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Bengaluru court sentences Cong MLA Vinay Kulkarni to life imprisonment in murder caseA Bengaluru court has handed down life sentences to Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and sixteen others. They were convicted in the 2016 murder ...
JD(U) moves to disqualify MP Giridhari Yadav over anti-party remarksJanata Dal (United) MP Girdhari Yadav is facing a disqualification notice for his public criticism of Electronic Voting Machines. This acti...
Satara Zilla Parishad setback: Minister warns BJP of fallout after Sena-NCP defeat in future pollsThe Shiv Sena has accused the BJP of undermining democracy after losing the Satara Zilla Parishad president election. Despite the Shiv Sena...
Speaker's order is murder of democracy, will move Supreme Court: Uddhav ThackerayHis party will approach the SC against the ruling, and will also examine if a contempt petition can be filed against the Speaker, Thackeray...
42 lost membership of Parliament since 1988, maximum 19 in 14th Lok SabhaThe latest round of disqualification of Congress leader Gandhi, NCP leader Mohammad Faizal P P, and BSP leader Afzal Ansari came after thei...
Cannot have separate norm for MP, MLAs in suspension of conviction, sentence: SCThe remarks were made by the court after senior advocate AM Singhvi, appearing for Faizal, said that what weighed in the mind of the Kerala...
Congress and CPI-M MLAs displayed placards protesting Rahul’s LS disqualificationTripura Pradesh Congress President Birajit Sinha said “Rahul Gandhi's voice was suppressed by the BJP government and he was not allowed to ...
UPA Ordinance was to prevent disqualification on flimsy cases: Kapil SibalIncidentally, the 2013 ordinance, promulgated by the Manmohan Singh Cabinet, was withdrawn after the then Congress VP Rahul Gandhi publicly...
Rahul Gandhi stands disqualified from contesting Lok Sabha, Assembly polls for 8 years unless higher court stays conviction: ExpertThe expert, who did not wish to be named, felt that the EC is likely to wait for the 30-day period granted by the court to allow the former...
Uddhav Thackeray calls Rahul's disqualification 'murder' of democracy, beginning of end of 'dictatorship'Announcing his disqualification, the Lok Sabha Secretariat in a notification said that it was effective from March 23, the day of his convi...
EC withholds Lakshadweep Lok Sabha bypoll after HC suspends conviction, sentence of sitting MPThe by-election was announced following the disqualification Faizal on grounds of his conviction by a sessions court in Kavaratti.
Uttarakhand crisis: BJP adopts 'wait-and-watch' strategyHarish Rawat has moved Uttarakhand High Court seeking revocation of President's Rule in the state and restoration of his government.
SP MLA Kaptan Singh Rajput convicted in murder case, faces disqualificationRuling Samajwadi Party MLA from Charkhari, Kaptan Singh Rajput, has been held guilty along with his brother by a local court here in a 13-y...
Law Commission seeks opinion on issue of decriminalising politicsLaw Commission sought opinion of various stakeholders, including political parties, on sensitive issues of decriminalising politics & disqu...
BJP, Left and Congress clash over Ordinance on convicted lawmakersOpposition parties--BJP and Left-- and Congress today clashed over the Ordinance that protects convicted MPs and MLAs from facing immediate...
- NCP, DMK don’t favour Prez rule
As the Congress-led UPA government adopted a go-slow approach over the imposition of President’s rule in Karnataka, alliance partner NCP in...
- Governor Bhardwaj for President's rule in Karnataka
BJP government in Karnataka, its first in the south won the confidence motion by a voice vote with 106 ruling legislators saying 'yes'.