Adjourning the hearing for Tuesday due to the paucity of time, a bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah, however, remarked: “These days elections are contested from jail … It’s easy to win an election sitting in jail … all such persons should be barred from contesting.”
The Speaker was brought to Jaipur tonight on the state government’s plane under the supervision of a team of doctors led by SMS Medical College Principal Dr Deepak Maheshwari.
The Kerala Legislative Assembly on Monday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who passed away on December 26.
Following an attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan and subsequent findings related to the incident, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has expressed concerns over the involvement of illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya infiltrators in criminal activities in the national capital.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has said that the autonomy of state legislative assemblies is the basis of federal structure.
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Friday demanded immediate registration of a criminal case against former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi for allegedly duping four ex-servicemen from the Scheduled Caste community and two others of Rs 45 lakh on the pretext of inducting them into the Punjab Police.
Taking serious note of non-compliance of its orders, the Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the chief secretary to attach the salary of the secretary (Education), within two days positively.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi on Friday and sought financial assistance for the state.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday accused Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit of deliberately not allotting land to AAP for its Punjab unit office in Chandigarh.
Popularly known as just ‘Achyutbhai’ to one and all, he was always available like an encyclopedia in a library for anyone to have a look.
