Odisha’s Khariar MLA Adhiraj Panigrahi quits Congress

Odisha’s Khariar MLA Adhiraj Panigrahi quits Congress

File picture of Adhiraj Panigrahi | Photo Credit: X/@AdhirajMohan Congress MLA from Khariar in Odisha’s Nuapada district Adhiraj Panigrahi resigned from his party on Tuesday. Mr. Panigrahi, a first-time legislator, thanked the Congress leadership for providing him the opportunity to serve the people. “I hereby tender my resignation from all positions, including primary membership of … Read more

Try to topple my Govt and no BRS MLA except KCR’s family will be with him: Revanth warns BRS

Try to topple my Govt and no BRS MLA except KCR’s family will be with him: Revanth warns BRS

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy addressing a press conference along with Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar, Konda Surekha; Advisor to Govt Shabbir Ali and Rajya Sabha member Anil Kumar Yadav in Hyderabad on March 16, 2024. Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy sent a stern warning to the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) that if it plans … Read more

Himachal crisis: police register case against independent MLA, Congress rebel’s father for ‘electoral offences’

Himachal crisis: police register case against independent MLA, Congress rebel’s father for ‘electoral offences’

The Himachal Pradesh Police on Sunday registered a case against an independent MLA and the father of a Congress rebel and others over “electoral offences” related to the recent Rajya Sabha polls in which six party MLAs voted for the BJP candidate from the State. The case against Hamirpur’s independent MLA Ashish Sharma and Gagret’s … Read more

SCB MLA Lasya Nanditha accident case: Tipper driver taken into custody for withholding information

SCB MLA Lasya Nanditha accident case: Tipper driver taken into custody for withholding information

The Patancheru police of Sangareddy identified a heavy duty dumper truck in which the SUV of SCB MLA Lasya Nanditha crashed into. Officials took the driver into custody for withholding information related to the incident. The Secunderabad Cantonment MLA Nanditha was sitting in the second row passenger seat while her personal assistant Akash was driving … Read more

KTR dares Revanth to resign as Kodangal MLA, contest from Malkajgiri Parliament constituency

KTR dares Revanth to resign as Kodangal MLA, contest from Malkajgiri Parliament constituency

Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao. File | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Responding to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s challenge, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president challenged him to resign as CM & Kodangal MLA and contest from Malkajgiri Parliament constituency. “I will also resign as Sircilla MLA. Let’s contest for … Read more

Secunderabad Cantonment MLA Lasya Nanditha killed in road crash

Secunderabad Cantonment MLA Lasya Nanditha killed in road crash

Lasya Nanditha talking to a voter during her election campaign in the Secunderabad Cantonment area. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Secunderabad Cantonment legislator G. Lasya Nanditha, 37, died in a road crash on the Outer Ring Road Patancheru, here in the early hours of February 23. Nanditha died on the spot before she could be … Read more

Former MLA R. Gandhi quits YSRCP, alleges ‘no respect to Dalits’

Former MLA R. Gandhi quits YSRCP, alleges ‘no respect to Dalits’

Former MLA of erstwhile Vepanjeri Assembly constituency R. Gandhi on February 5 (Monday) quit the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), alleging oppression of the Dalits in Andhra Pradesh. Mr. Gandhi was a TDP MLA between 1994 and 1999 before joining the YSRCP in 2011. Addressing the media here, Mr. Gandhi said that he would be joining … Read more

Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis orders high-level inquiry into firing by BJP MLA on Shiv Sena leader

Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis orders high-level inquiry into firing by BJP MLA on Shiv Sena leader

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on February 3 ordered a high-level inquiry into the Ulhasnagar firing incident involving a BJP MLA and a local Shiv Sena leader, calling it “serious”. “Kalyan MLA Ganpat Gaikwad of the BJP opened fire on Mahesh Gaikwad, the Shiv … Read more

BJP MLA sits on dharna in front of KPSC seeking justice for job aspirants in Karnataka

BJP MLA sits on dharna in front of KPSC seeking justice for job aspirants in Karnataka

Police escort former minister and BJP MLA Suresh Kumar, and chase away job aspirants protesting outside Udyog Soudha, KPSC’s head office near Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, on January 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K Former Minister and BJP MLA Suresh Kumar sat on a dharna (protest) in front of the Karnataka Public Service … Read more

Silent traffic jams: How Aizawl’s road etiquette is a sign of a broader peace

Silent traffic jams: How Aizawl’s road etiquette is a sign of a broader peace

A photograph of Aizawl, the capital city of India’s northeastern state of Mizoram When I was a corporator, my office was on the other side of the hill and it took me over an hour to get there. Because of the small lanes and roads in Aizawl, we have traffic jams. But we know that … Read more