Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday exuded confidence in the Bharatiya Janata Party's performance in the general elections 2024 by saying that the people of Odisha have immense faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the development of the State.

London [UK], September 30 (ANI): The Labour Convention of Indian Organisations (LCIO) is aiming to close the gap between British Indians and the Labour Party by boosting the Indian diaspora connection.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 25 (ANI): Actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Saturday claimed that nearly 21 Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs are in touch with him.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 7 (ANI): After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday created ruckus inside the Maharashtra Assembly over party MLA Namita Mundra's allegations of law and order situation in Beed, state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil sent the Superintendent of police of the district "on leave".

Islamabad [Pakistan], March 2 (ANI): Opposition Party in Pakistan has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to 'take punitive action' against those involved in 'glaring theft' in the 2018 general elections.

New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Defence Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajnath Singh will address election meetings in Ghansali, Karnaprayag and Narendranagar Assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand on Friday.

Shillong Dec 23 PTI Meghalaya Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh on Thursday rejected Congress plea to disqualify its 12 MLAs who deserted the party and joined TMC and declared their move as valid under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution Senior Congress leader Mukul Sangma his aide Charles Pyngrope who is a former assembly speaker and 10 others had on November 25 merged with TMC making it the principal Opposition party in the state I am satisfied that the merger of 12 members of Indian National Congress is valid under the 10th schedule of the Constitution and does not attract disqualification the speaker said in his order after hearing both the parties I do not find merit in the submissions made in the petition filed by Ampareen Lyngdoh MLA and therefore the same is hereby dismissed he stated The 10th Schedule of the Constitution contains provisions relating to disqualification on the ground of defection It was included under the 52nd Constitution Amendment Act also called Anti Defection Act 1985 Reacting to the order Lyngdoh who belongs to the Congress said she respects the order and will not pursue with the petition I will not pursue forward with this petition because our campaign will take priority in 2022 The party however may have a different view on the matter she said The Meghalaya Assembly election is due in March 2023 Lyngdoh said the Congress Legislature Party had petitioned against the desertion to object to the manner in which the exodus was disclosed We have our election platforms to continue discussion on this betrayal and at the end of the day it is the general people who will decide and present their verdict during the election she added PTI JOP KK KK KK

New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): Amid uproar by Opposition party MPs in Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla adjourned the House till noon on Wednesday, the third day of the ongoing winter session of parliament.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): The newly-elected Deputy Speaker of Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Nitin Agarwal, who is Samajwadi Party's MLA on Monday said that he would work without any bias on the constitutional post of Deputy Speaker.