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The Maratha community has been protesting against the state Govt on the issue of Maratha reservation. Meanwhile, considering the current situation in Jalna in the backdrop of the Maratha agitation, a curfew has been imposed in Ambad taluka of Maharashtra's Jalna district.
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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is all set to inaugurate the new building of the Assam Legislative Assembly in the presence of state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on July 30.
Thomas A Sangma of the ruling National People's Party (NPP)-led coalition government was on Thursday (Mar 9) unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.
Congress MLA and former Madhya Pradesh minister Umang Singar has been booked for allegedly mentally harassing and raping a woman, who claims to be his wife, in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district.
President Droupadi Murmu emphasized the need for more gender equality in public life, particularly among state legislators.
Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Thursday (Sept 8) unanimously adopted the Transplantation of Human Organ Act 1994 (Amendment Act 2011), aiming to create a suitable infrastructure for organ donation in the state.
A day after five Janata Dal (United) MLAs from Manipur merged with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said that the state has become JDU-free. He exuded confidence that the BJP will very soon break the "Mahagathbandhan" alliance of Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress in Bihar.
Former Jharkhand governor Draupadi Murmu, 64, is the first tribal woman candidate to be named as a presidential candidate.
The tunnel connects the legislative assembly to Red Fort and was used by the Britishers to avoid reprisal while moving freedom fighters.
After being appointed as the President of Maharashtra Congress Pradesh Committee (MPCC), Nana Patole took charge as the Maharashtra Congress party Chief on Friday. He formally accepted the post from outgoing state party chief Balasaheb Thorat.
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly speaker Nana Patole on Thursday submitted his resignation to deputy speaker Narhari Zirwal. This move comes after Patole's meeting with the central leadership on Wednesday. He is tipped to be the next chief of the Congress state unit.
After Uttar Pradesh, the Madhya Pradesh government is all set to table the Dharma Swatantrya (Religious Freedom) Bill 2020 in front of the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet for approval on Tuesday.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has called upon the Government of Odisha for along-term resolution.
Including the landmark APSRTC merger bill, as many as 16 bills were passed on Monday, the penultimate day of the ongoing winter session of AP State Legislative Assembly. Other important bills include SC, ST separate commissions bill, excise amendment bill, Andhra Pradesh GST Bill and Andhra Pradesh Universities Act (amendment bill).
Puducherry is going to be developed as a Pilot Solar City. In a first step towards it, Legislative Assembly Speaker V.P. Sivakolunthu today inaugurated its 20KW rooftop solar power project.
Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls scheduled by October 21, in exercise of the powers conferred on it under the constitution, the ECI moved up appointing two ex-Indian Revenue Service officers, Madhu Mahajan and B Murali Kumar as special expenditure observers to the state legislative sssembly.
As there are two vacancies in State of Gujarat Legislative Assembly, the Election Commission has decided to hold by-elections on October 21, 2019. Last Date of Nominations is September 30 while votes will be counted on October 24.
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was adjourned sine die on Friday after a brief monsoon session. The Assembly, which had a total of seven sittings beginning July 18, passed the first supplementary budget of the current fiscal worth 13,595.87 crore rupees.
An important decision has been taken in the ongoing first session of the 15th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as the senior leader of YSR Congress Party Tammineni Sitaram has been unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Assembly. Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulated Tammineni and appealed him to protect the parliamentary democracy.
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution eulogizing Bharat Ratna Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and Assamese Singer Bhupen Hazarika for being felicitated with the highest civilian award of the country.
With the Lok Sabha elections just a few months away, the political parties have geared up to woo the citizens of India to set a position at the centre. Focussing on public welfare, people’s demand and reconciling the relations abroad, India has come a long way making a respectable place for itself on the international forum. With developing at a progressive rate, the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will write the future of India with connecting right chords with the audience.
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi took several key decisions regarding assorted affairs in a briefing headed byUnion Ministers Rajnath Singh, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Santosh Gangwar in the national capital. The major decision undertaken regarding the state of Assam included setting up of a high-level committee to implement Clause 6 of Assam Accord to hold discussions with all stakeholders on quantum of reservation of seats in Assam Legislative Assembly and local bodies for Assame
Oops, it no more Elphinstone station, Call it Prabhadevi! With effect from July 18 midnight, the Elphinstone Station was renamed to Prabhadevi by the Western Railway.
Today the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution recommending the Centre to rename the Kolhapur Airport as 'Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport'. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis moved the resolution in the Lower House to rename the airport after the member of the erstwhile royal family of Kolhapur.
Two states of North East, Nagaland and Meghalaya witnessed a huge spree of polling for Legislative Assembly that took place today. Voters came out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. 75% polling was reported by 4pm in Nagaland and 67% in Meghalaya. At number of Polling Stations, voters were still in queue, hence percentage is expected to increase after the closure of poll in all the polling stations.
The Bihar Legislature's budget session will begin today. The budget session will commence with the address of Governor Satyapal Malik to the joint sitting of Bihar Legislative Assembly and Bihar Legislative Council and on Tuesday, in the House, a supplementary demand grant for the state's General Budget and 2017-18 for 2018-19 will be presented.
In a bid to curb road accidents in Gujarat, the State Legislative Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a bill to initiate the state Road Safety Authority (GUJROSA) for the implementation of road safety programmes. The bill passed by Gujarat Assembly will help in curbing up to 50% of road accidents till the year 2020. The bill has provision for a fine of up to Rs1 lakh for refusal or failure to comply with the Authority’s orders.
Goa Governor Mridula Sinha addressed the Goa Assembly House on Monday during its first day. In her address to the House, she said that the state government is committed to doubling the income of farmers by 2022, which is one of the targets of sustainable development goals of the state.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has distributed 91,000 solar home lighting devices to the households of un-electrified villages and hamlets of the state under Remote Village Electrification Programme. This was said by State Social Welfare Minister Sajad Gani Lone on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani after taking the oath wasting no time allotted portfolios to his council of ministers on Thursday. Notably, BJP had registered a sixth straight assembly poll win in the key western state on 18 December, winning 99 seats in the 182-member house.
After registering a historic win in Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections has taken one more step ahead in #CongressMuktBharat. Senior BJP leader Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday took the oath as new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP Chief Amit Shah and chief ministers of all BJP-ruled states and those governed by NDA allies.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to rule in Gujarat fro next five years as Vijay Rupani on Tuesday took the oath of Chief Minister in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP Chief Amit Shah and chief ministers of all BJP-ruled states and those governed by NDA allies including Yogi Adityanath, Dr. Raman Singh etc.
After registering a historic win in Himachal Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to rule the state and Chief Minister will be a five-time legislator Jairam Thakur. Finally, after a short wait, Himachal Pradesh has got its new Chief Minister who is none other than Jairam Thakur.
After registering a thumping win in Gujarat Assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to rule the state for the sixth straight time. Likewise, BJP continues to rule Gujarat, Vijay Rupani will continue to be a Chief Minister of the state and Nitin Patel as his deputy.
The #GujaratVerdict has many shades. The victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat is significant as it has 22 years of anti-incumbency, the intensly driven Patel movement, the emergence of trio HAJ (Hardik-Alpesh-Jignesh), a well-managed hype around Rahul Gandhi's elavtion, a victory against some media campaigns evidently executed against the BJP, an unfortunate attempt to gear-up caste based equation versus development issue and unignorable protests against implementation of the GST and yet the BJP
Re-polling begins at six booths in four assembly constituencies in Gujarat on Sunday where voting took place in the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections on Thursday.
As soon as Gujarat geared up for the 2nd phase of the Assembly polls on Thursday following a heavy election campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his vote in Ahmedabad. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also became the first sitting PM to vote from Gujarat.
Amidst half of Gujarat is voting for the 2nd phase of the Assembly polls on Thursday, the Congress party has launched a staunch criticism against Election Commission, BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Notably, the Congress party criticized Election Commission and accused the poll body of becoming a puppet in the hands of PM Modi.
Development, Development and Development! Yes, you all heard it right. When we see the roads and highways are constructed, we say yes development is on. When we see the airports in our city we say yes development is on. But if we see a seaplane flying in the waters, What we will say? Development or Politics, Of course, development! Notably, today a seaplane for the first time ever flew in the waters of Sabarmati riverfront of Gujarat.
Election Campaign for the Gujarat Assembly Polls 2017 ended today by 5 pm. But just before the clock strikes 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emotionally called upon 6.5 crore Gujaratis and urged them to vote heavily for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
As soon as the campaigning for the second phase of elections in Gujarat has gained momentum, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday highlighted several instances of Congress’ misgovernance and their ignorance towards people of the state.
The high voltage battle of votes and power between Congress and BJP in Gujarat began on Saturday. Notably, Polling has begun for the first phase of assembly elections for 89 constituencies in Kutch, Saurashtra and South Gujarat and over 2 crore 12 lakh voters will decide the fate of 977 candidates, including 57 women. Polling, which began at 8 AM, will continue till 5 in the evening.
As soon as the election campaign gears up for the second phase of Assembly polls in Gujarat, PM Modi held three massive rallies on Friday in Banaskantha, Kalol, Nikol. PM Modi slammed Congress and said they will not win elections in Gujarat as they had an anti-development mindset and believed in divisive politics.
My Maliks are the 125 crore and I am accountable to them for every moment of my time because they have placed their faith in me. This was said by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday at a public meeting in Surat, Gujarat.
PM Modi addresses public meeting in Dhandhuka, Gujarat
PM Modi addresses public meeting in Dahod, Gujarat
Congress leaders in Gujarat for ‘Tanker Raj’ in the state while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government had brought it to an end. This was said by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking at a public meeting in Dhandhuka in Gujarat.
After the Election Commission announced the schedule for assembly polls in Gujarat, all the political parties are using various modes including newspaper, social media, TV to seek votes of people. But taking a note on this, Election Commission has barred the newspaper ads on 8th and 9th December of this year in Gujarat.
The Congress party on Monday released its manifesto for the upcoming Gujarat assembly polls which are to be held in two phases i.e on 9 December and 14 December this year. The 60 page “People’s Manifesto—2017” of Congress kept a special focus on youth, agriculture and Patel quota etc.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the Congress party for defaming Gujarat. He said that Congress cannot tolerate or accept leaders from Gujarat and hence always displayed displeasure towards them and the people of the state.