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    Defection News

    Madras HC gives Tamil Nadu speaker 2 months to act on disqualification pleas on 6 AIADMK MLAs

    The Madras high court on Tuesday directed Tamil Nadu assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar to conclude within two months disqualification proceedings against six former AIADMK legislators.
    India News
    Published 2 days ago

    17 NCPI MPs to join BJP before Durga Puja: Rebel TMC MP's big claim

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi met NDA MPs, including rebel TMC MPs who joined NCPI, at his residence last month.
    India News
    Updated 31 days ago

    TMC rebels await official status after breaking off from Mamata's leadership

    Ritabrata Banerjee—who is the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal assembly—wants to be recognised as the Trinamool Congress, led by former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
    India News
    Published 54 days ago

    Partitioning a party’s legacy

    There should be defined criteria to determine the concept of “majority”, needing a more nuanced and thorough examination than merely counting legislators (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)
    Editorials
    Updated 71 days ago

    ‘BJP wants to crush the voice of Maharashtra through defections’

    Aaditya Thackeray (HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 105 days ago

    Mamata, Uddhav, Kejriwal have one big question. The answer may come via Goa

    Supreme Court of India has in a 2023 case observed that MPs alone are not the whole party, but that was not part of a direct verdict on mergers as such.
    India News
    Updated 115 days ago

    Shadow of Op Tiger: Four Sena (UBT) legislators skip party meeting

    21 out of 25 Shiv Sena (UBT) MLAs attended the meeting at party chief Uddhav Thackeray’s residence on Monday (PTI)
    Cities
    Published 115 days ago

    Another UP minister claims defections likely from SP, Congress: 'Two dozen MPs…'

    Uttar Pradesh minister and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad .
    India News
    Updated 119 days ago

    ‘Shift of non-Yadav OBC and non-Jatav SC votes dented BJP’

    The party also saw various internal and external forces waging a ‘pseudo war’ to harm the party that had been hegemonic in UP’s politics since 2014. (Pic for representation)
    Cities
    Updated 818 days ago

    LS polls: Talwar, Pandey in the race for Cong ticket

    Among the frontrunners in this race are Sanjay Talwar, the district Congress president; Rakesh Pandey, a former MLA; and Gurvinder Lapran, a senior Congress leader. (HT photo)
    Cities
    Updated 929 days ago

    Zeeshan Siddique removed as Mumbai Cong youth wing chief amid speculation of exit

    Congress lawmaker Zeeshan Siddique. (X)
    India News
    Published 968 days ago

    One more Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, Babanrao Gholap, joins Shinde

    HT Image
    Cities
    Updated 973 days ago

    In damage control mode, BJP sends Punjab in-charge Rupani to take feedback

    Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters hold party flags. (ANI File)
    Cities
    Updated 1094 days ago

    Keeping up with UP| Snub to defector is Ghosi bypoll’s biggest takeaway

    Samajwadi Party workers celebrating the victory of party candidate Sudhakar Singh in the Ghosi constituency by-election, in Lucknow. (FILE PHOTO)
    Opinion
    Published 1130 days ago

    Defections require a political response

    The current NCP defection petitions might also take a year and by then, elections will be so close that the entire proceeding will be infructuous, at least politically.
    Opinion
    Published 1200 days ago

    Legislators slam ‘rampant’ defections, call for revisiting anti-defection law

    Mumbai, India - June 17, 2023: Former vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu with Former Minister of Home Affairs of India Sushilkumar Shinde, former president of Central Tibetan Administration Lobsang Sangay, CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat, Meira Kumar, during the closing day of the National Legislators' Conference at Jio Center, BKC in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Updated 1217 days ago

    Karnataka elections: Parties battle it out to woo crucial Lingayat vote bank

    The politically influential Lingayat community accounts for around 17% of the state’s population.   (HT photo)
    India News
    Updated 1275 days ago

    Despite Ajit’s clarification, unease in Pawar family, Ajit-Raut verbal war continues

    On Tuesday, Ajit slammed Raut for the article without naming him. “Spokespersons from other parties are speaking as if they are from the NCP,” he said. “I will raise the issue in the party meeting. They can speak about their own party. We don’t need advocates from other parties.” (HT PHOTO)
    Cities
    Updated 1276 days ago

    Karnataka independent candidate from Yadgir deposits Rs. 10k in coins

    K'taka: Independent candidate from Yadgir deposits 10k in coins
    Cities
    Updated 1276 days ago

    What drama in K’taka reveals

    Interestingly, Karnataka is perhaps the only state in the country where the party has consciously avoided corruption as a campaign issue (PTI)
    Editorials
    Updated 1283 days ago

    V-P Naidu says 'loopholes in anti-defection law, needs amendments'| Video

    Vice President Venkaiah Naidu speaks during an event 'Media's Role in New India' at Press Club of Bangalore in Bengaluru,
    India News
    Published 1635 days ago
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