Do not reduce anti-defection proceedings into a charade, SC cautions Maharashtra Assembly Speaker

Do not reduce anti-defection proceedings into a charade, SC cautions Maharashtra Assembly Speaker

File photo of Maharasthra Speaker Rahul Narwekar. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Supreme Court on October 13 slammed Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar for reducing the anti-defection proceedings against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and other MLAs to a “charade”, saying that he cannot “merrily” defer hearings and has to decide before the next elections. … Read more

Morning Digest | Food prices to cool soon, says FinMin; Piyush Goyal cautions protesting onion farmers against ‘political opponents’, and more

Morning Digest | Food prices to cool soon, says FinMin; Piyush Goyal cautions protesting onion farmers against ‘political opponents’, and more

India’s inflation woes are not over yet but food price spikes may be “transitory”, the Finance Ministry said on August 22, attributing the latest spike in headline inflation to global uncertainties triggered by the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA U.S. will issue record number of visas this … Read more