With the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) having an edge over Opposition parties, voting got underway on Saturday for Punjab’s five municipal corporations, 44 municipal councils, and various nagar panchayats.
Expressing concern over reduction in the productivity of Parliament's winter session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said the Opposition should raise their issues in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha by following established rules and procedures instead of disrupting both the Houses.
Lok Sabha Speaker Friday warned the members that there should not be any sort of protests at the 'dwars', and said that action will be taken in case of violation.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made his first speech on Thursday, the fourth day of the six-day winter session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in Nagpur.
The Congress-led Opposition, on Wednesday, raised a storm in Parliament protesting against Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar in the Rajya Sabha yesterday, forcing adjournment of both houses of Parliament without transaction of any business.
In a significant political development ahead of the Naihati Assembly by-election, Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition, has raised serious concerns over what he termed as "unprecedented and unethical" political endorsements by high-ranking officials of prominent football clubs and governing bodies.
One Trinamul Congress leader allegedly beat up policemen inside Canning police station and forcibly tried to get his party worker released from the lockup on Tuesday.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has said that the BJP is no longer with the agitation programme of the junior doctors, West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front.
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, aims to bring significant reforms, including digitization of records, stricter audits, increased transparency, and legal mechanisms to reclaim illegally occupied Waqf properties.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is in the firing line of the opposition parties in Jammu and Kashmir that have described his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other central leaders a “shawl diplomacy”.
