Congress general secretary in-charge, B K Hariprasad, disclosed the names of the four MLAs who cross-voted...

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...

Bhubaneswar, March 17 – The main opposition party, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), issued show-cause notices to six of its legislators on Tuesday for voting in favour of an independent candidate backed by the BJP, in violation of party instructions during the recently concluded Rajya Sabha elections...

Bhubaneswar, March 17 A day after some party MLAs cross-voted in favor of the independent candidate Dilip Ray, backed by the BJP, in the Rajya Sabha elections, the opposition BJD issued a show cause notice to six lawmakers on Tuesday, asking them to explain their actions, which were considered a...

Chandigarh, March 17 The Congress said on Tuesday that it would issue show-cause notices to MLAs who allegedly cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha elections in Haryana, warning of strict disciplinary action."We are going to issue a show-cause notice to them," Congress general secretary in charge of...