Meet Ritu Khanduri, the first woman Speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly
Khanduri had contested and won the 2022 Uttarakhand assembly elections from the Kotdwar assembly constituency.
26 March, 2022
speaker
Kerala Assembly Speaker compares genocidal Islamist responsible for Moplah Massacre to Bhagat Singh
Kerala Assembly Speaker MB Rajesh compared the person who led the Moplah Massacre of Hindus to Bhagat Singh.
22 August, 2021
Suvendu Adhikari tries to resign, but Bengal Assembly speaker rejects, asks him to meet on 21st December: Here is why
Adhikari had recently resigned from the Bengal assembly as an MLA. Speculations are rife that he may join the BJP soon.
18 December, 2020
Arnab Goswami was served letter threatening action for approaching SC at insistence of Speaker: Maharashtra Assembly Assistant Secretary
SC had issued notice to Maharashtra Assembly Assistant Secretary, terming the threatening letter to Arnab Goswami as direct interference
24 November, 2020
Karnataka: Assembly Speaker imposes temporary ban on media coverage of proceedings, journalists protests
In 2014, during the Congress government, the then Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa had also proposed a ban on television cameras from broadcasting Assembly proceedings inside the house.
11 October, 2019
Amidst political drama in Karnataka, old video of Assembly speaker where he says he ‘felt like rape victim’ goes viral
Karnataka assembly speaker Ramesh Kumar had created a controversy after he insensitively used an analogy to compare himself to a rape victim.
19 July, 2019
Karnataka speaker is delaying acceptance of resignations because he wants to keep a minority government in power: Mukul Rohatgi in SC
On Friday, the court had ordered the speaker to maintain the status quo with regard to the resignation and disqualification of 10 rebel MLAs.
16 July, 2019
Mizoram: Senior Congress leader and Speaker of the legislative assembly Hiphei resigns, joins BJP
Hiphei, the speaker of the Mizoram assembly was elected from Palak constituency. He was Rajya Sabha member for two terms.
5 November, 2018
Haryana: Congress MLA Karan Singh Dalal and INLD chief Abhay Singh Chautala hurl abuses in Assembly, indulge in shoe-fight
The Congress MLA had a heated argument with Leader of Opposition Abhay Singh Chautala during the monsoon assembly session.
12 September, 2018
Congress loyalist journalists now slander LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan after she disciplined Rahul Gandhi
Neutral journalists?
20 July, 2018