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Presiding officers' resolution calls for min of 30 sittings a year

Lucknow, Jan. 22 -- The 86th All India Presiding Officers' Conference (AIPOC) on Wednesday adopted six resolutions, including the one calling for state legislatures to ensure a minimum of 30 sittings ... Read More


ED director likely to visit Kolkata today

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Enforcement Directorate (ED) director Rahul Navin is likely to visit Kolkata on Thursday to review the working of its eastern region office, days after a dramatic raid at I-PAC's... Read More


Birla: New index to evaluate functioning of assemblies

Lucknow, Jan. 22 -- The 86th meeting of presiding officers of legislatures has signed off on the creation of a unique index to evaluate performance, output and quality of assembly sessions, an idea pu... Read More


Post 2013, UP assembly hasn't held 30 sittings a year

Lucknow, Jan. 22 -- The call for a consensus on legislative bodies holding a minimum of 30 sittings a year appears to have a valid reason. The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is a case in point. It has not... Read More


Ex-NCB official held for Rs 42l theft from seized cash

LUCKNOW, Jan. 22 -- A former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official has been arrested for the alleged misappropriation of Rs 42.23 lakh from government cash kept in official custody, the Economic Off... Read More


No bigger insult than asking Shankaracharya about identity: Akhilesh

Lucknow, Jan. 22 -- If officials are asking Shankaracharya about his identity and credentials, there can be no bigger insult to Sanatan Dharma than this, said Samajwadi Party national president Akhile... Read More


Two Lko-based pharma firms under ED scanner for supply worth crores

LUCKNOW, Jan. 22 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing a major codeine-based cough syrup trafficking racket, has uncovered the alleged involvement of two pharmaceutical companies based in Luckn... Read More


EC official booked over Bengal man's suicide

Kolkata, Jan. 22 -- Police have registered an FIR against unknown Election Commission of India (ECI) officials on the basis of a complaint lodged by the son of an 82-year-old elector who died by suici... Read More


SIT rules out foul play in 17-yr-old Bihar NEET aspirant's death case

PATNA, Jan. 22 -- The special investigation team (SIT), probing into the mysterious death case of a 17-year-old NEET aspirant in Bihar's Patna, on Wednesday said they have found no trace of any untowa... Read More


Bhopal police probe NRAI, shooters over ammo issue

Bhopal, Jan. 22 -- Office-bearers of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) have been booked under the Arms Act for illegally providing ammunition to shooters in Bhopal, city police said on We... Read More