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Chennai, Apr 5 (UNI) The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Sunday named P Viswanthan as its candidate for the Melur seat in Madurai for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal announced the candidate for the Melur seat on the eve of the last date for filing of nominations. With this, the National party has announced candidates for all the 28 seats allotted to it as per the seat sharing pact by the ruling DMK, heading the multi-party Secular Progres ...Read More >
Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu), Mar 31 (PTI) DMK Chief M K Stalin's vehicle was intercepted and checked by the election flying squad here while he was travelling to Tiruvarur district for the election campaign on Tuesday. The inspection took place shortly after Stalin launched his election bid from Tiruvarur constituency, the hometown of his father and late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, on Tuesday. The video clip released by the DMK shows the Chief Minister remaining seated in the vehicle while the off ...Read More >
The groups, comprising senior lawmakers from across political parties, aim "to deepen dialogue and exchanges with legislatures across continents and to complement traditional diplomacy with sustained parliamentary interaction," a Lok Sabha communique said on Monday. The idea behind the initiative, the communique said, "is to allow lawmakers to speak directly to their counterparts abroad, share legislative experience, and build trust through regular engagement and exchange best practices to furt ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bengal BJP has decided to organise SIR help camps that would run simultaneously with the 1,000-odd camps the party has planned to assist people for registering under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.At a meeting with state functionaries last week, BJP's election-in-charge Bhupendra Yadav asked them to address issues related to the special intensive revision (SIR) at every possible platform."We saw how the opposition tried to spread fake stories in Bihar during SIR. Trinamool has already ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 23 (PTI) The opposition INDIA bloc on Thursday declared RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav its chief ministerial candidate for Bihar assembly polls, in what is being seen as a last-ditch effort to put an end to squabbles and project unity ahead of the elections. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, who has been camping in Patna since Wednesday to iron out differences with the RJD, said the decision had the approval of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi. Addr ...Read More >
Patna: After days of squabbling that left them pitted against one another in five assembly constituencies of poll-bound Bihar, the Congress and the RJD on Wednesday tried to mend fences and put up a cohesive fight against the formidable ruling NDA. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, apparently under instructions from the party's top leadership, flew down to hold talks with RJD president Lalu Prasad and his son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav.Accompanied by AICC Bihar in-charge Krishna Allava ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 22 (PTI) After days of squabbling that left them pitted against one another in five assembly constituencies of poll-bound Bihar, the Congress and the RJD on Wednesday tried to mend fences and put up a cohesive fight against the formidable ruling NDA. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, apparently under instructions from the party's top leadership, flew down to hold talks with RJD president Lalu Prasad and his son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav. Accompanied by AICC Bihar in-charge ...Read More >
Patna: As the opposition INDIA bloc continues to struggle with seat-sharing and "rebellion" within Congress and RJD, the NDA has found ready ammunition to target its rivals ahead of the assembly elections in the state on Nov 6 and 11.BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal described the NDA as the "five Pandavas" and the Grand Alliance as a fragmented alliance while union minister Giriraj Singh took aim at RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his son Tejashwi Prasad Yadav over the fissures in the opposition amid ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 19: Chinks in the INDIA bloc's armour became all too obvious on Sunday in poll-bound Bihar, where disgruntled aspirants in the RJD and the Congress, the two largest constituents, had a field day charging the leadership with having put tickets up for sale. With less than 24 hours left for the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase to be over, the multi-party coalition was still unable to declare things like a chief ministerial candidate and the formula of seat-shar ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 18 (PTI) Confusion prevailing in the INDIA bloc showed little signs of let up on Saturday, with just two days to go before the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase of assembly elections comes to a close. The multi-party coalition, which had of late been blaming its inability to declare a seat-sharing arrangement on the need to "accommodate new allies", was given up on by the JMM, which announced it will go it alone and contest six seats in Bihar. The RJD, which ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 16 (PTI) Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday sought to downplay his absence from an Opposition delegation that met the State Election Commission (SEC) and maintained he was unaware of any complaint against him to the party leadership over the issue. Talking to reporters here, Sapkal noted the Congress was duly represented in the multi-party delegation of Opposition leaders and he could not accompany them due to a pre-scheduled meeting with party leadership ...Read More >
NAIROBI, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, a source in Odinga's office told Reuters on Wednesday, without giving further details. Indian newspaper Mathrubhumi earlier reported that Odinga, who was undergoing treatment in the southern Indian city of Kochi, suffered a cardiac arrest on Wednesday and was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead. As opposition leader, Odinga lost all five of his presidential campaigns, with two of the vo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 15: Accelerated adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across industries can contribute USD 500-600 billion to India's GDP by 2035 on the back of increased productivity and efficiency in the workforce, a NITI Aayog report said on Monday. Global AI Impact Estimated at USD 17-26 Trillion The report titled 'AI for Viksit Bharat: The Opportunity for Accelerated Economic Growth' further said that over the next decade, the adoption of AI across sectors is expected to add USD 17-26 t ...Read More >
Sushila Karki, former chief justice of Nepal and a likely frontrunner for the country's interim premiership, has drawn attention for her husband's role in a plane hijacking 52 years ago. Ms Karki is married to Durga Prasad Subedi, a former youth leader of the Nepali Congress, whom she reportedly met while studying at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi. Mr Subedi was reporterdly part of Nepal's first plane hijacking on June 10, 1973. On board the plane was Hindi film actress Mala Sinha. ...Read More >
The US has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a foreign terrorist organization after it claimed responsibility for the deadly Pahalgam attack in 2025. This move, hailed by India, strengthens counter-terrorism cooperation between the two nations. India can now push for Pakistan's relisting on the FATF grey list. The US has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba which had initially claimed responsibility ...Read More >
Noida: The Authority on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Unitech Golf & Country Club, in Sector 96, for violating rules of bulk waste generators. The officials in an earlier inspection, found improper segregation, storage, and handling of solid waste management.Under the Solid Waste Management (SWM) rules, 2016, bulk generators are required to treat their wet waste on-site. The city generates nearly 800 tons of solid waste per day, of which nearly 30% comes from BWGs.SP Singh, general mana ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Union government has begun collecting signatures of MPs to move a motion in Parliament seeking the removal of Allahabad High Court Justice Yashwant Varma, who is facing corruption allegations following the discovery of burnt cash at his official residence in Delhi. Sources said that signatures of several Lok Sabha MPs had already been secured, suggesting the motion may be introduced in the Lower House. For the Lok Sabha, a minimum of 100 MP signatures are required to move such a ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emplaned for Namibia -- the final stop of his five-nation visit -- after wrapping up his State Visit to Brasilia where he met Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and also attended the 17th BRICS Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Taking to X, the PMO wrote: "PM @narendramodi has boarded for Namibia, the final destination of his tour" Also, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randir Jaiswal wrote on X: "P ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Tuesday that the 2026 assembly elections will be a fight for Bengali Hindus and nationalist, educated sections of the Muslim community to retain their identity."This election is a fight to retain the existence of Bengali Hindus and nationalist, logical Muslims in the state. The forces of election in Bengal will not be hijacked by political parties this time," Bhattacharya said.The comments come days after the Bengal BJP chief said his part ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party may be on track to appoint its first-ever woman national president, with names like Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, BJP's former Andhra Pradesh unit chief D Purandeswari and Tamil Nadu MLA Vanathi Srinivasan among the probable frontrunners, according to reports. The BJP has been going through a major organisational rejig, with the appointment of new chiefs for the local units of six states and Union Territories. With that over, the party is now ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 4 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday slammed the Centre for allegedly granting a nod to Pakistan to play the Hockey Asia Cup in India. Speaking to reporters, Thackeray said, "Hockey Asia Cup is going to be held in Bihar. The Union Ministry of Sports has given an NOC to Pakistan's team to participate in it. If no one objects, BCCI will soon grant permission to Pakistan to participate in the Cricket Asia Cup as well. Now, when we are fight ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 3 (UNI) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has announced that the Monsoon session of the Parliament will begin on July 21 and continue till August 21. Rijiju on Wednesday said that President Droupadi Murmu has approved the government's proposal to convene the Session while highlighting that no Parliament sittings will be held on August 13 and 14 due to Independence Day celebrations. In a post on X, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju wrote, "The Hon'ble President of Indi ...Read More >
Yadav said that the ECI has totally become "one-sided" and is favouring the BJP, as he claimed that the poll panel has changed its rule regarding meetings with delegations. Criticising the Election Commission of India (ECI), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday claimed that the poll panel is behaving like a cell of Bharatiya Janata Party. Yadav said that the ECI has totally become "one-sided" and is favouring the BJP, as he claimed that the poll panel has changed its ru ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Shashi Tharoor was a part of a government delegation that was sent abroad, and being a member, one has to defend the government, said Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan amid a row over the MP's recent remarks that have irked the party leadership. He, however, sounded cautious about "what happens to Mr Shashi Tharoor in future", saying, "I don't know and would not like to comment on that." Also Read | 'Janaki' Title Row: Malayalam Film Industry Holds Protest in Front of CB ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Shashi Tharoor was a part of a government delegation that was sent abroad, and being a member, one has to defend the government, said Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan amid a row over the MP's recent remarks that have irked the party leadership. He, however, sounded cautious about "what happens to Mr Shashi Tharoor in future", saying, "I don't know and would not like to comment on that." Both Chavan and Tharoor were part of the now-defunct 'group of 23' that had written t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): As the Digital India Mission completed 10 years on Tuesday, BJP leader Pradeep Bhandari drew contrast between the BJP and the opposition bloc and said that while the INDI Alliance is associated with 'corruption and nepotism,' the Modi government is associated with the model of development. The BJP leader praised the central government for the success of Digital India and stated that the country now accounts for 50 per cent of global financial transactions, a tes ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 1 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal leader (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday questioned the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise being carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI) ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly elections and claimed that the poll body has 'lost control' over its actions. He further attacked those 'looting Bihar', saying that their time to loot the state was getting over, and thus, they want to cut the poor from the voters' list to ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 1 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal leader (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday questioned the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise being carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI) ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly elections and claimed that the poll body has "lost control" over its actions. He further attacked those "looting Bihar", saying that their time to loot the state was getting over, and thus, they want to cut the poor from the voters' list to ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) There is a "very strong opinion" within the Maharashtra Congress that the party should go solo in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Tuesday. His remarks came a day after the Congress said it will decide on July 7 whether it will fight the BMC elections in alliance or go it solo in the contest. In an interview with PTI, Chavan also said that in local body elections to zila parishads and panchayat samiti ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) There is a "very strong opinion" within the Maharashtra Congress that the party should go solo in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said on Tuesday. His remarks came a day after the Congress said it will decide on July 7 whether it will fight the BMC elections in alliance or go it solo in the contest. Also Read | INS Tamal Commissioned: Indian Navy's Latest Stealth Warship Commissioned in Russia. In an interv ...Read More >
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