Legislators

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  Former AAP MLA Sukhbir Singh Dalal Joins BJP Ahead Of Delhi Assembly Polls

  Ahead of the assembly polls in Delhi, former AAP MLA Sukhbir Singh Dalal joined the BJP on Saturday.

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  US Congress Passes Bill To Avert Government Shutdown

  The US Congress passed spending legislation early on Saturday in a down-to-the wire burst of activity that will avert a destabilizing government shutdown ahead of the busy holiday travel season.

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  High-Security Jail To Come Up In Mumbai As State Passes Prison Reform Bill

  The Maharashtra legislative assembly here on Friday passed a bill seeking to reform the prison system in the state.

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  'Every Child In Madrasa...': MLAs' War Of Words Over National Anthem

  Two senior legislators from Madhya Pradesh's capital city Bhopal indulged in a bitter war of words over the national anthem in government-funded madrasas operating in the state.

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  Karnataka Detains 159 Bangladeshi, 24 Pakistani Nationals Staying Illegally In The State

  Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara stated in the Legislative Council in Belagavi Suvarna Vidhana Soudha on Thursday that the state police have detained 159 Bangladeshi nationals and 24 Pakistani nationals staying illegally in the state.

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  Some Inherit The Throne But Not The Brain: Eknath Shinde Targets Uddhav Thackeray

  Eknath Shinde jibed at his former party boss Uddhav Thackeray over his short stay in the legislative council, terming it a "part-time" pursuit.

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  Devendra Fadnavis Says "Performance Review" Of New Ministers Soon, Adds A Warning

  A total of 39 legislators from Mahayuti allies were sworn in on Sunday in the first cabinet expansion of the 10-day-old Devendra Fadnavis-led ministry including 16 new faces, while 10 former ministers were excluded.

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  'One Nation, One Election' Bills To Be Introduced In Lok Sabha On December 16

  The proposed constitutional amendment bill would deal with making provisions for holding Lok Sabha and state legislative assembly elections together.

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  BJP's Rahul Narwekar Elected As Maharashtra Assembly Speaker

  BJP MLA Rahul Narwekar was on Monday elected unopposed as the Speaker of the 15th Maharashtra legislative assembly.

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  BJP's Rahul Narwekar To Be Elected Unopposed As Maharashtra Assembly Speaker

  BJP's Rahul Narwekar is poised to be elected unopposed as the speaker of the Maharashtra legislative assembly, with the opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) deciding not to put up a contest.

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  Team Thackeray Says Samajwadi Party "BJP's B Team", Adds A Clarification

  A day after Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abu Azmi said his party would exit the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Aaditya Thackeray said he sometimes behaved like "BJP's B Team".

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  Opposition MLAs Skip Maharashtra Oath Ceremony, Ajit Pawar Reacts

  The newly-elected MLAs of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance staged a walkout during the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly's oath-taking ceremony today, alleging the ruling Mahayuti coalition's victory was engineered through manipulation of EVMs.

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  Devendra Fadnavis, Eknath Shinde, Ajit Pawar Take Oath As Maharashtra Assembly Members

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took oath as a member of the Maharashtra legislative assembly on Saturday, on the first day of the three-day special session of the House.

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  BJP MLA Kolambkar Takes Oath As Maharashtra Assembly Pro-Tem Speaker

  Senior BJP MLA Kalidas Kolambkar on Friday took oath as pro-tem speaker of the Maharashtra legislative assembly, a day ahead of the special session of the newly-elected house.

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  Hemant Soren-Led Jharkhand Cabinet Gets 11 New Ministers: Full List

  Eleven ministers - six from JMM, four from Congress and an RJD legislator - were sworn in as ministers in the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand on Thursday