Ranchi: A Ranchi court on Wednesday sentenced Jharkhand assembly speaker C P Singh to one-month jail in a seven-year-old case related to a protest against the Central government's decision to dissolve the Goa Assembly in 2005. Finding Singh guilty, the court of Judicial Magistrate Varun Mishra awarded a one-month simple imprisonment to him. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was later granted bail at a surety of Rs 5,000. Singh,...
10:58 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: A response to an RTI application revealed that Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar defaulted on a payment of Rs 2 crore. Is she a rent defaulter by not paying rent for a house at 6, Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi? CNN-IBN has now got a copy of an RTI query filed by Subhash Agarwal which states that the government has now taken a position that the bill...
07:00 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Jabra, makers of popular Bluetooth handsfree devices, have launched a new in-car hands free device called Jabra Drive. The speakerphone (handsfree) is very easy to set-up. In fact, it doesn't require set-up at all, or that's what the company claims. The device is basically a Bluetooth handsfree with loudspeaker that can be clipped onto the visor of the car. Jabra Drive automatically pairs up with two mobile devices...
09:20 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Author and motivational speaker Jack Canfield is in India to promote his book, 'The Principles of Success'. He is also holding seminars in Mumbai and Bangalore. Some prominent names of the corporate world are expected to attend these sessions. CNN-IBN's Kajal Iyer caught up with the author to decode his success mantra. Kajal: We have with us the creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series Mr Jack Canfield. ...
02:29 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Author and motivational speaker Jack Canfield is in India to promote his book, 'The Principles of Success'. He is also holding seminars in Mumbai and Bangalore. Some prominent names of the corporate world are expected to attend these sessions. CNN-IBN's Kajal Iyer caught up with the author to decode his success mantra. Kajal: We have with us the creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series Mr Jack Canfield....
02:29 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Omkareshwar: BJP MLA Ashok Bhatt on Saturday said his party could field a candidate for the post of Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker in the election scheduled for March 26. Bhatt and other BJP MLAs from the northern state are currently on a tour of Madhya Pradesh. Bhatt also said owing to internal rifts, Congress had not yet formed a full government in the hill state even 12 days after the swearing-in...
01:38 AM, Mar 25, 2012
Gandhinagar: A no-confidence motion against Gujarat Assembly Speaker Ganpat Vasava, brought by Opposition Congress, was on Wednesday dismissed by a majority vote after Congress MLAs were suspended en-masse for the day. The motion against Vasava was listed for adoption after the question and answer session. However, it was taken up by the Speaker after allowing BJP MLA Shanker Chaudhary, whose name has figured in Tuesday's porn issue - to clarify...
01:02 AM, Mar 22, 2012
Imphal: Ahead of Assembly polls slated on January 28, an IED blast outside the residence of Manipur speaker, Hemochandra Singh rocked Imphal on Sunday. According to initial reports, one person has died and three have been injured in the incident. The speaker was not at his residence when the explosion took place. Another unexploded IED device was found in the same the venue. CorCom, the conglomerated body of 7 UG...
08:13 AM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: An IED blast at the Manipur speaker's residence rocked Imphal on Sunday. The incident happened at 6:45 pm. One person was killed in the blast. The speaker was not at his residence when the explosion took place. Another unexploded IED device was found in the same the venue. CorCom, the conglomerated body of 7 UG groups, took responsibility of the blast. CorCom has issued threats against conducting elections...
07:27 PM, Jan 22, 2012
Hyderabad: A group of 17 legislators loyal to YSR Congress Party have refused to appear before Andhra Pradesh assembly Speaker N. Manohar in response to his notices, and maintained that they should be disqualified. The speaker had summoned 16 rebel legislators of the ruling Congress and one of the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) to hear them personally on the disqualification petitions submitted by their respective parties. The speaker had issued...
11:44 AM, Jan 19, 2012
Cairo: Top parties in Egypt's incoming Parliament have agreed to select an Islamist politician as house speaker for the first time in decades, party leaders said on Monday. The Muslim Brotherhood, the big winner in the first election since the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak last February, said it joined several other parties in backing Saad el-Katatni, the secretary-general of the Brotherhood's own party. The main function of the new...
10:25 AM, Jan 17, 2012
CHENNAI: Former Assembly Speaker K Kalimuthus brother lodged a complaint with the Police Commissioner on Friday, alleging that four persons, including DMK chief M K Karunanidhis daughter Selvi and her relative Uma Maheshwari, cheated him of Rs 69 lakh after promising to make him a member of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC). In his complaint, K Nallathambi, a former additional public prosecutor from Madurai, alleged that he approached...
10:38 AM, Jan 14, 2012
New Delhi: Politics hit a new low in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday as a PDP MLA threw a fan at the State Assembly Speaker while protesting the death of an National Conference (NC) worker in police custody. The Speaker in return allegedly abused the MLA. And as the heat rose in the Assembly, the state government tried to douse the fire, clarifying the NC worker died of a heart...
09:24 PM, Oct 03, 2011
New Delhi: Controversial Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Soumitra Sen on Saturday sent his resignation in writing to the President, raising fresh questions whether impeachment proceedings against him in Lok Sabha on Monday will go on as scheduled. "A lawyer on behalf of Justice Sen has handed over a resignation letter to the President this morning. The President is perusing it," a Rashtrapati Bhawan Spokesperson said on Saturday without disclosing...
11:24 AM, Sep 03, 2011
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker Nadendla Manohar on Saturday night rejected the resignation of 101 Telangana MLAs cutting across party lines, saying the act of the legislators was driven by emotion. In all, 101 MLAs from Telangana region, including 12 ministers of the state cabinet, drawn from different parties submitted their resignations en masse on July 4 demanding that the central government immediately create Telangana state. The Speaker is understood...
10:47 PM, Jul 23, 2011
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