Politics

In a face-off with Governor Vajubhai Vala, the JDS-Congress government had defied the two deadlines set by him to demonstrate its majority in the Assembly Friday itself, worsening the political logjam.

Three-term chief minister Dikshit passed away on Saturday afternoon at a private hospital here after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 81.

The deadlock ended amid a show of solidarity in the Congress for Gandhi, who is the general secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh, with party leaders calling her detention illegal arrest and organising protests at several places.

HD Kumaraswamy questioned the deadlines set by the Governor one after another to complete the trust vote. He said directions of the Governor are completely contrary and ex-facie in contravention of apex court's earlier verdict.

Though most of the BJP lawmakers have been staying at a resort in Bengaluru since July 12 when the 10-day monsoon session began, they stayed overnight at the Vidhan Soudha to ensure the floor test is conducted on Friday by 1:30 p.m.

The provisional order for the attachment of the seven-acre plot, 'beneficially owned' by Kumar and his wife Vichiter Lata, was issued on July 16 by the Income Tax Department's Delhi-based Benami Prohibition Unit.

Sabyasachi Dutta, who is also the TMC MLA from Rajarhat-New Town but has been at loggerheads with the party leadership, clarified that he has not quit the party.

Patil, who complained of chest pain, has been shifted to Mumbai's St George Hospital from the Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre and is undergoing treatment there.

Sushma Swaraj thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking the case to the ICJ and senior advocate Harish Salve for arguing the matter very effectively and successfully.

The court had earlier ruled against the demolition of the existing secretariat complex and the iconic Erram Manzil and asked the state government to file a counter in 15 days.

Allaying concerns expressed by various members that allocation under MNREGA scheme has decreased in this budget, Tomar said it should be compared with budgetary allocation of 2018-19.

Sidhu has announced his resignation as Punjab Cabinet minister, making public his June 10 resignation letter sent to then Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

According to the police, the newly-elected member of Lok Sabha, Azam Khan faces more than 30 cases in which majority of cases relate to grabbing of either government land or land belonging to poor farmers.

The nine-member team, including former higher education minister K Ponmudi and former school education minister Thangam Thennarasu, have been asked to submit a report within 10 days.

Terming it a 'nautanki' (farce) on the eve of the Assembly elections, Wadettiwar said the Sena was trying to play the role of the opposition even as it remains in the BJP-led ruling alliance in the state.

They were among the fourteen rebel MLAs from Karnataka who returned to a luxury hotel here Thursday evening after submitting their resignations to the Assembly Speaker in Bengaluru.