New Delhi, 6/5: Congress is getting into hectic negotiations to decide on its chief minister in Kerala, where the party has returned to power, but the exercise is not going to be an easy one with top contenders KC Venugopal, VD Satheesan and Chennithala unlikely to make space for their inner-party rival. Venugopal, Congress General…
Chennai, 6/5: In a significant political development with far-wider ramifications, a majority of the AIADMK MLAs-elect have expressed their wish to the party leadership to support the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in forming the next government. The development comes as the Congress is set to walk out of the DMK alliance and extend support to…
New Delhi, 5/5: Congress on Tuesday appeared strongly inclined to back Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to form a government in Tamil Nadu following a formal request from its leader Vijay but did not rush to announce support, even as it directed its state unit to take a call “keeping in mind” the sentiments “reflected in…
Bengaluru, 5/5: Left out of the NITI Aayog’s national Growth Hub initiative, Bengaluru is now getting a homegrown economic roadmap with the Government of Karnataka (GoK) preparing to craft a new master plan for the Bengaluru Metropolitan Region to steer the next phase of growth. The ambitious plan aims to double Bengaluru’s economic output by…
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday decided to raise the strength of judges in the Supreme Court from 33 to 37, excluding the Chief Justice of India. In a meeting, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it approved the proposal for introducing the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 in Parliament…
Kolkatta, 5/5: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Tuesday held a press conference following the drubbing her party, the All India Trinamool Congress has received in the recently concluded assembly polls for the state. In the polls, BJP has got 207 seats, TMC won in 80 seats in the house of 294. Majority mark is 148…
Chennai, 5/5: The 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election has concluded with a major shift in the State’s political landscape. Actor-politician Vijay’s Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has emerged as the single-largest party, effectively shattering the decades-old bipolar dominance of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The electoral verdict…
Chennai,5/5:Outgoing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday conceded defeat, while also thanking the people of Tamil and Nadu and the DMK workers for their efforts. The ruling DMK could manage to secure only 59 constituencies in the 234-seat Tamil Nadu assembly. Stalin himself faced defeat to TVK’s VS Babu in his bastion Kolathur…
New Delhi, 5/5: The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday condemned the attack on United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah, which injured three Indian nationals. The attack on Fujairah that resulted in injury to three Indian nationals is unacceptable. We call for immediate cessation of these hostilities and the targeting of civilian infrastructure and innocent civilians,” the…
New Delhi, 4/5: Mamata Banerjee, the giant killer of Jadavpur — who entered electoral politics in 1984 by defeating the CPM veteran Somnath Chaterjee in 1984 Lok Sabha elections from Bhabanipur — was defeated once again by her protégé turned challenger Suvendu Adhikari by 15,105 votes. In the 1984 polls, held in the backdrop of…
