The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said it cannot pass any blanket order on a plea seeking to restrain sitting Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies from participating in poll campaigns for their parties. The petition, on which the order was passed, has contended that ministers, MPs and MLAs were public servants and, under the law, …
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May 2, 2017RSS did not interfere in the selection of Yogi Adityanath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, M Venkaiah Naidu, who was BJP's central observer for election of the state legislature party leader, said on Monday. Amid criticism over BJP going for Hindutva hardliner Yogi Adityanath as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Naidu said it was the …
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March 20, 2017With few hours left to announce the new face of Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that the names in the media reports are pure speculative and the new name will be announced after meeting party MLA this evening. "Names in the media reports are pure speculative, on Saturday evening …
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March 18, 2017A whopping 322 of the 403 new lawmakers elected to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly are 'crorepatis' (multi-millionaires) while as many as 143 have criminal cases, including of murder, pending against them. According to a report by the National Election Watch, the list of multi-millionaires elected members is headed by the Bharatiya Janata Party's Ajay Pratap …
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March 12, 2017The West Bengal government on Friday decided to hike the salaries of state ministers, MLAs and the Speaker of the Assembly. State ministers, who were earlier drawing a monthly salary of Rs 7,500, would get a hike of Rs 10,000 taking their total salary amount to Rs 17,500, the state cabinet today decided in a …
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March 3, 2017The West Bengal government on Friday decided to hike the salaries of state ministers, MLAs and the Speaker of the Assembly. State ministers, who were earlier drawing a monthly salary of Rs 7,500, would get a hike of Rs 10,000 taking their total salary amount to Rs 17,500, the state cabinet today decided in a …
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March 3, 2017Two legislators, Vijai Sardesai (independent) and Caetan Silva (Goa Vikas Party), resigned as Member of Legislative Assembly. Sardesai, an independent legislator representing Fatorda constituency in South Goa today tendered his resignation to join Goa Forward, a political outfit which has been mentored by him, ahead of the Assembly polls. After tendering the resignation, Sardesai formally …
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January 16, 2017Two legislators, Vijai Sardesai (independent) and Caetan Silva (Goa Vikas Party), resigned as Member of Legislative Assembly. Sardesai, an independent legislator representing Fatorda constituency in South Goa today tendered his resignation to join Goa Forward, a political outfit which has been mentored by him, ahead of the Assembly polls. After tendering the resignation, Sardesai formally …
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January 16, 2017