Lok Sabha

25Apr

India

Anand Dehadrai Withdraws Defamation Suit Against Mahua Moitra

Advocate Jai Anand Dehadrai on Thursday withdrew the defamation case against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in Delhi High Court and five news outlets over the former’s “defamatory statements” against him.  Dehadrai initially filed a suit in response to what he alleged were defamatory stat...

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19Apr

Elections, Entertainment, Lok Sabha Election 2024

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Tamil Actors Ajith, Dhanush, Rajnikanth Cast Votes

Voting for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 has begun on Friday. Several popular faces from the film industry cast their votes in the morning hours on Friday. Superstar Rajnikanth cast his vote at the Poes Garden polling.  Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu BJP chief and party’s candidate from ...

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18Apr

Elections, Lok Sabha Election 2024

EVM Malfunction: BJP’s Lotus Symbol Gets Extra Votes In Mock Polls, Poll Body Says: “False News”

The Election Commission has denied the news report regarding the extra votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for Bharatiya Janata Party in Kasaragod district of Kerala. Responding to the recent Supreme Court order to look into the matter, Election commission official said, "News rep...

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6Mar

Elections, Lok Sabha Election 2024

Priya Saha, BJP’s ‘Street Fighter’ For Bolpur Lok Sabha Seat

BJP has released the first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024. The list includes 28 women candidates including Priya Saha, who will contest the elections from Bolpur, West Bengal. Notably, Bolpur is a SC reserved seat. Priya is running for the Parliamentary election for...

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23Feb

India

Former Maharashtra CM Manohar Joshi Dies At 86

Former Maharashtra chief minister Manohar Joshi, aged 86, died at around 3 a.m. on Friday following a cardiac arrest at Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital. The ex-Lok Sabha Speaker’s body will be kept at his residence in Matunga between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. for people to pay their final respects. As per rep...

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20Feb

Elections, India, Rajya Sabha Election 2024

Sonia Gandhi Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha From Rajasthan

Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. The 77-year-old politician filed her nomination from Jaipur, a constituency previously held by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, adding an element of surprise. The BJP interpreted this transition as ...

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13Feb

Elections, India

Roaring On Screen, Whimpers Off-Screen: Sunny Deol And Shatrughan Sinha Remain Silent In Parliament

The macho heroes of Bollywood known for their thunderous dialogue delivery that shakes up theatres have turned out to be timid and meek off screen. Film stars Sunny Deol and Shatrughan Sinha are among nine members of parliament who did not utter a single word in the Lok Sabha. Out of the nine member...

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8Feb

India

Gujjar-Bakarwal Protest In Jammu After Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Include Paharis In J&K’s ST List

The Scheduled Tribe Gujjar-Bakarwal communities in Jammu are vehemently protesting against the recent decision to include the Pahari Ethnic group in the Union Territory’s Scheduled Tribes list. This move was sanctioned by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, passing the Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Schedul...

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6Feb

Education

4,440 Faculty Recruitments In Central HEIs Including IITs, Minister Informs Lok Sabha

In a written reply to an unstarred question of Lok Sabha, Subhas Sarkar, the Minister of State for Education informed the house that around 4,440 faculties of Schedule Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and other Backward Class (OBC) have been recruited for the Central Higher Education Institutes (CHE...

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1Feb

Elections, Lok Sabha Election 2024

Awadhesh Prasad – Dalit SP Candidate From Faizabad Constituency

Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday announced the list of 16 candidates for the Lok Sabha election. Thereby, the SP has become the first major political party to announce the candidate list for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha election. The list includes five-time cabinet minister and nine-time Milkipur MLA ...

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