After Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, discontent is brewing among Congress MLAs in Manipur.
The BJP has not really put up any defence for Rijiju who is mostly defending himself.
At least 14 people were killed in Laptap village when their homes were swept away in the landslide on July 11.
The Congress used Raj Bhavans to topple legally elected governments. The BJP is letting governors get away with all manner of impropriety, notes Aditi Phadnis.
Arunachal Pradesh is now the 14th state having a coalition government. PPA government is a constituent partner of the North East Democratic Alliance.
The SC recalled the notice to Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa seeking his report to the President recommending central rule.
The petition seeking urgent hearing was mentioned before Chief Justice T S Thakur, at his residence, who directed the matter to be listed for hearing on Wednesday.
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The party renominated Shashi Tharoor from the Thiruvananthapuram seat.
Most chief ministers chose to miss a high-level conference, convened to thrash out challenging issues on public order and policing, with only seven state leaders attending it.
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In the petition, there has been a challenge to the report and the recommendation of the Union Cabinet for promulgation of President's Rule in the state.
The apex court asked what difference would it have made if the sitting was held as originally scheduled.
The condition of woman journalist Tongam Rina of Arunachal Times, who was fired upon and seriously injured by unidentified miscreants in front of her office on Sunday evening, was stable on Monday. She is undergoing treatment at the Ramkrishna Mission Hospital in Itanagar.
It was unthinkable that the probe was handed over to police and not the CBI, Rajkhowa said.
Chidambaram said this to state Chief Minister Nabam Tuki who called him at New Delhi yesterday and briefed him on the extensive damages caused by the recent spate of flash floods in the state, official sources said in Itanagar on Friday.
The Union Cabinet on Sunday recommended imposition of President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh, which is facing a political turmoil.
The Siang (Brahmaputra) river originating from Tibet was suddenly found to have almost dried up at a town in Arunachal Pradesh, a state government spokesman said on Wednesday night.
Arunachal Pradesh government on Wednesday released Rs 19 lakh as ex gratia for families of victims of the October 29 bridge collapse incident at Seppa in East Kameng district in which six persons died. Newly appointed Chief Minister Nabam Tuki directed the immediate release of the funds to the East Kameng district administration for disbursement.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, who replaced Jarbom Gamlin on November 1, on Wednesday named his full team of eleven ministers by expanding his 15-day-old ministry.
Giving in to the squabbles within the ruling Congress, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin has offered his resignation to party president Sonia Gandhi, to give the party high command a chance to step in and end the ongoing crisis. According to party sources, the CM's main detractor in the party and president of Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee Nabam Tuki has also submitted his resignation to Sonia Gandhi. The infighting in the Congress had spilled over.
The Centre said the reports of the governor mention that law and order situation has been deteriorating every passing day and there was 'total collapse' of the law and order machinery.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf lists seven states where the Grand Old Party suffered a severe setback.
Rather unusually, for it was a party forum, China cropped up several times during the discussions at the All-India Congress Committee plenary session at Burari in Delhi. And references to the country were not in socialist solidarity, either.
With a majority government already in place in Arunachal Pradesh, the Centre may seek clarification from the Supreme Court on its verdict restoring status quo ante as on December 15, 2015 in the state assembly.
The court also said there was nothing wrong if a no-confidence motion is passed against the Tuki government, which faced a rebellion, in the state assembly when the deputy speaker was in charge of the House proceedings after removal of the speaker.
The ruling Congress in Arunachal Pradesh has said that it was opposed to construction of a dam by China in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River.
The ruling Congress in Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday said many prime ministers of the country had visited the border state, and the Chinese objection to the recent one by Manmohan Singh, was a non-issue.
Reacting to the SC verdict ordering revival of the previous Nabam Tuki-led Congress government, Pul, who had led the Congress rebels then, said, "(Our) government will remain.
The ministry of Home Affairs, in the affidavit, said Chief Minister Nabam Tuki and Speaker Nabam Rebia have been playing communal politics against the Governor, who in his reports had recommended imposition of President's Rule in the state by elaborating the sequence of events leading the Congress government becoming a minority.
Among the major winners include Chief Minister Pema Khandu (Mukto seat in Tawang district, bordering China), his third victory in a row.
The PPA, an alliance partner of the North East Democratic Alliance government in the state, on Friday selected Takam Pario as the new chief minister of the state.
The Congress had governments in eight states in 2014, but now, the number might come down to five.
The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recommended to the President to revoke central rule imposed on January 26.
The AFSPA will continue to remain in force in 12 districts of Arunachal Pradesh for six more months.
'If the Congress allows Arunachal Pradesh to slip out of its control, then it sends negative signals to its leaders and allies across the country,' says Rajeev Sharma.
Kapil Sibal listed out legal questions, including the governor's power to convene the assembly session without aid and advice of the government, for adjudication by a five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice J S Khehar.
The April 11 polling will decide the fate of several political bigwigs.
Congress retained absolute majority power in Arunachal Pradesh, known as its safest haven by securing 42 seats in the 60-member house and leading in one seat till last report poured in.
He said the decision to join the PPA was "conscious and unanimous".
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