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  Child marriage legalized? Bill passed in Rajasthan assembly amid uproar from opposition MLAs

  India | September 18, 2021 10:55 IST

  Opposition MLAs strongly claimed that the bill permits child marriages.

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  Jharkhand: Politics over allotment of room for offering Namaz inside assembly intensifies

  India | September 04, 2021 18:18 IST

  Going a step further, BJP leader CP Singh, the former speaker of the assembly demanded the construction of a grand temple of Lord Hanuman in the Vidhan Bhawan complex.

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  Small parties can make a big difference in UP Polls 2022

  News | August 01, 2021 23:00 IST

  Elections for the Uttar Pradesh assembly may be early next year, but attempts to redraw the political landscape have already begun. And in the state so influenced by caste arithmetic, it is the small players, the extras of politics, that can be the “make or break" factor for the mainstream parties.

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  Priyanka Gandhi to hold virtual meet with UP congress leaders today

  News | July 12, 2021 11:20 IST

  Priyanka Gandhi to hold virtual meet with UP Cong leaders to discuss strategy for 2022 Assembly polls.

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  Delimitation Commission reaches Jammu on second leg of J&K visit, meets political parties

  India | July 09, 2021 7:00 IST

  The Delimitation Commission arrived here Thursday on the second leg of its four-day Jammu & Kashmir visit and interacted with dozens of political leaders and civil society groups.

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  Kerala CM tables resolution in Assembly extending support to Lakshadweep people

  India | May 31, 2021 10:40 IST

  Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday moved a resolution in the state Assembly expressing solidarity with the people of Lakshadweep

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  Contract workers in Gilgit Baltistan hold anti-govt demonstrations, demand regularisation of jobs

  News | September 08, 2020 22:18 IST

  Around 6,000 contract and contingent employees serving in different departments of illegally occupied Gilgit-Baltistan recently staged a protest in front of the Chief Secretary Office for the regularisation of their jobs.

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  Bengal Governor enters Assembly through gate meant for media, officials

  India | December 05, 2019 12:59 IST

  The speaker had abruptly adjourned the House for two days till December 5 as the bills which were scheduled to be placed could not be tabled as they were yet to receive the nod of the governor, the speaker had said in the Assembly on Tuesday.

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  Chambal erupts again, this time dreaded UP dacoit eyes elections

  Crime | August 22, 2019 17:15 IST

  Babli Kol, 38, the dreaded dacoit who carries an award of Rs 7 lakh on his head, has suddenly become active Uttar Pradesh's Chambal region.

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  Unruly scenes in UP assembly as SP hits out at FIRs against Azam Khan

  India | July 23, 2019 18:10 IST

  The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Tuesday witnessed unruly scenes as opposition Samajwadi Party charged the state government with attempts to frame its leader Azam Khan in land grabbing cases in Rampur. 

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  Rajasthan Assembly: Proceedings broadcasted live on YouTube after boycott by media

  India | June 28, 2019 23:56 IST

  Rajasthan Assembly on Friday, broadcasted its proceedings live on YouTube after mainstream media boycotted coverage in the wake of several restrictions imposed on them.

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  Cow vigilantes to attact three-year jail in MP

  India | June 27, 2019 19:12 IST

  The Kamal Nath-led government is likely to bring an amendment to the Madhya Pradesh Cow Progeny Slaughter Prevention Act 2004 in the next Assembly session.

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  Reduce term of J&K assembly to five years, demands BJP

  India | June 19, 2019 21:55 IST

  The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP Wednesday demanded that the term of the state assembly should be reduced from six to five years, saying the state must have laws similar to those enacted by Parliament for the entire country.  

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  Sikkim to vote for 32 assembly seats, 1 Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday

  April 10, 2019 22:56 IST

  The polling will be held between 7 am and 5 pm in total of 567 polling station across four districts.

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  J&K Assembly polls likely before Amarnath Yatra

  March 14, 2019 11:48 IST

  The general consensus is that the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections can be held with adequate security deployments before this year's Amarnath Yatra which begins on July 1

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  Campaigning for Chhattisgarh 2nd phase of elections concludes

  November 18, 2018 18:58 IST

  In the 90-member assembly, the BJP has 49 seats, the Congress 38 and the BSP one.

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  Telangana set for early polls after KC Rao Cabinet's decision to dissolve assembly

  September 06, 2018 15:32 IST

  Telangana polls: State assembly elections were originally scheduled to be held along with the Lok Sabha elections 2019 in April-May.

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  Netizens add humour to Karnataka political drama, jokes and memes on Yeddyurappa abound on Twitter

  May 20, 2018 11:42 IST

  Twitteratti had many hilarious things to say after BS Yeddyurappa resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister.

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  National anthem played for first time in Tripura Assembly

  India | March 23, 2018 20:28 IST

  The first session of the newly elected House begun with the election of Speaker Rebati Mohan Das.

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  CM Palaniswami falls short of majority: How numbers stack up in Tamil Nadu Assembly

  Politics | August 23, 2017 8:23 IST

  Chief Minister EK Palaniswami has fallen short of the simple majority in Tamil Nadu Assembly after AIADMK MLAs loyal to Dhinakaran withdrew support from the government yesterday.