Politics

The Chair asked the members several times that they should not raise slogans, but in vain.

Amid protests and shoutings, Thakur said that it was her full name and she had mentioned that she had already mentioned her full name in the form she had filled for oath taking.

The credibility, among the poor, of the BJP in general and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular, was reinforced through successful marketing of schemes and visible delivery of benefits.

While N Nagesh is an Independent MLA, R Shankar had defeated former speaker KB Koliwad and was the lone MLA of the Karnataka Pragnavantha Janata Party. The outfit had merged with the Congress hours before Koliwad took oath as minister.

TDP president Chandrababu Naidu said though his government had overcome the problems of bifurcation of the state, revenue deficit and prioritised welfare, the party lost the recent elections.

Follwing the defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, Gandhi had offered to quit as party chief during a meeting of the Congress Working Committee on May 25.

The BJP was reacting to Congress president Rahul Gandhi's tweet against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the action taken against journalists in the northern state.

Dr Virendra Kumar, the chosen protem speaker, will administer the oath of the newly elected MPs on June 17.

The BJP recorded a staggering 40.5 per cent vote share in the general elections and at present, has six assembly seats of the state in its pocket.

After addressing a BJP gathering, he offered his prayers at the Balaji temple where he was accompanied by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. He was given a traditional welcome by priests.

Karnataka BJP Chief B S Yeddyurappa said if the coalition partners fail in their duty, they should resign.

In a big jolt to the Congress in the state, as many as 12 of its 18 MLAs were recognised as members of the ruling TRS by the Assembly Speaker on Thursday hours after they moved him seeking merger of their group.

Congress Legislature Party leader M Bhatti Vikramarka launched his fast for 36 hours at the Dharna Chowk here, but state Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy said in the evening that it has been converted into an indefinite one.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been at loggerheads with Singh, was divested of local government, tourism and cultural affairs portfolios and given power and new and renewable energy sources department in rejig on Thursday.

A video of Transport minister DC Thammanna purportedly shouting at some people has gone viral, prompting a strong reaction from Sumalatha Ambareesh, the BJP-backed independent candidate who defeated Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the seat considered to be a JDS ci...

The rejig was in the offing after the humiliating defeat of the Congress and JD(S) in the Lok Sabha election, in which both the parties barely survived the Modi wave, getting one seat each.