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The Election Commission of India has confirmed that Mizoram will hold elections for its only Rajya Sabha seat on June 18. The current representative's term expires on July 19. Prospective candidates can submit their nominations starting June 1 until June 8, with scrutiny occurring on June 9 and the option to withdraw by June 11.

The Allahabad High Court has upheld the legal provisions granting pensions and other benefits to former MLAs and MLCs. The court ruled that such provisions fall within the legislative domain and are not unconstitutional, as they recognize public service rendered. The petition challenging these benefits was dismissed.

As mainstream parties grow wary of courting Muslim voters, debates within the community are becoming sharper. Can a new political platform give Muslims a stronger voice without falling into identity politics?

The National Testing Agency has issued an important advisory for CUET UG 2026 candidates. A photo mismatch has been detected in some applications where identity documents other than Aadhaar were used. Affected candidates must verify their identity by uploading a signed and attested certificate with a recent photograph. This facility is available from April 7 to April 10, 2026.

The former high court judge had contested a committee's findings that called for his removal, but risked becoming the first judge to be removed by Parliament

Chandramanikant Singh who was elected member of legislative assembly for the sixth time from Bhinga in Shravasti district sustained serious injuries in a road accident on Bahraich-Gonda Road.

Goa governor Mridula Sinha gave her assent to the Goa Members of Legislative Assembly (Removal of Disqualification) (Amendment) Bill, 2014, which will now allow politicians to hold on to 17 more corporations and semi-government offices while contesting elections

Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) member of legislative assembly (MLA) Dharmaraobaba Atram, who had visited the anti-mine protest at Torgatta, which has now lasted over 100 days, is set to take up the issue at in forthcoming assembly session.

Marking degrading environment as a threat to human life, cooperatives Minister Gaurishankar Bisen has encouraged sapling plantation in the state. Maximum plantation of saplings is the need of the hour under such circumstances.

Sant Kabir Nagar police on Friday registered an FIR in connection with an alleged extortion call made to former BJP MLA Rakesh Singh Baghel asking him to pay Rs 20 lakh.

Former AIADMK minister S P Velumani said that his name, as well as that of the party, written on a bus stop built using MLA funds in Coimbatore, has been removed.

The Punjab government informed the legislative assembly on Saturday that arms licences of 813 persons in the state have been cancelled, and 89 people out of these have a criminal record.

BJP MLA from Mangaluru City North Y Bharath Shetty and former MLA from the same constituency B A Mohiuddin Bava from the Congress have begun mudslinging ahead of assembly polls.