The CPM has decided to suspend fomer MLA Tanmoy Bhattacharya following allegations against him of harassing a woman journalist. This decision was announced by the party's state secretary, Mohammad Salim, on Sunday evening.
Zeeshan Siddiqui, son of former MLA and NCP leader Baba Siddique, joined the NCP on Friday in the presence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, ahead of the upcoming elections.
The family of a lynched youth has not received the victim's post-mortem report, even though 37 days have passed.
The Orissa High Court has expressed displeasure over the Assembly secretary's non-acceptance of summons issued to a sitting MLA in the premises of the House while observing that "the entire issue could have been dealt with in a more reasonable and matured way".
BJP legislators, led by Leader of the Opposition Vijender Gupta, met Delhi's Chief Secretary Dharmendra on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum, urging swift action on several critical civic and administrative issues plaguing the national capital.
He further said that now the BJP MLAs will not let the trend continue, and based on the strength of citizens' complaint forms, the BJP legislators will raise the complaints, and stall the Assembly till CM Atishi responds.
Unavailability of details of service providers for maintenance of light fittings in lamp posts is leading to darkness in some wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Suvendu Adhikari, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the state had talked about several student leaders missing on Tuesday morning, indicating that the students had gone missing earlier in the day or late on Monday night.
BJP leader and MLA from Matigara Naxalbari, Anandamay Barman, has urged the minister for North Bengal development, Udayan Guha to prioritise the construction of a bridge over the Panchanai river.
Wife of former Saikul MLA Yamthong Haokip, Charubala Haokip, died in an explosion at their house in the Kangpokpi district of Manipur, according to police reports on Sunday.
