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Pelosi narrowly re-elected speaker, faces difficult two years
By HT Correspondent , edited by Vinod Janardhanan | Hindustan Times, Washington
UPDATED ON JAN 04, 2021 10:42 AM IST
It was a narrow victory in a House that Democrats re-took with a vastly reduced majority.
Tharoor responds to Speaker’s advisory, says J&K 4G curbs no longer sub judice
By Deeksha Bhardwaj | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 31, 2020 03:55 PM IST
In a letter sent to the Speaker last week, viewed by Hindustan Times and shared with the members of the panel, the Congress MP has addressed the various points highlighted by Birla
Haryana CM Khattar, Speaker stable, responding well to Covid-19 treatment
By HT Correspondents | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2020 12:56 PM IST
Khattar, 66, and Gupta, 72, are hospitalised in Gurugram; 10 assembly watch and ward staff were diagnosed with coronavirus infection just before assembly session
Rajasthan HC sends notices to Speaker, 6 BSP MLAs who joined Congress
By Jaykishan Sharma| Edited by Sabir Hussain | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON JUL 30, 2020 05:22 PM IST
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had moved the Rajasthan high court arguing that the merger of six of its MLAs with the Congress was unconstitutional.
‘You be the judge’: Chidambaram digs out SC ruling after Rajasthan court order
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi | HindustanTimes, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 25, 2020 06:44 PM IST
The Congress leader said the common man, “mystified” by the orders of the high court, can take recourse to this passage by the top court in the Kihoto Hollohan case in 1992.
Rajasthan political crisis: Speaker to move Supreme Court against high court order giving breather to Pilot camp
By Rakesh Goswami | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, Jaipur
UPDATED ON JUL 22, 2020 10:28 AM IST
The Speaker has twice before deferred his deadline for action on the notices as the court proceedings continued beyond the expected time. He has agreed to defer any action against the rebel MLAs till 5:30 pm on Friday.
How to speak like the world’s top public speakers
UPDATED ON JUN 11, 2020 01:33 PM IST
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Here’s how intonation, facial expression help toddlers detect speaker’s politeness
By Asian News International | Barcelona [Spain]
UPDATED ON FEB 13, 2020 10:32 AM IST
In this study, the researchers set out to investigate whether preschool children inferred a speaker’s effective stance and degree of politeness taking into account the role of prosodic cues and facial expressions.
Disqualify rebel AAP MLAs: SAD reminds speaker
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON FEB 07, 2020 10:36 PM IST
Correction
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 10, 2020 10:40 PM IST
The story, “Two patents in bag, invite from NASA, but this Bihar boy wants to do big for India” has been withdrawn due to factual inaccuracies pending re-verification.
Supreme Court nudges Parliament to rethink Speaker’s disqualification powers
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 21, 2020 02:25 PM IST
A bench led by Justice Rohinton Nariman told the Manipur assembly speaker to decide on the Congress legislator’s disqualification under the anti-defection law within four weeks.
Relevance of anti-defection law: Om Birla meets Speakers of other assemblies
By Saubhadra Chatterji | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON DEC 19, 2019 11:41 AM IST
The discussion at the meeting called by Birla also assumes importance in the wake of the Supreme Court’s observations about the role of the Speaker.
Restriction on speakers: Community seeks relief for Xmas mass
By Yesha Kotak, Mumbai
UPDATED ON DEC 16, 2019 12:43 AM IST
Form House panel to probe minister’s role in CLU case: SAD to speaker
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON DEC 08, 2019 12:38 AM IST
Study finds method to know speakers’ intent
By Asian News International | Asian News International, Washington Dc
UPDATED ON NOV 03, 2019 02:34 PM IST
Although previous studies have examined deception, this is possibly the first study to look at a speaker’s intent.
Britain speaker yelled ‘order order’ over 14,000 times during his 10-year tenure
By Agence France-Presse | London
UPDATED ON OCT 31, 2019 07:25 PM IST
Animated, verbose and with an idiosyncratic style, the 56-year-old Bercow has yelled “Order! Order!” more than 14,000 times during his tenure as the 157th speaker.
In a jolt to NCP, Udayanraje Bhosale resigns; joins BJP in Amit Shah’s presence
By Faisal Malik | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON SEP 14, 2019 01:14 PM IST
Shah said it was a matter of happiness for his party that a descendent of the Maratha king has joined it and asserted that Bhosale’s presence will help it in the upcoming assembly elections.
Car rallies, pamphlets, loud speakers banned on PU campus
By HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON AUG 29, 2019 12:47 AM IST
Students directed to carry ID cards; outsider entry stopped
Longer work hours here to stay: Speaker
By Saubhadra Chatterji | New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 11, 2019 07:23 AM IST
Birla, who represents Rajasthan’s Kota, is in his second Lok Sabha term and first as speaker. He has won praise for ensuring a session free of acrimonious disruptions, and in which 96% of woman MPs had their say.
‘Not detained, Farooq Abdullah is at home,’ Amit Shah responds to MPs
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 06, 2019 03:41 PM IST
NCP’s Supriya Sule and DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran sought to know where the National Conference leader from Jammu and Kashmir was on the day crucial legisations related to his state were being discussed.
‘Speaker took the decision to disqualify in a hurry’: A H Vishwanath
By Vikram Gopal
UPDATED ON JUL 29, 2019 12:38 PM IST
“Speaker should have looked at why we resigned. We have already spoken that there is demoniacal politics in Karnataka. A government cannot be formed for the benefit of one family. He did not take any of this into account,” A H Vishwanath said.
House should give new shape to British-era laws: Speaker
By Saubhadra Chatterji | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 26, 2019 03:01 AM IST
The Speaker’s observation in the House came after the Trinamool Congress’s chief whip Kalyan Banerjee suggested, during the introduction of a bill for repealing and amending nearly 58 legislations, that British-era laws should be replaced.
Karnataka Speaker disqualifies 3 rebel MLAs who pulled down Kumaraswamy govt
By Vikram Gopal | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 25, 2019 09:58 PM IST
Speaker KR Ramesh said the three disqualified rebel MLAs ceased to be members of the 15th Legislative Assembly till its expiry in 2023.
‘Protect me’: HD Kumaraswamy’s SOS to Karnataka Speaker after Governor’s ‘love letter’
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
UPDATED ON JUL 19, 2019 05:51 PM IST
Karnataka Assembly Floor Test: HD Kumaraswamy, who led a Congress-Janata Dal Secular coalition government for nearly 15 months, appeared to acknowledge that his government was poised on the brink of collapse after the resignation of 16 lawmakers.
Karnataka Assembly adjourns without floor test, BJP plans all-night protest
By Vikram Gopal | Hindustan Times, Bengaluru
UPDATED ON JUL 18, 2019 08:22 PM IST
Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar intimated the lawmakers that Governor Vajubhai Vala has asked him to ensure that the trust vote should be held today.
Karnataka crisis Highlights: Judicial overreach, says Siddaramaiah after SC’s ruling on rebel MLAs
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 18, 2019 09:48 AM IST
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the rebel MLAs in Karnataka cannot be compelled to attend the trust vote in the Karnataka assembly on Thursday. “It’s not necessary for the MLAs to attend the session tomorrow,” a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said. The court, however, said that Karnataka Assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar had the discretion to decide either the disqualification or resignation of the MLAs.Follow Live updates on Karnataka political developments:
Blaring speakers are hard on Delhi’s ears
By Vatsala Shrangi | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JUL 13, 2019 07:43 AM IST
The helpline number 155271, which was launched on April 5, receives around 7-10 calls every week on an average.
Can’t meet today’s deadline, Karnataka speaker tells SC; hearing tomorrow
By Bhadra Sinha | New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 30, 2020 10:03 PM IST
Ramesh Kumar’s application also asked if the top court could dictate a timeline to the Assembly Speaker. It argued that the speaker needed time to verify if the resignations tendered by the MLAs were voluntary or forced. I
Karnataka crisis reaches SC, rebel MLAs say Speaker sitting on resignations
By Bhadra Sinha | New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 30, 2020 03:14 AM IST
Senior lawyer Mukul Rohatgi mentioned the petition before a bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi to request an early hearing. Chief Justice Gogoi has agreed to hear the petition tomorrow.
Former AAP MLA Anil Bajpai moves High Court against Speaker
By Richa Banka | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 07, 2019 02:47 PM IST
On June 20, AAP had moved an anti-defection petition against Bajpai and Bijwasan MLA Devinder Sehrawat – both AAP rebels -—for joining the BJP days before the Lok Sabha elections.
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