New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) With the Monsoon Session of the Parliament scheduled to begin from July 20, the Opposition INDIA bloc appears divided over the proposed Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2026, that previously linked the delimitation exercise with women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.The proposed Bill had earlier failed to pass through the Lok Sabha during the Budget session in April.Speaking to IANS, Congress leader Nana Patole stated that the party is not oppose…
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Jaipur, July 15 (IANS) The ‘Amrit Utsav’, commemorating the glorious 75-year democratic journey of the Rajasthan Assembly, commenced on Wednesday in the Assembly House. Former MLAs were visibly emotional as they returned to the Assembly chamber, making the reunion of sitting and former legislators a truly memorable occasion. The historic event attracted attention not only across Rajasthan but throughout the country, with public representatives and dignitaries praising Speaker Vasudev Devnani for…
Guwahati, July 15 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday called on legislators to transform their constituencies into self-reliant economic units, urging them to reduce dependence on food imports from other states and make Assam self-sufficient in milk, fish, meat and agricultural produce. Addressing the Assembly during a discussion on the state government’s development agenda, Sarma said achieving self-reliance would be the most effective way to eliminate the “syndicate cu…
Jaipur, July 15 (IANS) The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a grand Amrit Mahotsav on Wednesday, bringing together constitutional dignitaries, current and former legislators, and parliamentarians in what is being described as a first-of-its-kind event in the country.The Assembly will honour 26 legislators who have been elected six or more times, recognising their long-standing contribution to parliamentary democracy.Most of the honourees are over the age of…
Mandya (Karnataka), July 13 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Monday warned that the BJP would lay siege to the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS) reservoir if the Karnataka government failed to release water for standing crops in the Cauvery basin within the next three days.Ashoka, who visited drought-hit sugarcane fields in Malavalli and nearby villages in Mandya district, interacted with farmers and assessed crop damage caused by the shortage of irrigation water. Addre…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Vice President of National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah after the latter alleged a conspiracy to break his party and claimed that MLAs were being offered Rs 20-30 crore each and the promise of statehood, to bring down his government.BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said that the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister should either present evidence that supports his allegat…
Belagavi (Karnataka), July 9 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday announced that the state government has decided to allocate Rs 1 crore to every rural Assembly constituency to ensure uninterrupted drinking water supply in view of the prevailing rainfall deficit.Addressing a press conference after chairing the Belagavi Division Progress Review Meeting at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi, the Chief Minister said the government is taking proactive measures to tackle the em…
Hyderabad, July 5 (IANS) A convoy of BRS leaders led by party working president K. T. Rama Rao from Hyderabad reached Kaleshwaram in Jayashankar Bhupalapally district on Sunday amid tension as police allegedly tried to stop them at various points en route. The delegation of the Opposition party leaders was on its way to Kannepalli Pump House.Tension prevailed at Kaleshwaram village as police tried to stop the convoy. The BRS leaders removed barricades to head towards Kannepalli.Kannepalli Pump H…
Bengaluru, July 4 (IANS) Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President B.Y. Vijayendra on Saturday alleged that the state government was facilitating the misuse of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by exerting pressure on Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and violating the Election Commission’s prescribed procedures. He was speaking to reporters after submitting a memorandum to the Election Commission of India seeking corrective action over alleged irregularities in th…
Bhubaneswar, July 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed 10 senior IAS officers in Odisha as Electoral Roll Observers to ensure the smooth conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in the state.Meanwhile, the qualifying date for the revision has been fixed as July 1.According to a notification issued by Additional Chief Electoral Officer-cum-Special Secretary Sushanta Kumar Mishra, the observers have been assigned responsibility for different di…