Haryana Lawmakers

With opposition parties claiming that the BJP government in Haryana has lost majority, the ruling party on Sunday dared them to parade their MLAs if they have the numbers.

Haryana MLA Gopal Kanda has been acquitted by a Delhi court in a 2012 suicide of airhostess who was employed with his now-defunct airline. The Haryana lawmaker was cleared of charges by Special Judge Vikas Dhull.

The Supreme Court today agreed to list for urgent hearing a former Rajya Sabha lawmaker's plea seeking contempt action against top Haryana government officials over alleged disruptions in the offering of Friday namaz in Gurugram.

An SUV belonging to a Haryana BJP MLA, parked in the high-security Haryana MLA Hostel complex in Chandigarh, was set afire by an unidentified person, the police said today.

Haryana Congress lawmaker Jai Tirath Dahiya resigned on Thursday, in a setback to the party's state unit already facing infighting.

In yet another setback for the Indian National Lok Dal ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, its assembly lawmaker from Haryana's Ratia joined the ruling BJP in Chandigarh on Thursday.

Rao Inderjit Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar were among the three MPs from Haryana who found their place in the council of ministers in the new Modi government.

Haryana police have charged state minister Manish Grover and former Congress assembly lawmaker BB Batra for allegedly entering a polling booth without permission and disorderly conduct in Rohtak district of the state.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced eight candidates, including three sitting lawmakers and two Union ministers, for 10 Lok Sabha seats of Haryana.

Former Congress legislator Arvind Sharma joined the BJP on Friday and might be fielded from Karnal in Haryana, a constituency he had represented in the Lok Sabha twice.

After the pre-dawn strike at a major Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Balakot killed a "very large number of terrorists", Haryana BJP lawmaker Anil Vij told the Opposition in the state assembly that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown his 56-inch chest.

The Bahujan Samaj Party has called off its nearly nine-month alliance with Haryana's main opposition INLD and announced to ties with the Loktantra Suraksha Party, an outfit floated by rebel BJP lawmaker Raj Kumar Saini.

The Haryana unit of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) indicated on Friday that the party could end its nearly 10-month-old alliance with the INLD and tie-up with a party floated by rebel BJP parliamentarian RK Saini.

By-election to the Tiruvarur Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu will be held on January 28, the Election Commission said on Monday. However, the poll panel remained silent on disqualification of lawmakers associated with expelled AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran.

BJP's rebel lawmaker from Kurukshetra Raj Kumar Saini on Sunday dared the party to expel him.

With opposition parties claiming that the BJP government in Haryana has lost majority, the ruling party on Sunday dared them to parade their MLAs if they have the numbers.

Haryana MLA Gopal Kanda has been acquitted by a Delhi court in a 2012 suicide of airhostess who was employed with his now-defunct airline. The Haryana lawmaker was cleared of charges by Special Judge Vikas Dhull.

The Supreme Court today agreed to list for urgent hearing a former Rajya Sabha lawmaker's plea seeking contempt action against top Haryana government officials over alleged disruptions in the offering of Friday namaz in Gurugram.

An SUV belonging to a Haryana BJP MLA, parked in the high-security Haryana MLA Hostel complex in Chandigarh, was set afire by an unidentified person, the police said today.

Haryana Congress lawmaker Jai Tirath Dahiya resigned on Thursday, in a setback to the party's state unit already facing infighting.

In yet another setback for the Indian National Lok Dal ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, its assembly lawmaker from Haryana's Ratia joined the ruling BJP in Chandigarh on Thursday.

Rao Inderjit Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar were among the three MPs from Haryana who found their place in the council of ministers in the new Modi government.

Haryana police have charged state minister Manish Grover and former Congress assembly lawmaker BB Batra for allegedly entering a polling booth without permission and disorderly conduct in Rohtak district of the state.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced eight candidates, including three sitting lawmakers and two Union ministers, for 10 Lok Sabha seats of Haryana.

Former Congress legislator Arvind Sharma joined the BJP on Friday and might be fielded from Karnal in Haryana, a constituency he had represented in the Lok Sabha twice.

After the pre-dawn strike at a major Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Balakot killed a "very large number of terrorists", Haryana BJP lawmaker Anil Vij told the Opposition in the state assembly that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown his 56-inch chest.

The Bahujan Samaj Party has called off its nearly nine-month alliance with Haryana's main opposition INLD and announced to ties with the Loktantra Suraksha Party, an outfit floated by rebel BJP lawmaker Raj Kumar Saini.

The Haryana unit of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) indicated on Friday that the party could end its nearly 10-month-old alliance with the INLD and tie-up with a party floated by rebel BJP parliamentarian RK Saini.

By-election to the Tiruvarur Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu will be held on January 28, the Election Commission said on Monday. However, the poll panel remained silent on disqualification of lawmakers associated with expelled AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran.

BJP's rebel lawmaker from Kurukshetra Raj Kumar Saini on Sunday dared the party to expel him.