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.
The newly-elected four MLAs will take their oath tomorrow, announced Speaker Biman Banerjee.
The letters are an effort to avert the alleged rerun of unnecessary delay in administering oath and secrecy to the newly-elected four legislators of the ruling Trinamul Congress, sources claimed.
JD-S MLA and former minister H.D. Revanna has said that his son Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women, should be hanged if he has committed any crime.
Voting for the bypolls to the Amarwara Assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district was underway from 7 a.m. on Wednesday.
Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay has called for a special session to discuss extensions of different standing committees. The session will be held at 2 pm on Friday.
