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Karnataka CM, Dy.CM holds meeting with party leaders to select candidates for Council polls in June next year

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Friday held a meeting with Congress party leaders for selection of candidates for elections to six Legislative Council seats to be held in June 2024.

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Four senior Ministers oppose Karnataka govt. recommending nomination of ex-ED officer Sudham Das to Legislative Council

Even though the Karnataka government has recommended the name of the former Enforcement Directorate officer H.P. Sudham Das for the Legislative Council seat under the nomination category, four senior Dalit Ministers have strongly objected to his nomination to the Upper House.Home Minister G. Parameshwara, Social Welfare Minister H.C. Mahadevappa, Food…

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Horatti, several writers oppose establishment of power grid on DIET premises in Dharwad

Chairman of Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti has urged Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa to drop the proposal of establishing a power transmission grid on the premises of DIET in Dharwad, due to its heritage structures. Writers of Dharwad have suggested an alternative site for the grid.

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Stress on need for wider coverage of real issues

Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Gadag district in-charge H.K. Patil has said that it is a matter of concern that developments in society that have the potential to bring about changes in the State and national level are not getting wider coverage.

The Hindu

Another jolt to Uddhav camp as veteran leader Neelam Gorhe joins ruling Eknath Shinde faction

In a major setback for the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), veteran Shiv Sena leader Neelam Gorhe, who is Deputy Chairperson of Maharashtra Legislative Council, joined Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s rival Sena faction on Friday.

The Hindu

Parole loophole closed for Tasmanian prisoners

A parole loophole allowing criminals to spend less time behind bars has been scrapped after laws passed the Legislative Council.

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Three-day legislators’ training begins today

Amid criticism over inviting religious personalities to speak to legislators, the three-day training programme for 70 first-time legislators will commence on the city’s outskirts from Monday.

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Take action against Raut: Maharashtra Legislative Council Chief

He emphasised the need for appropriate action against Mr. Raut

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Council bypolls: All the three Congress candidates bound to be declared elected unopposed

All the three candidates from the ruling Congress who filed their nominations on Tuesday for the byelections to three seats of Legislative Council are expected to be declared elected unopposed if their nominations are in order as none others filed their nominations.

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Congress fields Shettar, Boseraju, and Thippannappa for Council polls

Ending speculation over nomination of party’s candidates for the Legislative Council election, the Congress on Monday announced Minister for Minor Irrigation N.S. Boseraju, former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, and former MLC Thippannappa Kamaknoor as its nominees in the byelection to be held on June 30.

The Hindu

Who needs PwC when consultancy work could be done more efficiently in-house?

The Senate inquiry into the PwC scandal has prompted the New South Wales Legislative Council to launch an inquiry into the NSW government’s use of management consulting services.

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SP candidates for U.P. Legislative Council bypoll demand support

The Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates for the Legislative Council bypoll to be held on May 29, wrote an open letter on May 24 to backward classes leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its allies and the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar requesting their votes in…

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New South Wales Premier Chris Minns vows not to work with Mark Latham, urges Liberals to do the same

Premier Chris Minns condemns One Nation NSW Leader Mark Latham for trying to "import Trump-style politics", saying his homophobic comments about independent MP Alex Greenwich make it impossible to work with him.

ABC News

NSW election results pave way for Mark Latham to re-enter NSW upper house

The former federal Labor leader returned to elected office at the 2019 NSW election, but resigned from the Legislative Council earlier this month, in the middle of his eight-year term in a bid to strengthen One Nation's presence in the chamber.

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Glenn Druery: Who’s who in the NSW upper house election race

Let's take a stroll through the ballot paper for NSW's Legislative Council election and acquaint ourselves with some of the candidates.

ABC News

Labor's Lucy Hood welcomes brother Ben Hood to parliament as Liberal MP in historic first

A new Liberal MP has been sworn in to South Australia's Legislative Council but Ben Hood's first day of parliament has been a bit different to most, with his sister Lucy, who is a Labor MP welcoming him to the house.

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How the NSW government can still benefit from developer money despite political donations ban

Property developers are banned from making political donations in NSW but can legally become major patrons of important government projects

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SC refuses to stay Election Commission decision on Shiv Sena name and symbol

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Election Commission's order to allot the name 'Shiv Sena' and the 'Bow and Arrow' symbol to the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, saying, "we can't stay an order at this stage". Read further on Dynamite News:

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Sena vs Sena: SC to hear plea against EC decision on 'Bow and Arrow' dispute tomorrow

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear the plea, by Uddhav Thackeray challenging the Election Commission's decision to allot the name 'Shiv Sena' and the 'Bow and Arrow' symbol to the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Law revision would allow phonetic readings of names to be added to family registers

The Legislative Council has decided on an outline for revision of the Family Register Law to set criteria on phonetic readings of names, to be written in kana characters, in family registers. The advisory panel to the justice minister presented the outlines to Justice Minister Ken Saito on Friday.

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Alannah MacTiernan has not officially retired, but her exit is already causing Labor headaches

A quirk of WA's electoral system means outgoing Labor MP Alannah MacTiernan's replacement in state parliament might come from an unlikely place.

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Hong Kong starts largest ever trial against pro-democracy activists

Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists went on trial Monday in the biggest prosecution yet under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent.

Al Jazeera

Democracy ‘on trial’ as Hong Kong 47 prepare to face court

Picked up in a dawn raid two years ago, the activists and politicians are charged over an unofficial primary.

ABC News

Former South Australian health minister Stephen Wade to resign from state parliament

Former South Australian health minister Stephen Wade announces he is quitting state parliament, opening up a position in the Legislative Council.

ABC News

Adem Somyurek, Legalise Cannabis MPs win seats as Victorian upper house election results are confirmed

Former Labor MP Adem Somyurek has retained his seat in Victoria's upper house, after switching to the Democratic Labour Party, meanwhile former Liberal MP Bernie Finn has lost his bid for re-election, and two Legalise Cannabis party candidates have been elected.

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