March 18, 2024 04:25 pm | Updated 04:25 pm IST - New Delhi The Supreme Court on March 18 refused to stay the order of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly Speaker disqualifying six Congress rebels, who had cross-voted in the recent Rajya Sabha polls in the State. A Bench of Justices …...Read More
Supreme Court refuses to stay H.P. Assembly Speaker order disqualifying rebel Congress MLAs
BRS petitions Speaker for disqualification of Danam Nagender
March 18, 2024 04:17 pm | Updated 04:17 pm IST - hyderabad hyderabad A day after its legislator (MLA) from Khairatabad Danam Nagender switching loyalties to the ruling Congress party, the Bharat Rasthra Samithi (BRS) has formally lodged a petition with Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar seeking the disqualification of …...Read More
Five episodes of GB News programmes presented by Tory MPs found to have broken Ofcom rules
Five episodes of GB News programmes that were presented by Tory MPs have been found by Ofcom to have breached impartiality rules. The watchdog's probe involved two shows presented by former House of Commons leader Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, and three jointly hosted by former pensions secretary Esther McVey and her …...Read More
Lok Sabha polls | DMK to contest in Coimbatore after a decade; Theni could pose a challenge
March 18, 2024 04:12 pm | Updated 04:37 pm IST - CHENNAI The ruling DMK is set to field its candidate in the Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency after a decade. The last time a DMK candidate won this seat was in 1996. After finalising seat-sharing arrangement with its allies on …...Read More
Rwanda bill: What happens now it is back in the Commons following defeats in the Lords?
Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda bill is back in the Commons today, where the government is poised to reject all the amendments tabled by critics in the House of Lords. Peers have been considering and debating the controversial legislation, which aims to clear the way for asylum seekers who arrive in …...Read More
Man arrested over crossbow attacks in London
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two people were injured in separate crossbow attacks in London. Officers detained the 47-year-old as part of an "intelligence-led policing operation" at about 11pm on Sunday in Shoreditch, said the Metropolitan Police. The operation was in response to two …...Read More
Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Madras High Court restrains Panneerselvam from using ‘two leaves’ symbol, AIADMK flag
March 18, 2024 03:54 pm | Updated 03:56 pm IST - CHENNAI AIADMK’s expelled leader O. Panneerselvam suffered a setback ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, with the Madras High Court on Monday, March 18, 2024, granting an interim injunction restraining him from using the party’s official letterhead, the ‘two …...Read More
Complaint against PM Modi for violating MCC by using IAF helicopter in election rally
March 18, 2024 03:43 pm | Updated 03:57 pm IST Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale on March 18 filed a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Election Commission of India (ECI) for violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for using an Indian Air Force helicopter to attend …...Read More
T.N. fishermen to stage agitation in Rameswaram on March 26 over continual arrests by Sri Lankan Navy
March 18, 2024 03:28 pm | Updated 03:28 pm IST - RAMESWARAM Condemning the Sri Lankan Navy and the island nation’s government, Tamil Nadu fishermen on Monday, March 18, 2024, appealed to the Union government to immediately intervene and stop the arrests of fishermen in Palk Bay. An emergency meeting …...Read More
Billy Coull: Man behind Willy Wonka-inspired event in Glasgow tells how life has been 'ruined'
The organiser of the infamous Willy Wonka-inspired experience in Glasgow has told of how he has lost the "love of his life" and his life has been "ruined" because of the event. Billy Coull said his life has been turned upside down due to the controversy surrounding the event and …...Read More
