Narendra Modi Legislative Council

Legislative council member Kalvakuntla Kavitha accuses Centre of pressure to stop schemes in Telangana, where her father K Chandrashekhar Rao is Chief Minister

UP MLC Election Result: The BJP today headed for a massive win in biennial elections to the Uttar Pradesh legislative council or upper house, weeks after its record victory in state elections, but had to settle for a loss in Varanasi

In a setback for the BJP in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi constituency, the party has lost two seats in the legislative council elections after holding on to them for 10 years. Both the seats - one reserved for teachers and the other for graduates - were won by Samajwadi Party candidates.

The Wednesday night call from Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has got the Maharashtra Chief Minister what he's desperately in need of - an election. 24 hours after the phone call, the obdurate governor of Maharashtra, BS Koshyari, a card-carrying member of the BJP before his appointment in Maharashtra, formally asked the ...

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has rejected the demand of several members of the Bihar Legislative Council, especially those from the ruling Janata Dal United (JDU), for a government holiday on the occasion of Guru Purnima. Instead, he has instructed them to work two additional hours on the day - falling on July 16 - as a mark of respect for their gur...

Many people are in line to join the BJP in the near future and their names would be revealed soon, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today, as he welcomed former NCP legislative council member Niranjan Davkhare to the BJP.

It was on October 1, 1917 that the Patna University Act passed by the then Imperial Legislative Council, came into effect, turning the long-cherished dream of the province into a reality.

The Uttar Pradesh legislature today unanimously passed the UP Goods and Service Tax Bill 2017, paving the way for the Narendra Modi government to roll out the indirect tax regime from July 1. It being a money bill, the proposed legislation was returned by voice vote by the legislative council hours after the state assembly approved it unanimously.

BJP's N Biren Singh, who took oath as Manipur's Chief Minister on March 15, has to prove his majority in the state assembly today. Despite being the second largest party - with 21 legislators - in the recently-concluded assembly elections, the BJP claims to have the support of 33 legislators with the help of regional parties and independent lawmake...

Manohar Parrikar will take oath as Goa Chief Minister for the fourth time tomorrow. He declared today that he has resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers to go back to Goa as its Chief Minister. The incumbent BJP with 13 seats claims to have support of eight other legislators needed to cross the magic mark. Mr Parrikar wil...

Bharatiya Janata Party today won three graduate constituencies in the Legislative Council elections in Uttar Pradesh, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi terming it an indication of things to come in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Pune on November 13 has come under the scanner of the Election Commission of India as the model code of conduct is in force due to the Legislative Council elections.

With BJP not fielding any candidate from Varanasi Local Authority constituency, an SP leader today strangely asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct his party workers to support his sister, the only woman nominee in the fray for the UP Legislative Council election.

Shiv Sena, which is sharing power with the BJP in Maharashtra, today came down heavily on its ally for backing the no-confidence motion against Legislative Council Chairman Shivajirao Deshmukh and "betraying" the people of the state.

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal's Varanasi rally has been postponed by two days to March 25 after the district administration denied permission for it in view of the Legislative Council polls.

Legislative council member Kalvakuntla Kavitha accuses Centre of pressure to stop schemes in Telangana, where her father K Chandrashekhar Rao is Chief Minister

UP MLC Election Result: The BJP today headed for a massive win in biennial elections to the Uttar Pradesh legislative council or upper house, weeks after its record victory in state elections, but had to settle for a loss in Varanasi

In a setback for the BJP in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi constituency, the party has lost two seats in the legislative council elections after holding on to them for 10 years. Both the seats - one reserved for teachers and the other for graduates - were won by Samajwadi Party candidates.

The Wednesday night call from Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has got the Maharashtra Chief Minister what he's desperately in need of - an election. 24 hours after the phone call, the obdurate governor of Maharashtra, BS Koshyari, a card-carrying member of the BJP before his appointment in Maharashtra, formally asked the ...

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has rejected the demand of several members of the Bihar Legislative Council, especially those from the ruling Janata Dal United (JDU), for a government holiday on the occasion of Guru Purnima. Instead, he has instructed them to work two additional hours on the day - falling on July 16 - as a mark of respect for their gur...

Many people are in line to join the BJP in the near future and their names would be revealed soon, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today, as he welcomed former NCP legislative council member Niranjan Davkhare to the BJP.

It was on October 1, 1917 that the Patna University Act passed by the then Imperial Legislative Council, came into effect, turning the long-cherished dream of the province into a reality.

The Uttar Pradesh legislature today unanimously passed the UP Goods and Service Tax Bill 2017, paving the way for the Narendra Modi government to roll out the indirect tax regime from July 1. It being a money bill, the proposed legislation was returned by voice vote by the legislative council hours after the state assembly approved it unanimously.

BJP's N Biren Singh, who took oath as Manipur's Chief Minister on March 15, has to prove his majority in the state assembly today. Despite being the second largest party - with 21 legislators - in the recently-concluded assembly elections, the BJP claims to have the support of 33 legislators with the help of regional parties and independent lawmake...

Manohar Parrikar will take oath as Goa Chief Minister for the fourth time tomorrow. He declared today that he has resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers to go back to Goa as its Chief Minister. The incumbent BJP with 13 seats claims to have support of eight other legislators needed to cross the magic mark. Mr Parrikar wil...

Bharatiya Janata Party today won three graduate constituencies in the Legislative Council elections in Uttar Pradesh, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi terming it an indication of things to come in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Pune on November 13 has come under the scanner of the Election Commission of India as the model code of conduct is in force due to the Legislative Council elections.

With BJP not fielding any candidate from Varanasi Local Authority constituency, an SP leader today strangely asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct his party workers to support his sister, the only woman nominee in the fray for the UP Legislative Council election.

Shiv Sena, which is sharing power with the BJP in Maharashtra, today came down heavily on its ally for backing the no-confidence motion against Legislative Council Chairman Shivajirao Deshmukh and "betraying" the people of the state.

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal's Varanasi rally has been postponed by two days to March 25 after the district administration denied permission for it in view of the Legislative Council polls.