First Sitting Politician

Veteran actor turned politician Hema Malini on Tuesday extended support to the Women's Reservation Bill after Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the Bill in the first sitting of Lok Sabha in the new Parliament building.

Two days after a disagreement between BJP MP Pragya Thakur and air staffers over seating arrangements resulted in the delay of a Delhi-Bhopal SpiceJet flight, a video of the incident showed the politician arguing with other passengers over the inconvenience they were being subjected to on her account.

Ravindra Gaikwad, the Shiv Sena politician banned from flying after he assaulted an Air India manager over business class seats, is presenting his version in parliament after his party's loud protest in the House. He arrived in parliament for the first time after nearly two weeks. Mr Gaikwad and his party say that its a breach of the MP's privilege...

The vice president of Brazil's TSE electoral authority on Friday asked for an investigation of President Dilma Rousseff's 2014 re-election campaign, citing evidence that it may have been financed with money from a corruption scheme at state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA.

The Special Investigation team, probing the murder of Congress worker Ancheri Baby in 1983, will file its first report in a local court at Nedumkandam listing three accused, including M M Mani, CPI-M's former Idukki district secretary. The report was prepared at a review meeting of SIT officers here yesterday.

Veteran actor turned politician Hema Malini on Tuesday extended support to the Women's Reservation Bill after Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the Bill in the first sitting of Lok Sabha in the new Parliament building.

Two days after a disagreement between BJP MP Pragya Thakur and air staffers over seating arrangements resulted in the delay of a Delhi-Bhopal SpiceJet flight, a video of the incident showed the politician arguing with other passengers over the inconvenience they were being subjected to on her account.

Ravindra Gaikwad, the Shiv Sena politician banned from flying after he assaulted an Air India manager over business class seats, is presenting his version in parliament after his party's loud protest in the House. He arrived in parliament for the first time after nearly two weeks. Mr Gaikwad and his party say that its a breach of the MP's privilege...

The vice president of Brazil's TSE electoral authority on Friday asked for an investigation of President Dilma Rousseff's 2014 re-election campaign, citing evidence that it may have been financed with money from a corruption scheme at state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA.

The Special Investigation team, probing the murder of Congress worker Ancheri Baby in 1983, will file its first report in a local court at Nedumkandam listing three accused, including M M Mani, CPI-M's former Idukki district secretary. The report was prepared at a review meeting of SIT officers here yesterday.