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Ethics Committee recommends expulsion of Mahua Moitra from Parliament

The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee on Thursday recommended the expulsion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra from the House in the “cash-for-query” matter, sources said. The committee, headed by BJP MP Vinod Kumar…
India

LS ethics committee likely to recommend TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s expulsion

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee looking into the “cash-for-query” allegations against TMC MP Mahua Moitra is learnt to have recommended her expulsion from the Lower House of Parliament on the…

News

SP preparing on all 80 Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha seats: Akhilesh

Gorakhpur: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said his party is making preparations on all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh as it will also help support its INDIA…
Kolkata

Mahua Moitra ready for probe, demands protection from ‘misogyny’

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who accused the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee of asking humiliating questions during a “cash-for-query” hearing, expressed her readiness to cooperate with the probe while stressing the…
India

Mohammad Faizal’s Lok Sabha membership restored following SC order

New Delhi: The membership of Lakshadweep MP Mohammad Faizal was restored by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday following the directions of the Supreme Court. He was disqualified on October 4. The…
India

Cash-for-questions: Mahua Moitra walks out of Ethics panel meet

Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, who appeared before the Parliament’s Ethics Committee in connection with the alleged ‘cash-for-Parliament questions’ charge on Thursday, walked out along with Opposition MPs, questioning the way…
India

Will demolish all lies on Nov 2, LS ethics committee has no criminal jurisdiction: Moitra

Kolkata: Senior TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday expressed her intention to challenge the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee during the November 2 session, aiming to refute all accusations targeted at her suspension…

Politics

BJP prepares to hard-sell its track record with OBCs

New Delhi: In the Lok Sabha elections of 2014 and 2019, the role played by voters belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the BJP’s victory has now become a focal…
India

Cash-for-questions case: Mahua to appear before ethics panel on Nov 2

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, amidst the storm regarding the cash-for-questions allegations, will appear before the Lok Sabha ethics committee on November 2. She was earlier summoned on October 31.…
India

EC will need nearly 30L EVMs, 1.5-yrs for simultaneous polls to LS, Assemblies

New Delhi: The Election Commission will require around 30 lakh electronic voting machines (EVMs) and a preparation time of nearly one-and-half years for the smooth conduct of simultaneous elections to the Lok…
India

Cash-for-questions case: Parliamentary panel summons Mahua Moitra on Oct 31

Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra has been summoned by the Lok Sabha ethics committee on October 31 regarding the cash-for-questions against her. On Thursday, October 26, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and MP…
India

Mahua Moitra accuses Dubey of fake certificates, hooliganism at airport

Kolkata: The slugfest between BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra over the recently-surfaced ‘cash for query’ controversy continued on Tuesday with the latter accusing Dubey of…
India

Stay alert from divisive forces, vote for ‘best available’ candidates: RSS

Nagpur: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Tuesday cautioned the electorate to remain alert from the divisive forces who might create trouble during the ensuing Assembly elections in five states to be…
India

SC dismisses PIL challenging restoration of Rahul Gandhi LS membership

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL challenging the restoration of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership and imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on the petitioner.…
India

Abhishek ridicules Amit Shah on latter’s Kolkata visit to inaugurate Durga Puja

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress’ national general secretary and party’s Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee without directly naming Union home minister Amit Shah ridiculed him over his scheduled visit to Kolkata on Monday to…