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JD(U)’s Maheshwar Hazari resigns as Bihar assembly deputy speaker

Patna, Feb 21 (PTI) JD(U) leader Maheshwar Hazari has resigned from the post of deputy speaker of the Bihar assembly, the Vidhan Sabha secretariat said on Wednesday. According to a notification from the secretariat, Hazari’s resignation came into effect from the forenoon of February 21. Hazari, a second-term MLA from the reserved Kalyanpur assembly constituency, had been holding the deputy speaker’s post since March, 2021. It was not immediately known why the senior leader, who was formerly a minister in the Nitish Kumar cabinet, gave up the post.

West Bengal Police initiates legal action against BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari for alleged ‘Khalistani’ slur

North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], February 21 (ANI): West Bengal police on Tuesday claimed that BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari hurled a ‘Khalistani’ slur at a Sikh police officer. In a series of posts on ‘X’, the West Bengal Police expressed outrage and labelled the comment by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari as malicious, racial, communally inciting and a criminal act. The police condemned the unprovoked, unacceptable attack on an individual’s religious identity and added that stern legal action is being initiated. “We, the West Bengal Police fraternity, are outraged to share this video, where one of our own officers was

“Colossus” advocate Fali Nariman passes away at 95

New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Eminent jurist and senior advocate Fali S Nariman passed away at the age of 95 in New Delhi on Wednesday. The former Additional Solicitor General of India died at his residence around 1 am today. In a post on X, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi termed it “an end of an era”. Senior advocate and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal in a post on X, said, ” A great son of India passes away. Not just one of the greatest lawyers of our country but one of the finest human beings who stood like

Swami Prasad Maurya resigns from Samajwadi Party

Lucknow, Feb 20 (PTI) A week after tendering his resignation from the post of Samajwadi Party national general secretary, Swami Prasad Maurya on Tuesday resigned from the party’s primary membership and the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. “I got an opportunity to work with you. But after our talks on February 12 and my resignation (as national general secretary) on February 13, no initiative of any talks with me was taken due to which I am resigning from the primary membership of the party,” Maurya said in a letter to party chief Akhilesh Yadav. He shared the letter on his social

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