Uttar Pradesh Police and paramilitary forces on Sunday tightened the security arrangement outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's public outreach office in Varanasi, his Look Sabha constituency, ahead of the 'Save MGNREGA' march by Congress's student wing National Students' Union of India
"We do not have the authority at present to ask for an MLA's resignation. He is not a member of our party; he is already outside. Then how can we make such a demand? We do not have that authority. Let the law take its own course, and let all legal procedures proceed accordingly," Satheesh
Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai, along with party workers, held a symbolic fast against the repeal of MGNREGA and the introduction of the new Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G).
Police arrested him in Palakkad based on the fresh sexual assault complaint received via email. This third sexual assault complaint against the Palakkad MLA, involves serious allegations such as physical assault, financial exploitation, and forced abortion.
The Pathanamthitta Magistrate Court has remanded Mamkootathil to judicial custody for 14 days after the police arrested him from Palakkad based on a fresh sexual assault complaint received via email.
Speaking to the media at Bagdogra airport in Siliguri, Majumdar said, "Law and order situation is very bad in the state of West Bengal, that much I can say."
Congress MP Imran Masood on Sunday criticised Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his remark that India, being a Hindu nation, will always have a Hindu Prime Minister.
Following the arrest of the expelled Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in connection with an alleged rape case, BJP leader K Surendran alleged that many Congress leaders are "directly or indirectly involved" in the case, stating that it was an "organised crime."
BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday accused the Congress Party of boycotting the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, calling it a continuation of the party's longstanding "appeasement politics."
The Election Commission of India has appointed four additional Special Roll Observers (SROs) for West Bengal to ensure the smooth completion of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday paid her respects to freedom fighter and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 60th death anniversary.