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Topic: Congress MLAs

As HC upholds his arrest, a look at Congress ex-MLA Dharam Chhoker’s saga of legal tussles with ED

Dharam Chhoker’s plea to quash arrest fails as HC cites repeated non-cooperation, multiple non-bailable warrants, and Enforcement Directorate’s need for his custodial interrogation.

Real estate dynamo to Odisha’s 1st Muslim MLA, Congress’s Sofia Firdous is making even rivals take note

A civil engineer with an IIM degree, 33-year-old entered poll fray last year when SC dashed her father's hope to recontest in Odisha. The rest, as the saying goes, is history.

Punjab & Haryana HC clamps down on ED’s powers, says no arrests under PMLA without scheduled offence

In July, ED arrested Congress MLA Surender Panwar on charges of illegal mining & EPA violations. The HC quashed his arrest Monday, saying these are not scheduled offences under PMLA.

Two more Assam Congress MLAs extend support to Himanta Biswa Sarma-led BJP govt

With the support of these two MLAs, the total number of Congress MLAs who have extended their support to the government has reached four.

Why Congress MLA Neeraj Sharma wants to attend Haryana assembly wearing a ‘shroud’

Have told Speaker dress has Ram’s name, Swastik, Tulsidas’ quatrains & some problems of constituency painted on it, says Neeraj Sharma. Can remove anything found objectionable

Congress MLA Mamman Khan arrested over communal violence in Haryana’s Nuh

The Haryana legislator was taken into custody late last night; he has denied any involvement in the 31 July communal clashes.

Ex-foe, old loyalists — Gehlot’s generals who ‘mobilised’ MLAs against Congress high command

While Rajasthan CM has told high command's emissaries he had no role in MLAs skipping Sunday CLP meet, no one in party is buying it, according to multiple leaders in Delhi & Jaipur.

From single-largest party to joining BJP-backed govt: How Congress got annihilated in Meghalaya

After 12 of its 17 Congress MLAs joined Trinamool Congress last November, the party got another shock when 5 remaining legislators pledged support to state's BJP-backed govt.

‘Rebel’ Congress MLAs of Sachin Pilot camp likely to attend Rajasthan assembly session

The assembly session will start from 14 August. There is, however, no clarity yet on when the Pilot camp MLAs will return to Jaipur.

Spa, yoga, cricket, TV — how MP’s Congress, BJP MLAs bide time as power hangs in balance

BJP, Congress MLAs in Bengaluru, Sehore & Bhopal are having a gala time while both parties are busy trying to keep their flock together in their struggle for power.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.