Party leaders responded to the MP and several asked him why he had to raise these issues on social media. Shortly after Congress announced a major modification to its Tamil Nadu unit ahead of this year’s Assembly elections, Member of Parliament (MP) and party leader Karti Chidambaram said on Saturday …
Read More »Karnataka HC upholds state government decision to drop cases against BJP ministers
The HC was listening to a guilty plea by the Karnataka People’s Civil Liberties Union, which challenged the order of the Yediyurappa government dated 31 August. The Karnataka High Court on Monday suspended the state government’s decision to drop cases against 61 BJP lawmakers and ministers in the state. The …
Read More »‘Why not increase this number?’: SC on special courts for corrupt legislators
On Thursday, the Supreme Court noted that the government should consider increasing the number of special courts set up to exclusively try criminal cases against former deputies and members of Parliament (MP) and members of Legislative Assemblies (MLA). There are currently 12 courts of this type constituted by the central …
Read More »Wife of BJD deputy who filed for divorce complains of bedroom intrusion
The case of marital discord between Biju Janata Dal whip deputy boss in Lok Sabha Anubhav Mohanty and his actress wife Varsha Pariyadarshini took another turn on Tuesday and the latter filed a written complaint with police that two people entered his room on Monday and took pictures. Priyadarshini, in …
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