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.
Trinamul Congress is leaving no stone unturned to ensure victory of its candidates for the by-election, scheduled to be held on 10 July.
Trinamul Congress former MLA Arabul Islam is virtually sidelined in the party after he lost his room in the Bhangar-II panchayat samiti (PS) office in South 24-Parganas district, after 16 years.
Swain, a former minister and BJD stalwart, will be the Pro-tem Speaker till the regular Speaker elections on June 20, official sources said.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday resigned from the membership of the Karhal assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh.
Congress leader and MLA Sudip Roy Barman hit out at the BJP-led central government and said that every slogan that was given by the BJP party was false.
