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.
T Raja Singh, controversial MLA from Goshamahal, was detained by the Hyderabad Police on August 25 for making derogatory comments against Prophet Muhammad, which led to communal tension in the Old City area.
The High Court had earlier admitted for adjudication Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim’s petition challenging the jail term pronounced by a special vigilance court case in Orissa Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC) corruption case and granted him interim bail.
Chief Whip of the ruling Congress and PHED Minister Dr Mahesh Joshi, Deputy Whip Mahendra Choudhary, CM's advisor Sanyam Lodha, Parliamentary Affairs and UDH Minister Shanti Dhariwal handed over the resignations to the Speaker after three hours of political drama at Dhariwal's residence where MLAs decided to quit if their three point demands are not fulfilled.
Jagdip Dhankar received a rousing official felicitation in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly here where he was once an MLA.
Odisha BJP MLA Bishnu Charan Sethi passed away at the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar due to kidney-related problems on Monday. He was 61.
