The pro-panel which has been conducting an inquiry against the Maharashtra cop, who was assaulted by five MLAs, has taken a shocking decision in the legislative history. The panel has decided to let the MLAs off and penalise the traffic cop. Sources claim that...
The Maharashtra pro-panel report has been tabled in the Assembly on API Suryavanshi's assault case, who was beaten by MLAs. The Speaker has clearly said that inappropriate language was used by the cop and an investigation should be conducted on that matter. Mo...
The Maharashtra pro-panel report has been tabled in the Assembly on the API Suryavanshi's assault case, who was beaten by MLAs. The report has given a clean chit to three of the five accused in the case, while saying that the API in question had allegedly misb...
A Maharashtra Assembly panel's report on the case of MLAs assaulting a Mumbai cop has been made public. According to the report, the cop, ASI Sachin Suryavanshi is at fault and not the MLAs who thrashed him. The panel also says that a departmental inquiry shou...
A Maharashtra Assembly panel, inquiring into the case of MLAs assaulting a Mumbai policeman, says that the assaulted cop, ASI Sachin Suryavanshi, misbehaved with the MLAs and was at fault. The panel, in its report has recommended revocation of three of the fiv...
Sources say that Maharashtra ASI Sachin Suryavanshi was assaulted as a result of 'mistaken identity'. According to the MLAs, Suryavanshi was confused with another cop who had made obscene gestures to the MLAs. According to the panel probing into the incident, ...
The Madras High Court will today hear the plea filed by six suspended DMDK MLAs. The MLAs had earlier moved the court against the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker's orders to suspend them for six months. They allege that the action was taken without giving them eno...
Centrestage | Gallons of water were used in Aurangabad to build a special helipad for a minister Patangrao Kadam, when thousands of farmers and other people in Maharashtra are waiting for a drop of water. An RTI filed by activist Chetan Kothari has revealed st...
The six DMDK MLAs suspended by the government for six months have filed a case in the High Court. Their case would come up for hearing tomorrow. The MLAs were first suspended for one year, and following heavy criticism, the Speaker reduced their punishment for...
Question Hour is underway in Kerala Assembly. Ministers, who handle various portfolios, answer questions paused by the MLAs from the Opposition regarding various issues concerning governance.
More mockery of justice is expected when ASI Sachin Suryavanshi's case will be taken up for hearing by a seven-member committee of legislators. This, even as the CCTV footage remains elusive to the police investigating the case.
DMDK MLA Shanti is denied the chance to speak about the alleged mismanagement and corruption that is happening during the co-operative societies' elections. Angered by the denial, the Puthiya Thamizhagam party and DMDK staged a walkout.
DMDK chief Vijayakanth and other leaders address the gathering of the party cadre, who are protesting the suspension of six MLAs from the Assembly from six months. The MLAs were suspended for attacking a rebel MLA inside the Assembly premises in February.
DMDK chief Vijayakanth addresses the gathering of the party cadre, who are protesting the suspension of six MLAs from the Assembly from six months. The MLAs were suspended for attacking a rebel MLA inside the Assembly premises in February.
The deposition of Mumbai policeman, assistant police inspector Sachin Suryavanshi before the Maharashtra Assembly committee has ended. MLA Kshitij Kumar would be deposing next. The ASI had deposed before a seven member MLA panel.
MLA Kshitij Thakur will be appearing before the probe panel, which is the committee that was set up by the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker. The deposition of Mumbai policeman, assistant police inspector Sachin Suryavanshi, is currently in process before the Mahar...
Two of the six Maharashtra MLAs who are probing the assault on the cop in the Assembly have themselves faced charges of using criminal force against a public servant.
Mumbai traffic cop Sachin Suryavanshi who was assaulted by MLAs in the Assembly premises and was later suspended is now summoned before a House panel, probing the incident. He is likely to be questioned about his alleged indecent behaviour. After his depositio...
Despite Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's stern warning against the abuse of power to his party leaders and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's assertion about giving more independence to police force in the state, hardly anything has changed as anoth...
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has disparaged the significance of the CCTV footage which reveals the MLAs thrashing the police officer, calling the footage unclear. However, the Maharashtra police have dismissed the claims made by RR Patil, saying that the...
The fact-finding team which has been empanelled to find out the sequence of events when Assistant Sub-Inspector Sachin Suryavanshi was assaulted by a group of Maharashtra MLAs seems to be making a concerted effort to implicate the injured officer. According to...
The Mumbai police says that the CCTV footage from Assembly premises is crucial evidence and cannot be ruled out as inconclusive. This despite the Maharashtra home ministry calling the footage 'unclear' and inconclusive. On March 21, a group of MLAs thrashed As...
The team investigating into the Mumbai cop's assault case now seeks the phone call records of the assaulted police officer, Sachin Suryavanshi. The probe team is also expected to question the security in place at the Assembly premises where Suryavanshi was ass...
Three suspended Maharashtra MLAs, Pradeep Jaiswal, Jaikumar Rawal and Rajan Salve, have been asked to appear before the inquiry committee looking into the assault on a police officer case on Tuesday. Meanwhile the state home ministry has suggested that the CCT...
Maha MLAs assault cop | Maharashtra home minister RR Patil says that the state police will not press for the CCTV footage from the Assembly premises because the evidence might be inconclusive. Patil says it might not be possible to identify the MLAs assaulting...
The hunger strike over the issue of power taken by first by the Left parties, who were forcibly admitted to hospital, and then TDP leaders could well be start of a new political alliance in Andhra Pradesh. Even though YSR Congress looks to corner the Congress ...
Even as the indefinite hunger strike by the TDP MLAs over the issue of electricity in the state enters fourth day, their health has become a major cause of concern. Of the 26 TDP MLAs sitting on fast, at least nine have low BP and sugar levels, and doctors hav...
An MLA from the CPI has shocked everyone by openly advocating that TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu would have been the ideal Chief Minister. Konamneni Sambasiva Rao said that the current problems can be solved only with a strong leader like Chandrababu at the helm...
The hunger strike by TDP on the issue of power has entered its third day. The TDP has received support from the leaders of the Left whose fast on the same issue was stopped by the police.
Vikram Goud and Karthik Reddy are both sons of ministers. Vikram is son of minister Mukesh Goud, while Karthik is son of home minister Sabitha Indra Reddy. Both these politician-sons have become notorious as Karthik's name has been bandied about in quite a num...
There is escalating tension in Socialist Janata. Former MLA Premnath has been ousted as party's vice-president for organizing a meeting of the party rebels. The meet had observed that there is autocratic style of functioning in the party. There are indications...
The Maharashtra cop who was assaulted by politicians, Sachin Suryavanshi, has been fighting a lonely battle. At a time when they're going out of their ways seeking pardon for a superstar convict, none of the leaders have found time to back the police official ...
TDP leader Dayakar Reddy, part of the TDP MLAs on hunger strike at the Old MLA Quarters in Hyderabad, speaks about the party's demands on the issue of power. They have set forth five conditions to end their strike. The TDP began their fast last night. The Left...
Centrestage | Assistant sub inspector Sachin Suryavanshi is assaulted brutally and then suspended for doing his duty. The tormentor MLAs are let out on bail and get to openly blackmail the government into acting against the honest cop. Watch how the Maharashtr...
News Night | Watch how the system in this country works largely to serve the rich and powerful. Assistant sub inspector Sachin Suryavanshi is assaulted brutally and then suspended for doing his duty. The tormentor MLAs are let out on bail and get to openly bla...
The DMDK cadre continue to protest for the second day, against the suspension of their six MLAs from the Assembly for a year. The MLAs had been suspended for attacking a rebel MLA inside the Assembly premises. The suspension was commuted to six months followin...
Sinthanai Kalam | Six DMDK MLAs have been suspended for a year, after they attacked a rebel leader inside Assembly premises. Following this, DMK, Congress and CPI(M) parties have demanded that their punishment be decreased to a month. However, the Speaker has ...
DMDK chief Vijayakanth alleges that the AIADMK government meted out an unwarranted punishment against the MLAs by suspending them from the Assembly for a year. The chief also refused to attend the Budget session in protest.
Following protests by DMK, Congress and CPI(M), against the suspension of six DMDK MLAs for a year, the CM Jayalalithaa agrees to commute the punishment to six months. The MLAs were suspended after they attacked a rebel MLA inside the Assembly premises.
Mumbai police inspector Sachin Suryavanshi has been suspended by the state government citing rude and inappropriate behaviour towards the member of the state legislature. In reality Sachin Suryavanshi only did his duty by fining the legislators for speeding. D...
Adding insult to injury, a Maharashtra traffic policeman, Assistant Sub-Inspector Sachin Suryavanshi, has been suspended for fining two MLAs for speeding. This after the policeman was assaulted by the two MLAs. While the MLAS roam free, as they were granted ba...
Achil Vandhavai | Six DMDK MLAs were suspended for a year, after the members attacked a rebel leader inside the Assembly last month. Was this suspension really warranted? Is a year-long ban too harsh a punishment? Or is this just political vendetta by AIADMK?
The Tamil Nadu assembly's decision to suspend six DMDK MLAs for a year has kick-started protests all over Tamil Nadu. Assembly speaker P Dhanapal announced that VC Chandrakumar, K Nallathambi, D Murugesan, S Senthil Kumar, B Parthasarattny, and R Arulselvan wi...
A wave of protests have swept Tamil Nadu over the suspension of six DMDK MLAs by the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The leaders were suspended for an year on the basis of allegedly attacking a dissident legislator in the House. Party MLAs VC Chandhirakuma...
Six DMDK MLAs have been suspended for a year, after they attacked a rebel leader inside Assembly premises. Following this, DMK, Congress and CPI(M) parties have demanded that their punishment be decreased to a month. However, the Speaker has flatly refused sta...
The Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil suspends assistant sub inspector Sachin Suryavanshi, who was beaten by several MLAs in the premises of the Maharashtra Assembly, earlier last week. The reason given for suspending him is that he used 'unbecoming' language...
Opposition stages a walkout following the suspension of six DMDK MLAs for a year. This decision by the AIADMK government has received flak from several quarters. The six MLAs were suspended for a year, after the members attacked a rebel leader inside the Assem...
Suspended DMDK leader Chandrakumar allege fraud by the AIADMK government. He alleges that the entire proceedings in the Assembly are recorded in the CCTV cameras, but the AIADMK used just a few minutes that showed the MLAs in the bad light to suspend them. The...
Opposition stages a walkout following the suspension of six DMDK MLAs for a year. This decision by the AIADMK government has received flak from several quarters. The six MLAs were suspended for a year, after the members attacked a rebel leader inside the Assem...
Following the suspension of six MLAs of the DMDK, the party protests across the state. The six MLAs were suspended for a year, after the members attacked a rebel leader inside the Assembly last month.
The Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil suspends assistant sub inspector Sachin Suryavanshi, who was beaten by several MLAs in the premises of the Maharashtra Assembly, earlier last week. He has been suspended till an inquiry is done in the case where he had is...
MLAs of five Left parties blindfolded themselves as part of their protest against power shortage and the proposed hike in current charges. The Left parties' MLAs even addressed the media at the Assembly blindfolded.
The TDP wants to corner the state government over power shortage. Despite repeated demand by the TDP in the state Assembly last week for a white paper on the power supply situation in Andhra Pradesh -- including their forced stay-over on the Assembly premises ...
Nine Congress MLAs who defied the party whip during the no-confidence motion, when their votes could have proved crucial for the party, are not being shown the door. The signal from the High Command to act tough has emboldened the state Congress leaders to act...
The two Maharashtra MLAs, who assaulted a traffic police in the state Assembly premises, are likely to surrender today. The traffic policeman had allegedly stopped the vehicle of one of the MLAs on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link when the MLA was on his way to atten...
At least two MLAs could be arrested among those who had been named for beaten up a cop, ASI Sachin Suryavanshi for doing his duty, in the Maharashtra Assembly, yesterday. A group of crime branch officials are currently inside the Assembly conducting investigat...
An emergency meeting of IPS officers association has been called to discuss the assault on Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Suryavanshi allegedly by MLAs.
TRS MLA KT Rama Rao said Telangana Congress MPs should follow the DMK MPs who resigned from the UPA over the issue of alleged genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
TRS MLA T Harish Rao gives a twist to the withdrawal of DMK from UPA and also the decision of its MPs to resign from the Cabinet. He quotes similarities between the issue of DMK raising the issue of Tamils in Sri Lanka to suicides by students for the cause of ...
Four Maharashtra MLAs have shamed the government by assaulting a police officer. A case has been registered against the four MLAs and eight others in connection with the case. Although the Maharashtra government has promised to initiate stern action against th...
It was eventual victory of Stalin over Alagiri that led to DMK patriarch Karunandhi withdrawing support from the UPA. And aiding this family politics was the presence of an important factor - Vijayakanth - whose DMDK is considered close to the Congress party.
Newshour | Assistant police inspector Sachin Suryavanshi was beaten up by several MLAs across party lines inside the Maharashtra Assembly after MLA Kshitij Thakur moved a Breach of Privilege motion against the policeman for stopping him for speeding the previo...
Centrestage | Assistant police inspector Sachin Suryavanshi was beaten up by several MLAs inside the Maharashtra Assembly after MLA Kshitij Thakur moved a Breach of Privilege motion against the policeman for stopping him for speeding the previous day and issui...
St George hospital in Maharashtra released a statement that assistant police inspector Sachin Suryavanshi, who was beaten up by several MLAs in the State Assembly, has suffered major internal injuries. The hospital has said that he has sustained injuries on hi...
Maharashtra speaker apologises to the police after assistant police inspector Sachin Suryavanshi was beaten up by several MLAs inside the Maharashtra Assembly. The Speaker hits out at the MLAs and says an inquiry would be constituted. The assault was caught on...
Question Hour is underway in the Kerala Assembly. Various ministers answer to questions posed by Opposition MLAs on different issues regarding governance, recently presented Budget and the projects undertaken by the government.
Four Congress MLAs who had sent in their resignations from the party to the Speaker have apparently had a rethink over the issue. Two of them, Ranga Rao and Rajesh, met the Speaker Nadendla Manohar in his chamber and said they were taking back their resignatio...
Newshour | Congress MLAs disrupted the Punjab Assembly House by flinging legislative papers in the air and one of them sat on the Speaker's chair. The big question that arises is was it necessary to drag the Tarn Taran sexual assault victim into Punjab's polit...
A Congressman for 30 years, Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy today left the Congress to join Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress. He met Jagan Mohan Reddy at Chanchalguda jail. He is interviewed after meeting Jagan, where he lays out the reasons for leaving the Congr...
Longtime critic of Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and hailing from the same district, Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy is all set to join the YSR Congress party. In recent times, the distance between Peddireddy and the Congress leadership has grown to such exten...
Telangana Congress leaders met at Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in Delhi and said that unless Centre takes a decision on the issue of Telangana, they will be forced to take drastic steps. The leaders also decided to seek active cooperation of S Jaipal Reddy in the iss...
Tandur TDP MLA Mahender Reddy, exposed as having used his political influence to grab land in Mokila in Shankarpally mandal in the Ranga Reddy district, holds a press meet to clarify the issue. Mahender Reddy said that the land in question is just five acres, ...
More than 1000 houses have been enveloped in a massive fire at Kakinada's Indrapelam. The cause of the fire is said to be the blast of a domestic LPG cylinder. The colony was occupied mainly by people with lower economic background.
TDP brothers are a terror for land owners in Mokila of the Shankarpally mandal. This is the story of how Tandur MLA P Mahender Reddy and his brothers have allegedly managed to corner one particular piece of land in Mokila on the outskirts of Hyderabad. In loca...
Ranga Reddy's TDP brothers - they are creating terror in the hearts of land owners in Ranga Reddy's Shankarpally mandal. Tandur TDP MLA Mahender Reddy and his brother Narender form the core of this gang of leaders who have been allegedly using their political ...
This is the complete story of how Tandur MLA P Mahender Reddy and his brothers have allegedly resorted to using every opportunity they can to encroach land they find under litigation or one that is caught in dispute between warring parties. The are manage to m...
During the discussions for the formation of the Standing Committee of the Andhra Pradesh state Assembly, TRS MLA Harish Rao had a heated argument with Congress leader and chief whip Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy, which turned ugly with the former shouting at the la...
A Samajwadi Party MLA who was drunk, was caught abusing teachers in Uttar Pradesh and now the party has distanced itself from him. The MLA was earlier caught on camera openly abusing the teachers for voicing their grievances.
SP MLA Bhagwan Sharma has been caught on camera, abusing teachers and even physically assaulting them when they approached him with their grievances. He has then taken a derogatory swipe at the teachers who dared to question an official directive. Is Uttar Pra...
TRS-supported Swamy Goud has won by a record margin. But the other candidates supported by the TRS are struggling. The counting for the Teachers' and Graduates' constituency are still on, but that TRS candidates are struggling in Khammam and Nalgonda raise the...
Nagam Janardhan Reddy has questioned the TRS ticket for MLC elections given to Varada Reddy, owner of a group of educational institutions. Nagam said Varada Reddy had not actively participated in the Telangana movement and asked on what basis the TRS gave him ...
A Bangalore court has issued summons to MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi to appear before it in a case filed by a local advocate. The case relates to hate speech and of creating enmity between communities.
A chappal was thrown on the car of Kamalapur MLA Vira Siva Reddy who had come to oversee the DCCB elections in Kadapa. The angry MLA then got out of his car, pushed aside media cameras, and gestured angrily at what he thought were YSR Congress party men. The Y...
RJD MLA, Bhai Dinesh, in Patna, protests against the state government’s new alcohol policies. He sat in front of the Vidhan Sabha and brought alcohol bottles along to mark his protest.
The initial proceedings for trial of Shukkor murder case is set to begin in Thalassery sessions court today. In a major twist before the trial, the main witness in the case PP Abu has claimed that he retracted his statement following threats from CPI(M). It is...
There is no immediate relief for Om Prakash Chautala, as the Delhi High Court rejects his interim bail application. The former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment in the illegal...
Leaders of the opposition party, BSP, protest against the Sunday stampede at the Allahabad railway station in Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. The opposition leaders had earlier warned of such protests. They leaders create ruckus in the House and don't allow the Sp...
Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs created a ruckus in Uttar Pradesh Assembly, disrupting the Governor's address to the joint session of the Assembly. The protesting MLA s raise anti-government slogans and threw paper balls at the Governor. According to the MLAs, in the...
A man who had been making indecent telephone calls to many VIPs and politicians like Secunderabad MLA Jayasudha was arrested by the police task force. Krishna was traced out by the police after they launched a search operation based on a complaint filed by Jay...
Until recently, former Congress minister Dr P Shankar Rao wrote letters to the MRO and even filed petitions in the Supreme Court claiming his brother Dayanand had a stake in the land on which the Green Fields Colony was created. But now, his daughter claims he...
Denduluru Congress MLA Chintamneni Prabhakar, accused of attacking a Sub-inspector, has come back to his village after days of hiding. The MLA faced a non-bailable warrant against his name. The MLA has a chequered hist; he had in the past pushed pushing minist...
DMDK leaders heckle a rebel MLA in the Assembly, resulting in their mass eviction. Rebel Thittakudi MLA Tamilazhagan's remarks during the Assembly session, provoked the DMDK leaders who then came to blows and created a ruckus. Speaker P Dhanapal condemned thei...
Pathanamthitta district pays tribute to former MLA KK Nair, the man who was instrumental in the formation of the district. Nair's body will be kept at the municipal Town Hall premises from 2 pm for the public to pay their last respects. His body will be cremat...
The Speaker of Kerala Assembly, G Karthikeyan, reprimands four woman MLAs, who made a dash towards the Speaker's podium shouting slogans on Thursday. The Opposition MLAs KK Lathika, KS Saleekha, Aisha Potti and Jameela Prakasam scaled the podium during the pro...
Demanding action against VHP leader Praveen Togadia over his hate rant, Left leader Sitaram Yechury says that Togadia should face the same trial as faced by Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, jailed for his highly inflammatory speech.
Manikonda area on the western outskirts of Hyderabad is a fast developing area. Today morning the tahsildar came with demolition crew and started bringing down illegal constructions in the area. The action was taken on the basis of a complaint filed with the L...
The Kerala Assembly witnesses ruckus in the beginning of the Question Hour, with the Opposition all set to attack the government on the Suryanelli case. The Opposition, who entered the Assembly with placards, demanded a discussion on police action against MLAs...
KK Nair, a former MLA, who played a major role in the formation of the Pathanamthitta district, passes away. He died of a heart attack in a private hospital in Pathanamthitta. He had represented Pathanamthitta eight times in the Kerala Assembly. The ring roads...