State assembly

The four day session of state assembly ended with a good news for city

Championing the cause of people suffering from leprosy, the State Assembly on Thursday passed a bill allowing them to contest elections for the post of corporators and presidents of local bodies

State Assembly on Wednesday passed Rs 72 crore third supplementary budget presented by finance minister Tarun Bhanot even as opposition party targeted the government for not allotting funds to many departments.

Chief Minister Kamal Nath, for the membership of state Assembly, would contest by-polls from Chhindwara.

Illegal mining in Himachal Pradesh has been causing damage to fisheries and aquifer. The state has produced 563 tonnes of fish in this fiscal till January and its production is declining due to four-laning of roads.

Members of SAPKAS would stage demonstration against misuse of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the people of general category at Vidhan Sabha on February 18, the first day of State assembly.

The ‘ghost’ of unethical drug trials may return to haunt the doctors involved in it as questions pertaining to subject will be raised in upcoming session of state assembly.

The finance department, in order to arrange a corpus of Rs 47,000 crore for farm loan waiver, has put a tab on release of funds to departments allocated under supplementary budget.

The comptroller and auditor general report of 2016-17 tabled in the state assembly on Thursday has revealed financial irregularities of Rs 147 in tribal department.

Congress MLA Hina Kanwre was elected deputy speaker of state assembly amidst commotion in the House on Thursday even as the main opposition accused the ruling party of breaking away from the old tradition of giving the post to opposition.