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Sunday, May 5, 2024
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Topic: Congress MLAs

Samajwadi Party and Congress MLAs defy Section 144 in UP, hold protests against CAA

Opposition leaders held protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at the legislative assembly complex in Lucknow even as prohibitory orders remained imposed in the state.

Karnataka & Goa Congress defections: Political opportunism or did ideology never matter?

After 16 members of the Congress-JD(S) alliance resigned in Karnataka, the Congress received a jolt in Goa, with 10 of its MLAs joining the ruling BJP.

Speaker Ramesh Kumar holds the cards in Karnataka political crisis, for now

Ramesh Kumar will decide on resignations Tuesday. Congress-JD(S) cabinet has decided to resign en masse and form fresh ministry with some rebel MLAs.

Karnataka’s Kumaraswamy govt in precarious position as 2 Congress MLAs resign

The resignations reduce the Congress-JD(S) strength in the assembly to 117, giving them a wafer-thin majority with the halfway mark at 113.

Nearly half of India’s 20 richest MLAs are from the Congress

Congress' N. Nagaraju is India's richest MLA. His annual income of Rs 104.41 crore is more than that of the next four persons on the list combined.

No dosti at Centre, kushti in state: Congress MLAs say will quit if no tie-up with Mamata

Legislators are unhappy with the state leadership who are pushing for an alliance with the Left Front, say it's a sinking ship.

On Camera

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.