The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to put a stay on the Citizenship Amendment Act and granted four weeks' time to the Central government to file a reply on the petitions regarding the same.
January 24, 2020CM Hemant Soren won both Dumka constituency and Barhait constituency by a margin of 13188 votes and 25740 votes respectively.
January 7, 2020After having organised successful editions in the past which were dedicated to the transgender community, slum communities, women in the Himalayas, The Kitab held a photography exhibition in the holy city of Varanasi.
September 4, 2019The decision was announced after a meeting of Congress leaders in Amravati.
January 24, 2019The former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir said his party was not running away from polls but wanted the Centre to take effective steps for the protection of the state's special position.
September 8, 2018The resolution was moved by the Trinamool Congress and supported by the Left parties and the Congress; the proposed name — Bangla — will be same for English, Bengali and Hindi
July 26, 2018Omar Abdullah stressed the need for dialogue and zero tolerance towards human rights violations to restore peace in Kashmir.
June 20, 2018The unusual scene of ruling BJD member stalling the Assembly right from the question hour took place on Wednesday forcing the Speaker Pradip Amat to adjourn the entire prelunch session. Raising slogans against the BJP and the Central government, ruling BJD mla’s stood and disrupted proceedings even as the Speaker had asked the Food Minister …
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April 12, 2018A probe has been ordered after pictures of a young man sitting on Speaker’s chair in the main hall of Gujarat Assembly went viral on social media. Speaker Rajendra Trivedi on Tuesday ordered an inquiry, said Assembly secretary D M Patel. “No one except the Speaker can sit on that chair. It is also a …
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April 3, 2018Members of Delhi ruling AAP on Tuesday continued to attack bureaucrats for not giving proper written answers to the Delhi assembly questions, among other matters and Speaker Ram Niwas Goel referred three matters to different Assembly committees. Goel also adjourned the House for 30 minutes as a protest against officials not giving written answers to …
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March 27, 2018The Punjab government will table all reports of the various Commissions set up by it in the Assembly, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced on Wednesday. The CM said this while replying to a query raised by the Leader of Opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira during the speech of MLA Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on the motion of …
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March 21, 2018The Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday presented the state budget proposals for the next fiscal in the Assembly with focus on agriculture, horticulture and rural economy as a whole, committing to double up the income of farmers by 2022. Thakur, who holds the finance portfolio, presented the budget estimates of Rs …
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March 9, 2018West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress will move a censure motion in the state assembly against the railway budget on Thursday, 8 February, to protest against “drastic slashing of funds” for several projects, a state minister said on Wednesday, 7 February. Disclosing this to the media in Kolkata, state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee said if …
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February 7, 2018The first day of the sixth session (Part IV) of the ninth Assembly saw the presentation of the second supplementary demands for grants for the financial year 2017-18 by Chief Minister Pawan Chamling, who is also the Minister in Charge for Finance Revenue and Expenditure Department. The second supplementary demands for grants includes 37 grants, …
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January 30, 2018The Opposition is being gagged in the state with a Trinamul Congress state government deciding on a eight-day Budget session begining on 30 January leaving little time to deliberate on utility of the funds allotted for people’s welfare, leader of the Oppositon in the state Assembly said on Thursday. It is the smallest Budget such …
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January 26, 2018The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday announced the schedule for Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya Assembly elections. The polling in Tripura will be held on 18 February. Meghalaya and Nagaland will go to vote on 27 February. The counting of votes in the three states will be on 3 March. The strength of the …
January 18, 2018Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led municipal corporations of “extorting money” in the name of ongoing sealing drive in the national Capital. Speaking during the discussion over the sealing drive in the Assembly, Sisodia said the BJP’s intent behind the drive is to “extort money” and …
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January 16, 2018