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The office of the principle secretary (revenue) stated in a letter on Friday that Khan ceased to be a member and chairman of the Board with the dissolution of the assembly on February 11.

Despite being just short of the majority mark when it took power in the state in December 2018, the Congress has been able to outwit the BJP at least three times on the floor of the House.

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said it is the government's duty to inform parliament about the wilful bank loan defaulters as it concerns public money, every penny of which needs to be accounted for.

Sara Pilot, who has challenged Omar Abdullah's detention, said that on scrutiny of the verified Facebook account of her brother she was shocked to discover that the social media posts, purportedly attributed to him and maliciously used against him, were n...

Madhya Pradesh Floor Test LIVE Updates: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly was adjourned till March 26 today amid the demand by BJP MLAs to hold a floor test as directed by Governor Lalji Tandon.

The hoardings carried pictures of rape accused Chinmayanand and Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Sengar along with the details of their criminal cases.

At present, there are 228 MLAs in the 230-seat strong MP assembly and the majority mark sits at 115 seats. Of the total legislators, the Congress government until recently had enjoyed the support of 121 MLAs, which included four Independent, two BSP MLAs,...

The Kamal Nath government in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh is on the brink of collapse as 22 Congress MLAs in the state resigned on Tuesday after former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the party.

Scindia resigned from Congress after 18 years. Before parting ways with the party, Scindia met Home Minister Amit Shah, who drove him to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence and their meeting lasted for over an hour.

The political crisis in Madhya Pradesh precipitated with the resignation of Jyotiraditya Scindia over his apparent marginalisation in the state politics.

Soon after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Tuesday, disgruntled Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia tendered his resignation to party president Sonia Gandhi.

Chidambaram was cross-examined by counsel for the losing candidate Raja Kannappan who filed a plea alleging that the Congress leader distributed money to voters and misused his power as Union Home minister during that period.

The Sena also lashed out at Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil for saying that if his heart is opened, one can find Lord Ram in it.

The government also proposed Rs 11,054 crore to irrigation sector to complete ongoing and pending projects.

The BJP’s attack came hours after Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said his party, the Shiv Sena, had parted ways with the BJP but was still committed to ‘Hindutva’.

Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha said the social cost of unemployment is huge, resulting in the exploitation of youth for nefarious purposes that may lead to social anarchy.