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  UP MLC polls 2022: Polling for 26 Legislative Council seats tom, BJP eyes majority in both Houses

  India | April 08, 2022 23:48 IST

  These seats are spread across 35 local authorities' constituencies. The biennial poll was earlier planned on two dates but now it will be conducted together on April 9. Counting will take place on April 12.

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  Samajwadi Party fields Dr Kafeel Khan from Deoria for MLC elections

  India | March 17, 2022 18:46 IST

  Khan had met SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and presented a book written by him on the Gorakhpur hospital tragedy.

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  Karnataka MLC Election Results 2021: BJP wins 12 seats, Congress 11 as counting countinues

  Elections | December 14, 2021 17:26 IST

  Of the 90 candidates trying their luck, 89 are male and the lone female contender is Congress' Gayathri Shanthe Gowda. Voter turnout was more than 99 per cent.

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  Bihar BJP MLC Hari Narayan Choudhary dies of COVID 19

  India | May 01, 2021 13:57 IST

  BJP MLC Hari Narayan Choudhary died of COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Patna

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  UP sugar mill scam: ED attaches property worth over Rs 1,000 crore

  News | March 11, 2021 21:53 IST

  In a big development in the Uttar Pradesh sugar mill scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday attached properties to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore, including the properties of former MLC Mohammad Iqbal. Enforcement Directorate, Lucknow Zonal Office, has attached seven sugar mills owned by Mohammad Iqbal and his family members valuing about Rs 1097,18,10,250 (approx Rs 1,000 crore) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

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  Andhra Pradesh: Bypoll for MLC seat on Jan 28

  Elections | January 06, 2021 17:10 IST

  The by-election for the casual vacancy in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, caused by the resignation of Pothula Sunitha, has been scheduled for January 28.

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  'Congress MLCs behaved like 'goons' in Karnataka Assembly': BJP

  News | December 15, 2020 16:14 IST

  Ruckus erupted in Karnataka Assembly on December 15 over Chairman post. Congress Members of Legislative Council in Karnataka Assembly forcefully removed SL Dharme Gowda from the chair. Speaking on the incident, BJP MLC Lehar Singh Siroya said

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  Uttar Pradesh MLC polls: BJP, SP win one seat each; counting underway

  Elections | December 05, 2020 18:02 IST

  The ruling BJP and the Samajwadi Party bagged one seat each in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council election to the Graduates' constituencies on Saturday.

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  Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray, 8 others take oath as MLCs

  India | May 18, 2020 14:27 IST

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and eight others took oath as Members of Legislative Council on Monday. The nine candidates were on May 14 elected unopposed to the state Legislative Council. The poll results were declared as only nine nominations were filed for nine seats.

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  Maharashtra MLC election: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray files nomination

  News | May 11, 2020 14:34 IST

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's way to become Member of Legislative Council (MLC) appears clear.

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  NCP MLC dresses up as Hemant Karkare to flay Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's curse

  India | June 26, 2019 18:50 IST

  Carrying a placard, he moved around silently to "express regrets" over the recent comments by Bhopal MP, Pragya Singh Thakur, on the late Karkare, who was among the martyrs during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

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  Maharashtra MLC election results : BJP, Shiv Sena win 2 seats each, NCP 1

  Elections | May 24, 2018 17:22 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its estranged ally Shiv Sena have bagged two seats each. On the other hand, Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has got one seat

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  Bihar MLC elections: CM Nitish Kumar, Sushil Modi file nomination

  Elections | April 16, 2018 16:53 IST

  A total of 11 candidates have filed papers for 11 seats, which will fall vacant next month as the terms of the sitting members will expire.

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  Bihar MLC elections: CM Nitish Kumar, Sushil Modi among candidates named by JD (U), BJP

  Politics | April 15, 2018 20:41 IST

  While the terms of 10 sitting members will end on May 6, one seat fell vacant when Narendra Singh was disqualified on January 6, 2016, ahead of the end of his term on May 6, 2018.

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  BJP announces candidates for MLC elections in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar; complete list here

  Elections | April 15, 2018 16:14 IST

  Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi is among the 13 candidates the BJP announced for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh legislative council seats with an eye on social equations aimed at consolidating its votes.   

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  Shah Rukh Khan’s boat caused inconvenience to commoners, claims MLC Jayant Patil

  Celebrities | November 12, 2017 8:23 IST

  Shah Rukh Khan's boat was docked at staircase blocking the movement of people travelling to Alibaug- MLC Jayant Patil.

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  CM Yogi Adityanath, his two deputies file nomination for UP Legislative Council bypolls

  Politics | September 05, 2017 16:23 IST

  Adityanath and deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma filed their nomination papers today

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  CM Yogi Adityanath, his two deputies to contest MLC bypoll in Uttar Pradesh

  Politics | August 30, 2017 14:55 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and two Deputy Chief Ministers – Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma – will contest the forthcoming bypolls to the state legislative council, the BJP announced on Wednesday

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  Two days after quitting UP Legislative council, Bukkal Nawab joins BJP with two other former members

  Politics | July 31, 2017 20:04 IST

  Former MLCs Bukkal Nawab, Yashwant Singh and Thakur Jaiveer Singh joined the BJP in the presence of the party's state chief and deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

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  Caught on camera: Samajwadi Party leader's nephew assaults cop inside a police station

  India | May 10, 2017 16:45 IST

  A kin of a Samajwadi Party leader Ramesh Yadav was caught on camera assaulting a cop inside a police station in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh.