Legislative Assembly News

The BJP and JDU coalition, currently in power in Bihar, have expressed their intent to remove Choudhary from the position of Speaker.

 Leading this initiative is a committee chaired by former President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, which will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of India's electoral system.

As many as 2264 women are reported missing in Maharashtra in the last five years, the state Legislative Assembly has been told.

Implementing the very idea would mangle the Constitution of India in a way that the Supreme Court has already ruled out, was among the points Stalin made.

Stalin responded on behalf of his party, the DMK, to the Law Commission, which had sought opinion on holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.

The Madhya Pradesh government today told the state Legislative Assembly that a cell headed by a senior police officer is being constituted to monitor the activities of the non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in the state.

A crucial meeting of the merged factions of AIADMK will be held at the party headquarters to decide on the modalities of ousting jailed interim General Secretary V.K.Sasikala and also to declare the actions taken by her nephew T.T.V.Dinakaran against party office bearers, said a senior party leader.

BJP chief Amit Shah will be on a three-day visit to Bhopal starting tomorrow, during which he is scheduled to hold meetings with party leaders and unveil a statue of Jan Sangh founder Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya here.

Goa will see by-elections in two assembly constituencies on August 23.

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis Monday said his government was ready to discuss the loan waiver scheme for farmers with opposition Congress-NCP leaders.

The Madhya Pradesh government on Tuesday said six persons were killed and as many were injured in the police action during the farmers' stir in Mandsaur district, as it blamed drug peddlers and anti-social elements for triggering violence.

The by-election to RK Nagar Assembly constituency could not be held within the stipulated time period of six months as the ground situation has not improved, the Election Commission has said.

Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said the Centre had agreed in "principle" to establish the National E-Vidhan Academy (NEVA) in Himachal Pradesh for conducting training sessions for legislators and parliamentarians.

The BJP on Tuesday said it would "politically and legally fight" against the TRS government's proposal to increase reservation for backward sections among minority Muslims in Telangana.

The Telangana Government will take steps to get the 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast accused Swami Aseemanand's bail "cancelled", the Legislative Assembly was told today.

Describing the attitude of striking doctors as "adamant" and "insensitive", Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday warned of legal action and gave them an ultimatum to resume duties after his meet with their representatives later this afternoon.

An Indian woman and her seven-year-old son were found dead in their home in New Jersey, according to the family in Andhra Pradesh.

The Madhya Pradesh government has spent Rs 181.89 crore on advertisements and publicity of its schemes in FY 2016-17.

A bench comprising Justices AK Sikri and RK Agrawal said that important questions of law and the Constitution are involved in the matter.

 Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday directed his cabinet colleagues to visit flood- hit districts to review the prevailing situation and supervise relief and rescue operations, an official release said here.