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A senior state BJP leader had said earlier in the day that Sawant would induct BJP MLA and Deputy Speaker of Goa Assembly Michael Lobo, and three of the 10 MLAs who have switched over from the Congress.

The party said during the nomination period from July 1 to 8 candidates of the CPI(M) and other opposition parties were prevented from collecting and filing nomination papers by armed gangs of the BJP.

Accusing BJP over the political crisis in Karnataka and Goa, Digvijaya Singh said Congress in Madhya Pradesh was safe as Chief Minister Kamal Nath has the support of 121 MLAs.

The Karnataka Speaker Ramesh Kumar said eight of the 13 resignation letters that was submitted was not in the prescribed format. He also said that he wasn't responsible for the current political situation nor its outcome.

The plea was filed by Congress candidate Rajesh Lilothia, who had contested the elections from North West Delhi parliamentary constituency against Hans.

Gowda also urged all political parties to come together, setting aside their differences, to "save democracy", which, he alleged, was under threat.

Replying to the general discussion on Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman also said the government has set the fiscal deficit target at 3.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2019-20.

A clarification issued by the office of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that a procedure has been put in place for 'streamlining and facilitating' the entry of media persons inside the Ministry of Finance and 'no ban is in place' on the entry of...

The prime Minister also suggested that these padayatras can be conducted between October 2 and January 30, the death anniversary of Gandhi. "It is for the party to decide on the timing," the minister said.

Jayalalithaa and former minister Azhagu Thirunavukkarasu arrayed as accused by the CBI in the case have died while the third accused, K A Sengottaiyan, is the minister for school education in the present AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu.

The MLAs -- 10 of the Congress, two of the JD (S) and two Independents -- were to travel to Goa by road but were taken to Pune in Maharashtra from where they are likely to take a flight.

Telangana high court Chief Justice RS Chowhan instructed the state government to abstain from razing both secretariat and Erram Manzil until further orders are issued

Allegations were exchanged in the lower house of Parliament while the 13-month old Congress-JD(S) government is on the brink of a collapse in Karnataka following the resignation of 14 MLAs.

Sapna Chaudhary embraced the BJP in the presence of former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Delhi city unit chief Manoj Tiwari.

Besides rural connectivity, the people of Odisha will get houses, women self-help groups would be able to avail Rs 5,000 overdraft and more loans would be available under the 'Mudra Yojana', the Union minister said.

The Congress-JD(S)coalition, which has 118 members, faces the risk of losing the majority in the 224-member Assembly if the resignations are accepted.