A day after Karnataka minister B C Patil felt the need for a law to shoot people who raise pro-Pakistan and anti-India slogans, another BJP MLA on Monday said such people should be shot at sight or exiled to the neighbouring country.
An FIR has been lodged against BJP MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi and six others for allegedly raping a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district. The woman has alleged rape repeatedly for one month in 2017.
In provocative remarks seemingly directed at Muslims, a Haryana BJP MLA has said those opposing CAA and NRC can be "wiped out" in an hour. Kaithal MLA Leela Ram Gurjar was speaking at an event in his constituency in support of the amended citizenship law.
As the Chief Minister is likely to visit Delhi next week to discuss the cabinet expansion and allocation of portfolios,Vijayanagar MLA Anand Singh, Hukkeri MLA Umesh Katti and Yellapur MLA Shivaram Hebbar called on him at his residence.
More than 2,400 Pakistani prisoners, languishing in jails of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have been released during the last one year, a media report said.
Two sub-inspectors of Uttar Pradesh police were sent to the police lines on Sunday after local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Kamlesh Saini complained about their behaviour.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Dhullo Mahto was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in jail in a 2013 case by the Dhanbad district court on Wednesday.
BJP MLA Rahul Singh Sodhi's SUV allegedly hit a motorcyle in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district, killing two persons. Lodhi is an MLA from Khargapur Assembly seat in Tikamgarh and nephew of former Union Minister Uma Bharti.
Former BJP legislator Ajay Kumar Poeia's elder son has been booked for allegedly killing his wife, police said on Thursday. The case against the former MLA's son has been registered at Kotwali police station in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh by his in-laws.
The Bareilly couple, whose elopement and marriage made headlines last month, has quietly returned to Bareilly. The couple returned to Bareilly amidst tight police security on Wednesday and went to the registrar's office where they got their marriage registered.
In a video clip that has gone viral on the social media, the lawmaker from Khatauli was seen speaking at a function organized on Tuesday to celebrate the revoking of the special status to Jammu and Kashmir. "The workers are very excited and those who are bachelors, they can get married there. There is no issue now. Earlier, there was lot of atrocities on women," he said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has expelled MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar from the party. Kuldeep Singh Sengar is an accused in the Unnao rape case. The rape victim's car had met with an accident recently in Rae Bareli, in which the condition of the rape survivor and her lawyer is stated to be critical. The rape survivor's two aunts were killed in the car crash, while her father had earlier died in police custody in relation to the rape case.
The National Commission for Woman (NCW) on Monday urged the Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police to ensure a free, fair and speedy probe into the accident involving the Unnao rape victim in which a BJP MLA is an accused.
Unnao rape survivor who had accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar of raping her met with a road accident on Sunday. According to the report, the victim's car was hit by a truck in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. It is said that it was raining at the time of the accident.
A viral video has surfaced on social media in which a newly married couple has sought police protection, claiming threats from the bride's family, police said.
"My daughter was pressured by a local politician to record a video. A bureaucrat's wife was also involved in provoking my daughter to speak against (my) family," said Mishra, an MLA from Bareilly's Bithari-Chainpur consituency.
Even as the controversy over the deaths of cows in shelters in Uttar Pradesh rages on, BJP MLA from Barabanki Ajay Singh said that the cows had died natural deaths.
Sakshi Mishra married a Dalit man Ajitesh Kumar, against the consent of her father Rajesh Mishra, who is Bareilly BJP MLA. Here are a few unknown facts about Sakshi Mishra and Ajitesh Kumar's wedding row
"In the Muslim religion, you know that people keep 50 wives and give birth to 1050 children. This is not a tradition but an animalistic tendency. In society, giving birth to only two to four children is normal," the BJP leader told reporters in Ballia, on Sunday.
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that Sakshi Mishra's marriage with Dalit groom Ajitesh Kumar is completely legal. High Court's observation came after Ajitesh was manhandled inside court's premises. The couple is seeking police protection fearing threat to life.
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