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Madurai (Tamil Nadu) Feb 23 (PTI) Senior AIADMK leader K P Munusamy on Monday announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami will jointly address an election campaign rally in Madurai on March 1. The rally, organised by the NDA, marks a significant show of strength for the coalition in southern Tamil Nadu ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. The AIADMK is heading the NDA in Tamil Nadu. The BJP, PMK (Anbumani faction) and AMMK are among the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The simmering debate over power sharing in Tamil Nadu has triggered not just friction between the Congress and its ally, the DMK, but also exposed sharp internal rift within the Congress itself, with the state leadership moving swiftly to rein in dissenting voices as CM MK Stalin drew a firm red line on power sharing.Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai on Monday publicly rebuked party MP Manickam Tagore for raising the issue of power sharing with the ruli ...Read More >
Amaravati, Dec 17 (PTI) The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday presented a cheque of Rs 2.5 crore to N Sricharani, the left-arm spinner from the state who played a pivotal role in India's 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup victory. Following India's historic 52-run victory over South Africa in Navi Mumbai, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu had announced a comprehensive incentive package to honour the Kadapa-born cricketer's contribution. The highlights of the package were a Rs 2.5 crore cash ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Recognising woman cricketer Nallapureddy Sree Charani's outstanding performance on the global stage, the NDA coalition government in AP has presented her a cash reward ₹2.5 crore. Charani had played a crucial role in India lifting the coveted ICC Women's One-Day International World Cup. Education and IT minister Nara Lokesh personally handed over the cheque to the cricketer during a meeting at his Undavalli residence on Wednesday. In addition, the state government announced other i ...Read More >
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said Mahayuti partners BJP and Shiv Sena will contest together in most municipal corporation elections on Jan 15. This includes Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan Dombivli. However, in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, the BJP and Shiv Sena will have friendly fights with the NCP.Speculations about all three Mahayuti partners going solo in the municipal corporation where each is dominant have now been laid to rest."We are trying to form a Mahayuti alliance in most ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17: Lok Sabha, on Wednesday, passed the nuclear energy bill with Union minister Jitendra Singh asserting that it would help India achieve its target of 100 GW atomic energy generation by 2047. The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, which seeks to open the tightly-controlled civil nuclear sector for private participation, was passed by voice vote amid a walkout by the Opposition. Singh termed the bill a "milestone legisl ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Opposition MPs Wednesday strongly pitched for sending the nuclear energy bill moved by the government to a parliamentary panel for wider consultations while members from the ruling coalition "wholeheartedly" supported the legislation saying it will prove helpful in making the country energy sufficient. Participating in the debate in Lok Sabha on the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, which seeks to open the tigh ...Read More >
The political face-off over the Chandrababu Naidu government's move to develop medical colleges under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model has escalated into a full-blown political war between the ruling NDA and the YSR Congress party. While the YSRCP launched protests across the state and collected 1 crore signatures against the PPP move, TDP MP raised strong counterarguments in Parliament on Monday. Former Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is scheduled to submit the signatures to the ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav has strongly criticised the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), alleging that its one-crore signature campaign against the government's Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for medical colleges had turned into a 'drama marked by meaningless scribbles.' Speaking to the media at the State Secretariat on Tuesday, the Minister said the coalition government decided to run ten new medical colleges under the PPP model to improve public healthcare and ensure bett ...Read More >
Guntur: Revenue Minister Anagani Satya Prasad said that YSRCP leaders are spreading false propaganda against the construction of medical colleges on PPP mode. He participated in the locally arranged programmes in Repalle town of Bapatla district on Tuesday and distributed the financial assistance from the CMRF to 41 beneficiaries. Speaking on the occasion, he said, "If the YSRCP government had constructed the medical colleges under PPP mode, it would have taken 25 years. The YSRCP government h ...Read More >
The outcome of the local self-govt elections was not as expected for the LDF and the reasons for this will be examined in detail. Necessary corrections will be made moving forward, said chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.Although a significant victory was anticipated across the state, such progress was not achieved, he said in a statement. "The fact that the NDA gained an advantage in the capital city and the influence of communalism in the election campaign are concerning to those who believe in s ...Read More >
Mumbai: With cousins Raj and Uddhav Thackeray set to announce an alliance for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, and Marathi identity expected to dominate the campaign, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashish Shelar on Tuesday announced that a "Marathi manoos" will be the mayor if the party comes to power in India's richest civic body. This is the first time the BJP has made such a declaration, coming at a time when anonymous posters bearing the slogan "M ...Read More >
Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy said he would hold a detailed interaction with the media after December 20 to highlight what he termed the failures of the Congress government in Karnataka. "I have many issues to speak about and will share them after December 20," Mr. Kumaraswamy told reporters during a brief interaction in Mysuru on December 16. The former Chief Minister, who was in the city for his 67th birthday celebrations, visited the Sri Chamundeshwari Temple ...Read More >
New Delhi: A bill seeking to raise FDI in the insurance sector to 100 per cent was on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha amid strong protest from the Opposition. The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, seeks to amend Insurance Act, 1938, Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956, and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999, as per the bill circulated to members of Parliament. Introducing the bill, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the commo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) A bill seeking to raise FDI in the insurance sector to 100 per cent was on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha amid strong protest from the Opposition. The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, seeks to amend Insurance Act, 1938, Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956, and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999, as per the bill circulated to members of Parliament. Introducing the bill, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ...Read More >
Indian IT giants Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys are expected to suffer the most severe financial impact from a new United States policy that imposes a $100,000 supplemental fee on certain H-1B visa petitions. The fee, introduced through a presidential proclamation in September this year, applies to new H-1B applications for skilled workers entering the US from abroad, particularly those requiring consular processing. The administration has positioned the measure as a means to curb ...Read More >
Anantapur: Anantapur witnessed a massive bike rally on Monday as the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) intensified its protest against the alleged privatisation of government medical colleges, following a call given by party president and former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The rally was organised under the leadership of YSRCP Anantapur district president Ananth Venkatarami Reddy and saw large participation from party leaders, elected representatives and cadres. Legislative Council Members Sh ...Read More >
KOTTAYAM: Asserting that the UDF's base would be expanded ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan said more parties will join the coalition soon. Speaking to reporters in Kottayam on Monday, he said, "Currently, the UDF is not holding any discussions with anyone. However, the UDF's base will be expanded ahead of the assembly elections in many ways. It may include parties from both LDF and NDA, as well as those not affiliated with either. Let's maintain some susp ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Monday launched a sharp political attack on the previous YSRCP government, accusing it of hatching a "big conspiracy" in the name of three capitals and leaving Andhra Pradesh without a functional capital, while asserting that his government has restored Amaravati's primacy. Addressing the Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu Self-Sacrifice Day programme at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram here, Naidu said the three-capitals proposal had pushed the state into ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Minister for HRD and IT Nara Lokesh on Monday met Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi at his residence and sought the Centre's support for strengthening education standards across the state. During the meeting, Lokesh briefed the Union Minister on the initiatives being undertaken by the coalition government in Andhra Pradesh to improve learning outcomes at all levels. He highlighted the launch of the Guaranteed Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) programme ...Read More >
Dimapur, Dec 15 (PTI) Naga political parties and Naga people need to come together and frontal organisations have to unite to resolve the Naga political issue, the Niki Sumi faction of the NSCN (K) said on Monday. Addressing mediapersons at Ceasefire Supervisory Board office, Niki Sumi lamented the divisions within Naga political groups. "If civil society are divided, factions become based on tribes or villages. The blame does not lie solely with the Naga political groups but the division in c ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 15 (PTI) High-stakes polls to 29 municipal corporations, including the cash-rich Mumbai, on January 15 will see the ruling Mahayuti and Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) battling it out for electoral supremacy in Maharashtra's major urban centres. The poll schedule announcement was made by Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday in compliance of an order from the Supreme Court fixing January 31 next year as the deadline for holding the long-pending local body election ...Read More >
Pune/Mumbai, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said that upcoming elections to the 29 municipal elections wherever possible, will be contested jointly. However, in Pune, there will be a friendly fight in Pune as the NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) and the BJP will contest the elections independently. "Ajit Pawar and we cannot contest the elections together in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. Both of us understand politics well enough to know that if we contest together, it b ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: After a delay of nearly three years, the State Election Commission has finally announced dates for Maharashtra's long-pending civic body elections, which have been overdue since 2022. Polling will be held on January 15 for 29 municipal corporations, 32 zilla parishads and 336 panchayat samitis, with results scheduled for January 16.The elections to key urban bodies such as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Pune and Thane are being seen as more than routine local contests, ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: All arrangements are in place for the launch of the Atal-Modi Good Governance Yatra in Dharmavaram, Sri Sathya Sai district. The yatra will commence on Thursday with the unveiling of a statue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, followed by a public meeting. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will attend as chief guest, along with BJP state president PVN Madhav, national secretary and state minister Satyakumar Yadav, and NDA alliance leaders. The yatra, designed to ...Read More >
Madanapalle (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 14 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's values, governance model and national vision continue to inspire India's journey towards self-reliance under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi. Addressing a public meeting as the chief guest at the Atal-Modi Good Governance Yatra here, Dhami spoke after unveiling a statue of Vajpayee at Annamayya Circle, Madanapalle in Annamayya district. " ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 5 (PTI) The BJP-led Mahayuti government in Maharashtra on Friday completed one year in power, a period marked by a push for infrastructure expansion and an emphasis on investor confidence, as well as delicate balancing within the three-party coalition. While the ruling party leaders said the state saw governance with transparency and speedy decisions in the last one year, the opposition sought a "white paper" on the achievements, or the lack of it, of the Devendra Fadnavis dispensat ...Read More >
Patna, Nov 19: After RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat stated that anyone who takes "pride in Bharat" is a Hindu, BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Wednesday backed the remarks, saying that India is indeed a Hindu Rashtra in its cultural essence. This comes as Bhagwat, during an interaction in Guwahati, said that the term "Hindu" is not merely religious but represents a civilisational identity rooted in thousands of years of cultural continuity. "Bharat and Hindu are synonymous. India does not need an off ...Read More >
As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) inches towards the figure of 200, marking one of the grandest victories in electoral politics, one interesting facet that is emerging with the unfolding of the electoral outcome is how Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM has eclipsed the Congress with a lead in 5 seats, according to the latest reading on EC site. The party contested on 25 seats mostly in the Seemanchal region. Preliminary reading of the outcome also suggests after extensive campaigning by the AIMI ...Read More >
Bihar Assembly poll trends indicate a landslide victory for the NDA alliance. Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan stated Nitish Kumar will continue as Chief Minister. He attributed the opposition's defeat to arrogance. Paswan highlighted the people's faith in NDA partners' unity as the reason for the win. The NDA's performance strengthens its position in the state. Riding on the clear trends of Bihar Assembly polls which pointed towards a landslide victory of the NDA alliance ov ...Read More >
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