Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking cancellation of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari’s candidature in the Bhabanipur constituency, which will go to polls in the second phase of West Bengal Assembly elections on April 29. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Adhikari is contesting against Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee in the Bhabanipur constituency.The petitioner sought cancellatio…
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Chandigarh, April 27 (IANS) Haryana Congress lawmakers on Monday refused to participate in the special session of the Vidhan Sabha, saying the Legislative Assembly did not have the power to make laws on delimitation and women’s reservation. The Congress boycotted the session convened by the Nayab Singh Saini-led government and organised a parallel session outside the House here, demanding that the Women’s Reservation Bill passed in 2023 should be implemented immediately.The party unanimously…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Delhi BJP President, Virendra Sachdeva, has criticised Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal for writing another letter to Delhi High Court’s Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, stating that the move reflects a lack of respect and trust in the judiciary. This comes as Arvind Kejriwal has written to the Delhi High Court’s Justice Sharma, stating that he will neither appear before her in person nor through legal counsel in proceedings linked to the allege…
Chandigarh, April 25 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday described Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s decision to seek an appointment with the President to recall party Rajya Sabha MPs who had joined the BJP as political theatre and reminded him that under the 10th schedule of the Constitution, taking action against MPs was Parliament’s domain and not the President’s discretion. In a statement here, senior party leader Daljit Singh Cheema said the anti-defection law was cle…
Dhaka, April 23 (IANS) Bangladesh’s newspapers must rediscover their voice — not as reflections of authority, but as instruments of accountability. During a national crisis, the press acts not just as an observer — it becomes the conscience of people, a report has highlighted. Writing for Bangladeshi daily ‘The Asian Age’ earlier this week, Anwar A Khan, a 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War freedom fighter and columnist, stated that since August 5, 2024, serious allegations of human rights v…
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) A lady health worker from Muzaffargarh city of Pakistan’s Punjab province requesting country’s Chief Justice to conduct an independent probe into the killing of her two sons in an alleged police ‘encounter’ demonstrates the eroding trust of people in provincial authorities to deliver justice. Her statement about police torture and the subsequent killing of her sons in a “so-called encounter” is not an isolated case, a report has stated. “It reflects a continuing pa…
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress and other opposition parties, labelling them “serial liars” and accusing them of betraying the nation’s women community by rejecting the Women’s Reservation Bill.Speaking at the launch of the Yuva Shakti Jagar Yatra, organised under the leadership of state Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha chief Krishnaraj Mahadik, Fadnavis urged participants to take the message to the public…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Congress party and its allies for what he described as committing “foeticide” against the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan’ Amendment, a landmark legislation aimed at empowering women in Indian politics.Addressing the nation on Saturday, the Prime Minister emphasised that the amendment was never about taking away rights from anyone but rather about granting long-pending rights to women, who constitute h…
Shimla, April 18 (IANS) Facing financial challenges, the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday implemented a decision to temporarily defer a portion of the salaries of public representatives, comprising the Chief Minister, ministers, and lawmakers, for six months. Following the Governor’s approval, the Chief Secretary issued a notification. Under this notification, 50 per cent of the Chief Minister’s salary, 30 per cent of the salaries of the Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday directed Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to file her written submissions in a criminal revision petition alleging fraudulent inclusion of her name in electoral rolls before she acquired Indian citizenship.While listing the matter for further hearing on May 16, the Rouse Avenue Court directed both parties to file their written submissions within a week.During the hearing, counsel for the complainant concluded his oral argu…