Kerala Congress-J leader T M Jacob on Thursday created a flutter when he displayed a grenade in the state assembly.
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Leading a United Progressive Alliance delegation from Jharkhand, Soren also demanded an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the 'large-scale horse trading and the misuse of state machinery' by the Munda government.
The BJP is seeking to make an issue out of Kanchi Shankaracharya's arrest and Jharkhand Mukthi Morcha chief Shibu Soren's reinduction into the Union Cabinet.
A non-bailable arrest warrant had been issued by the Jamtara court against Soren in connection with the 1975 Chirrudih massacre case.
On Friday, the JMM chief appeared before mediapersons and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of hatching a conspiracy to create a Gujarat-like situation in Jharkhand before the assembly elections by digging out a 30-year-old case against him.
The decision was taken after the Speaker suggested a Presidential reference on the Supreme Court directive to hold a confidence vote in the Jharkhand assembly on Friday.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Shibu Soren had resigned on Saturday.
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Razi will arrive in Delhi on Friday, official sources said.
The members walked out as soon as Congress member Dhani Rami Shandil put a question to Union Coal Minister Shibu Soren.
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A PIL has alleged that the law has been "misused" by them to delay and frustrate the trials against them.
Elections for 19 Rajya Sabha seats spread across eight states will be held on Friday with the contest in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan promising to be a close affair between the BJP and the Congress.
He has been taken into preventive custody for violating section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code during the Ranchi bandh.
The party also plans to raise a number of issues ranging from drought and floods to toning up the public distribution system in the monsoon session of Parliament.
On August 18, the court will hand over police papers under CrPC section 207/208 to Soren and another accused Nathinial, who is already in jail for his alleged involvement in the same case.
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JMM chief Shibu Soren on his disappearance, surrender and plans for the forthcoming assembly election in Jharkhand.
Apparently apprehending arrest, the JMM MP had on Monday applied for leave to Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee citing personal reasons.
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Shibu Soren has taken risks all his life, and reaped rewards. But it seems he may soon run out of luck.
The former Union minister had become incommunicado after a court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant in his name.
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Two political parties having two members in the Jharkhand assembly merged with the Trinamool Congress in Ranchi on Monday.
Polling will be held in all 13 seats in Punjab and an equal number of seats in Uttar Pradesh, nine in West Bengal, eight seats each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and the lone seat Chandigarh.
Joseph, a Dalit Christian, was abducted on Sunday and killed by a gang of criminals allegedly engaged by his fiancee's family.
"The Congress party complains a bit too much. It accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of 'stealing' the mandate in Goa. It unsuccessfully petitioned before the Supreme Court. It attempted to raise issues in the Lok Sabha," he said in a Facebook post.
Asserting that there is nothing wrong in allocation of coal blocks, former Union Coal Secretary Prakash Chandra Parakh on Wednesday said if the Central Bureau of Investigation considers a conspiracy in this case then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh should be held equally responsible being the final decision maker.
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An emotional farewell was given to the valiant army jawans who lost their lives in the Uri attack, as their last rites were performed in their respective native villages with full military and state honours.
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