11 Lawmakers Up

The Supreme Court today sought the Tamil Nadu government's response on a DMK petition, which has alleged the assembly speaker did not act on a plea seeking disqualification of 11 AIADMK lawmakers who voted against Chief Minister E Palaniswami during a 2017 confidence vote.

Under national scrutiny over its poor handling of a teen rape survivor's case against a BJP lawmaker, the Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesdaydelivered a lecture to students about women's safety only to end up being schooled.

Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar, the chief troubleshooter of the Congress in the state, on Saturday put up a brave face and said there was still time to salvage the crisis unfolding for the coalition government after 11 legislators announced they had resigned.

Shiv Sena lawmaker and filmmaker Sanjay Raut, who has earlier produced a Marathi film on Bal Thackeray, is planning to come up with a film on the untold stories of the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai.

A total of 11 lawmakers have been elected to the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh this time and by-elections will be held in their constituencies.

A devastating Maoist attack just two days before the national elections killed the BJP lawmaker of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on Tuesday. His driver and three security personnel also died in the attack. Bhima Mandavi, 40, was out for campaigning. The police said he had gone to the area against their advice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned ...

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia ended meetings with Congress workers in Uttar Pradesh at 2.30 am on Thursday morning, clocking in two 15-hour workdays as they attempt to revive the party in India's most politically vital state ahead of the national election, due by May.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked 11 states and two UTs to furnish within two weeks the details on criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs as it said that the centre will finance a special court to be set up to try these cases.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and 11 other lawmakers were named as accused in the case involving the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash -- setting up another flashpoint between the Centre and the Delhi government. The Aam Aadmi Party government has called it a "fake and laughable criminal case" that w...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Deputy Manish Sisodia have been named as accused in the case involving the alleged assault on Delhi's Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash -- setting up what is expected to be another flashpoint between the Centre and the Delhi government.

There are 11 candidates for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats and 37 first preference votes are needed for each seat. The BJP has enough lawmakers to win eight seats comfortably and the Samajwadi Party has enough to win one. The BJP is trying to win a ninth seat, challenging Mayawati.

The tax raids on Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar that began on Wednesday and continued till early this morning have ended. Over 60 locations related to the minister in Karnataka and Delhi were searched in the span of four days. Mr Shivakumar was picked up from a luxury resort in Bengaluru where he was staying with 44 lawmakers flown in from Gujara...

Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar was raided by taxmen today and picked up for questioning from a luxury resort in Bengaluru where he was staying with 43 lawmakers flown in from Gujaratby the Congress to check a rash of defections.

Mohammad Islam, the candidate from Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP walks door to door in Western Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, telling voters why they must vote for the elephant. The Shamli seat is held by the Congress, which has fielded its sitting lawmaker Pankaj Mallik again, this time strengthened by its alliance with Chief Minister Akhilesh Ya...

The Congress said that it is preparing to field candidates for all 403 constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh polls, scheduled for February 11, despite speculation of an alliance with the Samajwadi Party in the state.

The Supreme Court today sought the Tamil Nadu government's response on a DMK petition, which has alleged the assembly speaker did not act on a plea seeking disqualification of 11 AIADMK lawmakers who voted against Chief Minister E Palaniswami during a 2017 confidence vote.

Under national scrutiny over its poor handling of a teen rape survivor's case against a BJP lawmaker, the Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesdaydelivered a lecture to students about women's safety only to end up being schooled.

Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar, the chief troubleshooter of the Congress in the state, on Saturday put up a brave face and said there was still time to salvage the crisis unfolding for the coalition government after 11 legislators announced they had resigned.

Shiv Sena lawmaker and filmmaker Sanjay Raut, who has earlier produced a Marathi film on Bal Thackeray, is planning to come up with a film on the untold stories of the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai.

A total of 11 lawmakers have been elected to the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh this time and by-elections will be held in their constituencies.

A devastating Maoist attack just two days before the national elections killed the BJP lawmaker of Chhattisgarh's Dantewada on Tuesday. His driver and three security personnel also died in the attack. Bhima Mandavi, 40, was out for campaigning. The police said he had gone to the area against their advice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned ...

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Jyotiraditya Scindia ended meetings with Congress workers in Uttar Pradesh at 2.30 am on Thursday morning, clocking in two 15-hour workdays as they attempt to revive the party in India's most politically vital state ahead of the national election, due by May.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked 11 states and two UTs to furnish within two weeks the details on criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs as it said that the centre will finance a special court to be set up to try these cases.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and 11 other lawmakers were named as accused in the case involving the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash -- setting up another flashpoint between the Centre and the Delhi government. The Aam Aadmi Party government has called it a "fake and laughable criminal case" that w...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Deputy Manish Sisodia have been named as accused in the case involving the alleged assault on Delhi's Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash -- setting up what is expected to be another flashpoint between the Centre and the Delhi government.

There are 11 candidates for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats and 37 first preference votes are needed for each seat. The BJP has enough lawmakers to win eight seats comfortably and the Samajwadi Party has enough to win one. The BJP is trying to win a ninth seat, challenging Mayawati.

The tax raids on Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar that began on Wednesday and continued till early this morning have ended. Over 60 locations related to the minister in Karnataka and Delhi were searched in the span of four days. Mr Shivakumar was picked up from a luxury resort in Bengaluru where he was staying with 44 lawmakers flown in from Gujara...

Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar was raided by taxmen today and picked up for questioning from a luxury resort in Bengaluru where he was staying with 43 lawmakers flown in from Gujaratby the Congress to check a rash of defections.

Mohammad Islam, the candidate from Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP walks door to door in Western Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, telling voters why they must vote for the elephant. The Shamli seat is held by the Congress, which has fielded its sitting lawmaker Pankaj Mallik again, this time strengthened by its alliance with Chief Minister Akhilesh Ya...

The Congress said that it is preparing to field candidates for all 403 constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh polls, scheduled for February 11, despite speculation of an alliance with the Samajwadi Party in the state.