The government has extended the postal ballot facility to electors above the age of 65 years and COVID19 patients under homeinstitutional quarantine The Election Commission had made the recommendations to the Ministry of Law and Justice so that crowding at the polling stations is reduced Chief Elect

02-07-2020

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called on the government to ensure justice for the 20 soldiers who were martyred in a faceoff with China in Galwan Valley PM Narendra Modi must be mindful of implications of his words and declarations on our Nations securityPM cannot allow China to use his wo

22-06-2020

Congress leader  on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan Valley saying that enough is enough and the country needs to know what has at the Line of Actual Control Rahul Gandhi also raised question over PM Modis silence over the inci

17-06-2020

Ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections on June 19 Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said The Rajya Sabha elections couldve been conducted two months back but it was postponed for no reason because BJPs horsetrading was not complete Gehlot added We Congress are united Not a single vote of our MLAs will go to any

12-06-2020

New Delhi Home Minister Amit Shah has said that Centre may have made a mistake or fallen short while dealing with coronavirus outbreak and migrant workers crisis adding but what did the Opposition do Shah said Someone talks in Sweden in English to fight against corona in the country Someone talks in

09-06-2020

New Delhi Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asked the government if it can confirm whether or not Chinese soldiers have entered India amid the border standoff in Ladakh He shared a report about India and China holding a toplevel military meet on June 6 On Tuesday Defence Minister Rajnath Si

03-06-2020

Congress on Sunday criticised PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah after Gujarat HC called state governments main COVID19 facility as good as a dungeon Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi asked whether PM and Shah are even aware of what is happening in their own home state He added If so

25-05-2020

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the Maharashtra CM for the second term while NCP leader and Sharad Pawars nephew Ajith Pawar took oath as the Deputy CM Ajith said From result day no party was able to form a stable government Maharshtra needed a stable government not a khichdi one People h

23-11-2019

After rejecting Shiv Senas request for more time to form government Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has now invited NCP the third single largest party in the Assembly polls to form government The governor has given NCP 24 hours time Earlier BJP which was the single largest party refused t

11-11-2019

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray has said that he and his party leaders met Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and expressed their willingness to form the government We asked him for two days time but we werent given time Our claim wasnt denied but the time was Well continue to put in effo

11-11-2019

Manohar Lal Khattar was unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP Legislative Party in Haryana on Saturday Khattar is likely to take oath as the Chief Minister of the state for the second term on Sunday We have stake claim to form government in Haryana Governor has accepted our proposal and invit

26-10-2019

New Delhi The Congress Working Committee would meet on Saturday to elect a new party president after Rahul Gandhi resigned in May owning responsibility for the partys loss in the 2019 Lok Sabha election A nonGandhi may be the party president for the first time in two decades On Friday after a meeti

10-08-2019

Mumbai Congress MLA Abdul Sattar who was recently expelled from the party for indulging in antiparty activities has indicated that he will join the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP soon Mr Sattar and disgruntled Congress leader Radhakrishna VikhePatil were seen together at an event in Sangamner in Ahmedn

27-05-2019

N Chandra babu Naidu has resigned as CM of Andhra Pradesh after trends showed his Telugu Desam Party TDP leading in only 23 Assembly seats and winnind two YS Jagan Mohan Reddy led YSR Congress Party YSRCP is leading in 138 Assembly seats and has won 12 The legislatice Party meeting of YSRCP is set t

23-05-2019

Wayanad Campaigning in Kerala’s Wayanad on behalf of her brother Rahul Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday praised the indomitable spirit of the Congress President saying the man she had known since birth had the courage to walk up to and hug those people who abuse his family on a daily basis w

20-04-2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s protest to save the Constitution ended on Tuesday evening She had started the sit in late on Sunday after the CBI’s attempt to question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with two chit fund scams The Supreme court on Tuesday directed

05-02-2019

After the BJP  HD Kumaraswamy led coalition government is planning to erect a 125feet Mother Cauvery statue at the Krishna Raja Sagar reservoir in Mandya district The government has also proposed to build a museum complex two glass towers measuring 360 feet providing a birds eye view of the KRS rese

15-11-2018

Jammu The J K Panchayat elections will be held in nine phases starting November 17 till December 11 the State Election Commission said on Sunday The polls will elect 4130 sarpanch 29719 panch and 1145 ward commissioners J K Election Officer Shaleen Kabra said that polling will be held on November

16-09-2018

RJD Chief and former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav is suffering from depression director of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS said on Monday Depression was also mentioned in Prasads medical discharge slip from AIIMS Delhi Convicted in the fodder scam Prasad was shifted to a paying ward in RIM

11-09-2018

National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that his party would not only boycott the local body elections but also the state elections and the upcoming Lok Sabha elections if the BJPled Centre did not make its stand on Article 35A in Jammu and Kashmir clear Abdullah made this statem

09-09-2018

Speaking at the World Hindu Congress in the US RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat urged the Hindu community to unite saying Lion who is the king of the jungle if he is alone wild dogs can invade and destroy him He further claimed that Hindu society has the most meritorious persons but they never come and work

09-09-2018

According to Reports Amit Shah will continue to be the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP till the end of the muchawaited 2019 Lok Sabha polls Shahs tenure was ending in January but the BJP in its national executive meeting decided that he should continue until the end of the polls The twod

08-09-2018

Congress strategists have planned nationwide protests to slam the centre over high fuel prices and the resultant inflation hitting the common man to gain traction ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls The Congress is reportedly also in touch with other parties regarding the same Sources said a meeting o

05-09-2018

State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party Tamilisai Soundararajan was seen losing her cool at the Thoothukudi Airport on Monday and asking a police woman to take action against a student who shouted anti BJP slogans on a flight Sofia Lois a student from University of Montreal Canada who was also

04-09-2018

An influential social worker and Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead at point blank range by unknown assailants while he was returning home at Itahar in Uttar Dinajpur on Friday night He succumbed to his injuries after being taken to Raiganj superspecialty hospital TMC called for a 12hour bandh

03-09-2018

Former President of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union Kanhaiya Kumar will fight 2019 Lok Sabha elections on Communist Party of India CPI ticket Claiming that Kanhaiya has agreed to it CPI said he is likely to contest from Begusarai constituency in Bihar He may get support from Lalu Prasad

02-09-2018

Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam MNM chief Kamal Haasan on Wednesday said that his party is ready for the 2019 general elections but are not in a mindset to contest the forthcoming byeelection in Tamil Nadu When asked about contesting upcoming byelections in Tamil Nadu Haasan stated We are getting read

30-08-2018

Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad Yadav surrendered before a CBI court in Ranchi on Thursday in the fodder scam case He had been ordered to surrender today by Ranchi High Court He had filed a petition asking for a 3month extension of his bail on health grounds However the Jharkhand High Cou

30-08-2018

Chennai Late Tamil Nadu CM Karunanidhis son M K Stalin was elected as the president of the DMK on Tuesday 28 August at the partys general council meeting in Chennai Prior to his election he was the working president of the party The 65yearold is only the second President of the party after Karunanid

28-08-2018

Taking a leaf out of Prime Minister Narendra Modis book Congress President Rahul Gandhi used his Europe tour to reach out to nonresident Indians or NRIs a group largely known to support Modis Bharatiya Janata Party BJP in recent years Furthermore throughout the tour he targeted Modi for his style an

27-08-2018

Journalistturnedpolitician Ashutosh on Wednesday announced that he has resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party AAP citing a very personal reason Every journey has an end My association with AAP which was beautifulrevolutionary has also an endThanks to partyall of them who supported me throughout the leade

15-08-2018

In an hourlong interaction with journalists in Hyderabad on Tuesday On being asked when he was planning to get marriedCongress president Rahul Gandhi said the priority before him was to defeat the Narendra Modi government in the 2019 elections“I am wedded to the Congress party” was his cryptic answe

14-08-2018

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia have been named as accused in the chargesheet filed by police in the case of assault on Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu PrakashKejriwal and Sisodia have been booked for criminal conspiracy – the duo can be jailed for a minimum of one year and a maxim

13-08-2018

New Delhi BJP chief Amit Shah on saturday announced Vasundhara Raje as partys chief ministerial candidate for forthcoming Rajasthan assembly Elections Speaking at the concluding session of the BJPs state working committee meeting in JaipurnShah asserted The assembly election will be contested under

22-07-2018

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy told his party workers during a celebratory ceremony in Bengaluru Seshadripuram on Saturday that he was not happy being the chief ministerHe said I have swallowed poison like Lord Vishakanta You all are happy that I became the CM but I am notKumaraswamy was sp

15-07-2018

New Delhi Days after Congress leader Shashi Tharoor courted controversy with his remark that a Hindu Pakistan would be created if the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP returned to power in 2019  a Kolkatabased advocate has filed a complaint against the Thiruvananthapuram MP for  allegedly ‘insulting the n

14-07-2018

New Delhi Days after BJP ended its Alliance with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti on Friday warned its formed ally and asked it to not indulge in horse trading Her statement came at a time when several PDP leaders are revolting against and are reportedly in touch with the BJP high commandLast

13-07-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that if BJP win 2019 Lok Sabha elections it will create a condition leading to the formation of a Hindu PakistanAddressing an event in Thiruvananthapuram Tharoor further stated that that BJP will write a new constitution which will pa

12-07-2018

New Delhi The BJP today pulled out of alliance with People’s Democratic party  PDP in Jammu and Kashmir which leaves  the state under presidents ruleThe decision to withdraw support came after BJP president Amit Shah met with Jammu and Kashmur BJP lawmakers in Delhi The announcement was made by BJP

19-06-2018

Mysore In an obvious reference to Janata Dal S supremo H D Deve Gowda and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy state BJP Chief B S Yeddyurappa claimed here on Wednesday that both father and son had conspired to finish off the Congress Speaking to the media here he warned that the Congress would come off

07-06-2018

Bengaluru The Congress today won the Rajeshwari Nagar assembly seat in the City by a margin of 25400 votes This is the first election the CongressJDS coalition government headed by HD kumaraswamy came to power Congress and JDS had fought against each other despite being coalition partners JDS was le

01-06-2018

Kerala BJP President Kummanam Rajasekharan was on Friday appointed as the new governor of Mizoram He will be replacing lieutenantgeneral retired by Nirbhay Sharma who is completing his tenure on May 28 Rajasekaran began his career as a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS in the 1970s He has been the pre

26-05-2018

New Delhi JDS leader and Loksabha MP HD Deve Gowda has said that it was necessary to form an alliance with the congress to keep the ‘communal’ BJP at bay say media reports In an Interview he claimed that he had even offered the chief ministership to the Congress but the latter wanted his son H D Ku

22-05-2018

The Congress and CPM have demanded the imposition of President’s Rule in the state in view of the widespread violence during the state panchayat polls A congress delegation led by the state party president Adhir Chowdhury met Governer Keshari Nath Tripathi at the Raj Bhavan with their demand “There

18-05-2018

New Delhi As the Bharatiya Janata partyBJP managed to form a govt in Karnataka despite all the implements Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the BJP is making a mockery of the Indian Constitution Rahul taking to twitter handle said that this day India will mourn th defeat of democracy

17-05-2018

Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on Wednesday invited BJPs B S Yeddyurappa to form the government and gave him 15 days to prove the partys majority Karnataka BJP announced on Twitter that the swearinginceremony will be held on Thursday at 9am in Raj Bhavan The BJP which emerged as the single largest

16-05-2018

Newdelhi  The MLAs and MPs of Congress and Janata Dal SecularJDS is likely to sit on a Dharna outside Raj Bhawan from tomorrow if they are not invited by Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala to prove their majority to form government in KarnatakaAs per reports 66 out of the 78 MLAs attended the legislati

16-05-2018

Newdelhi Counting of votes for the Karnataka State Assembly Elections has begun A total of 2654 candidates including 216 women candidates where in the Fray for the Assembly Elections this year which was held on saturday in 222 out of 224 assembly constituencies in 58546 polling stations in the state

15-05-2018

Makkal Needhi Maiam Chief Kamal Haasan today met DMK working president MK Stalin to invite him for a meeting called The voice of Tamil Nadu for the Cauvery issue scheduled to be held on May 19The meeting is scheduled for May 19 The meeting will have farmers associations from the state experts politi

15-05-2018

After yet another short tenure as the IB minister soap actorturnedpolitician Smriti Irani was moved out of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and left with just the textile ministry portfolio in a surprise cabinet reshuffle on 14 May Irani was assigned the portfolio of the muchcoveted Ministr

14-05-2018

BENGALURU  Following the assembly elections in Karnataka on May 12 youngsters have been given a chance to have mouthwatering dosa and sip hot coffee at Nisarga Grand hotel located in the heart of the city at Nrupatunga Road The entire idea was set up to encourage more youngsters to vote this time ar

11-05-2018

CPI leader Sitaram Yechury has been reelected the party general secretary for a second term bringing to an end its 22nd Congress in Hyderabad This is the second win for Yechury in two days yesterday CPIM approved his minority view of a possible strategic understanding with the CongressThe party elec

22-04-2018

Thiruvananthapuram PWD minister G Sudhakaran today criticized the ongoing protest against construction of a bypass at Keezhatoor Addressing the  assembly he alleged that the people who are protesting against the proposed bypass construction through a paddy field are not  innocent like birds of the

20-03-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The BJP is plagued by internal discordance over the issue of inviting Kerala Congress leader KM Mani into the NDA fold BJP state president Kummanam Rajasekharan’s statement welcoming  KM Mani into the NDA has escalated  the differences in the party  BJP national executive commit

19-03-2018

In a statement to the press TTV Dhinakaran made it clear that the event to mark the naming of his political party was in light of the Delhi High Court order to grant him the pressure cooker symbol as he had requested The pressure cooker symbol was allotted to him during the RK Nagar byeelections in

11-03-2018

Vadakara CPM State secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said Saturday that slain RMP leader TP Chandrasekharan never wished for the destruction of CPM “Chandrsekharan stood against the Congress and BJP He was expelled from the CPM  on the  basis of difference of opinion However he wanted to have close r

11-03-2018

Kannur Congress leader K Sudhakaran said that whatever happens he will not join the BJP He also said that he will initiate legal  proceedings against the media who misinterpreted  his statements “What so ever happens in my political life I will not  join BJP This allegation of the Left Front if it

10-03-2018

Conrad Sangma the chief of the National Peoples Party was swornin as the new Chief Minister of Meghalaya on Tuesday He will be leading an alliance of the NPP BJP United Democratic Party UDP Hill State Peoples Democratic Party HSPDP and others Notably the NPP had secured 19 seats in the Assembly elec

06-03-2018

Malappuram Kanam Rajendran was re elected as the state secretary of the Communist Party of India CPI for a second term on Sunday Kanam’s name was proposed by CPI general secretary Sudhakar Reddy Kanam was elected unopposed Earlier KE Ismail faction had asked C Divakaran to contest for the post of Se

04-03-2018

New Delhi Overwhelmed by the huge public support for the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP in Tripura Assembly elections results for which were announced on Saturday Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the victory as a “win for democracy Over brute force intimidation” In a series of tweets PM Modi

03-03-2018

Shillong The ruling Congress is leading  in 23 seats followed by the National People’s Party NPP in 14 as trends are available for 53 seats in Meghalaya Assmebly elections Chief Minister Mukul Sangma is leading from both Songsak and Ampati constituencies While the United Democratic Party UDP is lea

03-03-2018

Shillong The Counting of  votes for the Assembly elections in three Northeastern states Meghalaya Nagaland and Tripura – is progressing amid tight security The BJP has emerged as a strong contender to the CPM in Tripura The North Eastern state is witnessing a neck and neck flight between the two p

03-03-2018

Kannur Congress leader K Sudhakaran said Monday that the Kannur district leadership played a role in the murder of youth Congress leader Shuhaib at Edayannur near Mattannur The chief minister is not ready to order a CBI probe into the murder as it will bring out the conspiracy behind the murder sai

26-02-2018

Thrissur   In  a veiled defence of  his proposal for an alliance with the Congress at the national level CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury said his fellow  comrades in  kerala should not be considering the political situation in kerala only Inaugurating the CPM State  Conference in here Yech

23-02-2018

Thrissur CPM General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on today said political violence  is not a part  of the party’s policy Delivering his inaugural speech at the  CPM State Conference which began  here Yechury said the party will defend any attack on its workers However Yechury said there have been so

22-02-2018

Actor Kamal Haasan on Wednesday launched his political party Makkal Needhi Maiam and hoisted a flag carrying the partys symbol in Tamil Nadus Madurai Haasan who has embarked on a statewide tour visited former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalams residence and addressed three public meetings earlier in the

21-02-2018

Hours before launching his political party veteran actor Kamal Haasan today visited the residence of former President APJ Abdul Kalam  at  Rameswaram in the district  and interacted with his family members  The actor briefly interacted with Kalams nonagenarian brother Mohammed Muthumeera Lebbai Mar

21-02-2018

Mohammed Haris Nalapad Gen Sec of Bluru city Youth Congress has been expelled from Congress party for 6 years Atrocities in any form is not tolerated in INCKarnataka Legal actions have been taken against those responsible The victim will be served justice KPCC chief G Parameshwara tweeted An FIR was

18-02-2018

Only time will tell on both of us joining hands  I came to inform Rajini about my political tour Rajini wished me good luck Kamal Haasan told reporters outside the Rajinikanth’s residence in Chennai’s posh Poes GardenHaasan dropped in at Rajinikanth’s home on Sunday just days after he ruled out an a

18-02-2018

Movie actorturnedpolitician Kamal Haasan has made it clear that any political alliance with superstar Rajinikanth is unlikely if his colour is “saffron” in an apparent reference to the BJP Haasan who had recently announced  his foray into the electoral politics said that his “true purpose today is

11-02-2018

Ram Gopal Varma often comes out with strange and bizarre tweets His way of looking at things has created quite a few controversies At the same time he is known for delivering compliments that are difficult to decipher Now Ram Gopal Varma has said India will become like America only when actor Rajni

06-02-2018

The last day for withdrawal of nomination in the upcoming Tripura Assembly elections today Five candidates withdrew their nominations on Friday They include Trinamool Congress TMC candidate from Rajnagar and four independent candidates for Bagma Sabroom Korbook and Pabiacherra constituencies The vot

03-02-2018

Finance minister Arun Jaitley announced on Thursday a Union Budget with a string of populist give aways from free cooking gas to a health plan for the poor In his Budget speech Jaitley announced that the Minimum Support Price MSP for notified kharif crops would be 15 times of the cost incurred by f

01-02-2018

NewDelhi Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the budget 2018 The budget is NDA governments fifth and his toughest Budget yet After the budget Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that this budget strengthens hopes and aspirations of crores of Indians He also added that Farmers Dalits tribal communi

01-02-2018

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says that the  PM Modiled Central government is playing a proAmerica and antiChinapolitics in its  foreign policies He added that America has its policies according to its own interests which include the stand it took against China Similarly India decides its f

28-01-2018

Actor Kamal Haasan who recently announced in his weekly column in  Ananda Vikatan that he has decided to start his political journey from former President Dr Abdul Kalams residence in Ramanathapuram on February 21 Saying that he has a longstanding invitation from former President Abdul Kalam’s famil

18-01-2018

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has issued a privilege notice to Congress President Rahul Gandhi In a tweet Rahul Gandhi had misspelled Finance Minister Arun Jaitleys last name as Jait lie On examination prima facie there is an issue of privilege Venkaiah Naidu said BJP leader Bhupender Yadav comment

07-01-2018

North Korea has successfully defended the pressure imposed by the US even though the country has been following tough antiUS agenda says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan CPM’s Kerala State Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan had also supported North Korea before “America aims to destroy North Korea which is

04-01-2018

New Delhi Rahul Gandhi lashes out against BJP following a day after the clashes between suspected Maratha groups and Dalitsin which a person was killed It was started on the celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the battle of Bhima Koregaon Rahul Gandhi said that a central pillar of the RSSB

02-01-2018

chennai Actor Rajani Kanth along with his New Year Wishes asked his fans to join with him to bring good politics in Tamil Nadu For this purpose a website has been opened titled Rajanimandram He also added that people should join the party using their voters id number He shared this information with

01-01-2018

Putting an end to the long suspense Rajani announced his entry into politics He announced that he will form a new party and will participate in next Tamil Nadu assembly elections from all constituencies He added that he would feel guilty if he did not take this decision He also commented that polit

31-12-2017

BJPs leader 5 time MLA Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday took oath as 14th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh after the party formed the state government with 44 seats Thakur defeated Congress candidate Chet Ram from the Seraj constituency with a margin of 11000 votes He had earlier served as state minist

27-12-2017

Gandhi nagar Vijay Rupani will take oath as the chief minister of Gujarat today The swearingin ceremony will take place at Gandhinagar Sachivalaya Ground at 11 in the morning Nitin Patel will take oath as deputy CM of the state Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday announced that Rupani will con

26-12-2017

Congress leaders have said the party will conduct a scientific analysis of vote share in constituencies to select right candidates for assembly elections Scientific analysis of vote share in each constituency will be conducted to help zeroin on right candidates For this apart from local feedback and

25-12-2017

CHENNAI Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Sunday created history by winning a byelection as an independent candidate in Tamil Nadu Dhinakaran won the RK Nagar byelection by a margin of 40707 votes defeating his nearest rival E Madhusudhanan of the AIADMK Dhinakaran got 89013 votes while Madh

24-12-2017

Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur has been selected as The new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh There was an uncertainity when the former C M Prem Kumar Dhoomal who was expected to be the C M again got defeated in the election The names of Union minister JP Nadda and Jai Ram Thakur were in the list

24-12-2017

Bharatiya Janata party has won the 2017 Gujarat Assembly Elections with a majority of 99 seats and 491 percentage vote share the Congress secured 77 seats with a 414 percentage vote share The BJP is yet to officially declare a name for the chief ministerial post Notably BJP had won 115 seats in the

18-12-2017

The BJP wins a fifth consecutive term in Gujarat with a lower margin of victory this time  BJP will also form government in Himachal Pradesh with a big win snatching another state from the congress As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in parliament a short while ago he flashed the V sign for vict

18-12-2017

Gandhi nagar Repolling continues at six booths in four assembly constituencies in Gujarat this morning The repoll in the Chhaniyana1 and 2 polling booths in Vadgam Viramgam27 booth in Viramgam Nava Naroda in Daskroi and Nhara and Sankrada booths in Savliwere were announced on Friday evening Dalit b

17-12-2017

New Delhi Rahul Gandhi is set to take over as Congress President at a function at the Congress Party headquarters on Saturday He will receive a formal certificate of being elected party president from the Central Election Authority President Mullapally  Ramachandran Rahul who was the party vice pre

16-12-2017

Delhi Sonia Gandhi hinted that she will retire from politics after her son Rahul Gandhi officially takes charge as the President of the Indian National Congress on Saturday Serving as the President of the party for 19 years she oversaw the party when it was in power from 2004 to 2014 “My role now

15-12-2017

New Delhi In ‘question a day’ series in the run up to Gujarat Assembly elections Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi asked ‘ Maunsahab’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi to answer on the allegations of corruption in Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation GSPC electricity metro Rahul also sought answer fr

12-12-2017

New Delhi In a generational shift at the top in the Congress Rahul Gandhi was on Monday announced as the new President of the grand old party Addressing a press conference Mullappally Ramachandran the chairman of the Congress central election authority announced “Rahul Gandhi  has been elected

11-12-2017

Delhi The Congress played into the BJP’s hands with one of its senior leaders Mani Shankar Aiyar calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “neech” aadmi lowclass person in a remark reminiscent of his “chai wallah” jibe also aimed at Modi ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and Congress president Sonia G

08-12-2017

New Delhi Congress vice President Rahul Gandi filed his nomination for the party’s chief’s post at the AICC headquarters here today with over 90 sets of nomination papers likely to be filed to support his candidature Rahul Gandhi met with Dr manmohan singh and other senior party leaders after filin

04-12-2017

New Dehi By the end of the day Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as the Congress next president in place of his mother Sonia Gandhi is expected to be official Today is the last day for filing nominations and the last chance for anyone in the party to challenge Mr Gandhi to an election for the post That is n

04-12-2017

New Delhi Suraj Pal Amu the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader who had threatened Deepika Padukone and Sanjay Leela Bhansali over Padmavati row has resigned as the Haryana Chief Media Coordinator of the party The Gurgaon Police had registered a case against Amu for criminal intimidation under the I

29-11-2017

New Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party leader GVL Narasimha Rao on Wednesday likened Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to the barbaric invader Alauddin Khilji targeting him over his visits to temples in Gujarat Rao alleged that Gandhi was following the same direction that Khilji and Aurangzeb travelle

23-11-2017

Thiruvananthapuram  Ex  transport minister A K  Saseendran has been absolved of all major charges by the juidicial commission that probed allegations of sexual harassment against him paving the way for his reinduction in the state cabinet The chief minister on Wednesday said that a  highlevel commit

22-11-2017

Ahemadabad  November 22 Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Wednesday declared his support for the Congress in the upcoming Gujarat elections saying the Party had accepted the demand for reservation for the Patel community The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti PAAS leader told reporters that the Congress wi

22-11-2017

In an emotional new tweet Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan has spoken out in defence of Deepika Padukone’s upcoming new film Padmavati and said that the actress’s head must be respected more than her body Earlier members of the Karni Sena had announced a bounty on Deepika and filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhan

21-11-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Transport Minister Thomas Chandy resigned on Wednesday a day after the Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed Chandys Petition challenging the report of the Alapuzha district collector which had found that large scale violations of Kerala Land Consevation Act and Conservat

15-11-2017

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Based on the report submitted by Justice G Sivarajan in regards to the Solar scam former CM Oommen Chandy and his office were found guilty in assisting the main accused Saritha S Nair and her company Team Solar in cheating their customers The commission after examining 214 witness

09-11-2017

New Delhi Congress vicepresident Rahul Gandhi will begin his threedaylong third leg of the Gujarat NavSarjan Yatra Jambusar in Bharuch district from today Rahul is going to visit 6 districts and 35 assembly constituencies in this 3day tour and will be keen on finalizing the seatsharing with the JDU

01-11-2017

Delhi Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the congress which has been attacking him over the alleged failure of the Goods and Services Tax GST had “no idea” of the taxation scheme In an interview he also clarified that the GST Council under him was looking into rationalizing the rates as

26-10-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in a Facebook post came down heavily on the BJP leadership saying that “If the BJP president wants an ideological debate or one on developmental indices the state is ready to take up the challenge The fake and provocative campaign unleashed b

19-10-2017

Congress president Sonia Gandhi told that her son Rahul Gandhi will soon take over as party chief “You have been asking this for many years and it’s now happening” Sonia Gandhi said smiling pointing at Rahul Gandhi She was speaking after the launch of former President Pranab Mukherjee’s autobiograph

14-10-2017

Delhi Shathrughnan Sinha earlier this year had a hard campaign for LK Advani to be nominated as President  told that he was speaking for an overwhelmingly large number of people in the BJP “80 of my party wanted LK Advani as President” said Mr Sinha who described Mr Advani as “my friend philosophe

14-10-2017

Kerala chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan hit out at his UP counterpart Yogi Adithyanath for his remarks on the law and order situation and medical facilities in the state He said it “amused” him that the UP Chief Minister found time for Kerala despite “problems” in his own land “It really amuses me t

06-10-2017

Amethi Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Congress party would solve employement and farmers’ issues within six months if brought to power He said ‘If Modi cannot solve the problems let Congress party will do the work We will show that work in six months’ Rahul Gandhi earlier slammed Prime M

05-10-2017

Kerala Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had sent an official letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs India – Sushama Swaraj to take the necessary actions to free the Indian origin prisoners in UAE and other gulf nations Most of these cases are civil cases and can be exempted The chief minister h

28-09-2017

United Nations India today slammed Pakistan for using a fake picture in the UN General Assembly A junior most Indian diplomat at the Permanent Mission of India Paulomi Tripathi took the floor of the General Assembly to exercise Indias right to reply to the blistering attack by Lodhi who showcased an

26-09-2017

In what can only be described as a ‘comedy of errors’ Pakistan diplomat – Maliha Lodhi became a laughing stock over night Miss Lodhi criticized India for having a hunters nature and also acclaimed the act of violence produced in Jammu Kashmir this was following the presentation of Sushama Swaraj th

25-09-2017

Union Finance Minister Arun Jailtley said he was embarrassed by Rahul Gandhi’s statement that Dynasty politics was in India’s character Last week the Congress vice president during a speech at the University of California in Berkeley said “Dynastic politics is a problem in all political parties Akhi

19-09-2017

Chennai Actor Kamal Haasan during an event in Chennai said that he will not enter politics in haste The veteran actor is likely to launch his own political party by the end of September The local body elections will be held in November 2017 Tamil Nadu has traditionally been a state where leading f

15-09-2017

Kerala PT Thomas MLA while talking to the media on Thursday expressed his suspicion that attempts are being made by various quarters to sabotage the female actor sexual assault case He spoke of how the visits by members of the film fraternity to the prominent accused lodged in prison and the stateme

15-09-2017

New Delhi Veteran actor Kamal Haasan is set to take the plung into politics with likely launch of a political outfit by the end of September Haasan has made his views known about the deteriotating state of politics in Tamil Naduhas set his eyes on the local body elections with over 4000 candidates

13-09-2017

The BJP on Tuesday lashed out at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi following his jibe on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his governance during his address at University of California Berkeley Rahul Gandhi among other issues attacked the Centres demonetisation drive saying that the decision was

12-09-2017

Tamil Nadu 111 MLAs of the ruling All India  ANNA Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIDMK in tamil nadu attended a legislators’ meet convened by Chief Minister E Palaniswamy amid calls for a floor test in the assembly by the opposition parties State Fisheries Minister DJayakumar asserted the unified AIADM

05-09-2017

Panaji  The ruling BJP has won the byelections to two assembly seats in Goa with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar emerging  victorious from panaji and health minister Viswajith Rane from Valpoi Parrikar who returned to the state from the Centre after the assembly elections in February defeated his

28-08-2017

Paneerselvam and Edappadi Palaniswami announced the merging of their respective factions at party head quarters As per conditions Sasikala may be expelled from the party O paneer selvam would be deputy chief minister and will also hold the finance and housing portfolios A team of 11 members will ru

21-08-2017

Thiruvananthapuram An FIR has been filed against former state police chief T P Senkumar for allegedly forging documents to draw full remuneration even after he went on a leave from the service for eight months Senkumar was accused of taking Rs 8 lakh from the government as salary while he was on an

20-08-2017

Chennai Noted filmmaker Kamal Haasan on Thursday during the platinum jubilee celebrations of DMK mouthpiece Murasoli took a dig at the iconic movie star and his longtime friend – Rajinikanth by saying “Selfrespect not selfdefence matters most” This was in regards to Rajinikanth who nurtures dreams

11-08-2017

Tamil Nadu On Thursday The AIADMK came out against deputy general secretary TTV Dhinakaran The AIADMK said that it is against the rules of the party to appoint someone as the deputy general secretary after his expulsion from the party during an earlier time Mr Dhinakaran was appointed on February 1

10-08-2017

  Medinipur West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today raised the slogan of BJP quit India in 2019 She stated that the political party has taken away the rights of the people in the country and urges all opposition parties to fight united against BJP The date could not have been any more perf

09-08-2017

  New Delhi The contest for one Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat has turned into a most highprofile electoral battle in recent months In the end political secretary to Sonia Gandhi Ahmed Patel emerged victorious Some of the best politicallegal brains in the country were lined up by both Congress and

09-08-2017

Ahmedabad Attacking Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in coming to visit the flood affected areas of the Beneswari region Rahuls vehicle was struck by an unidentified stoning on the vehicle An unknown was thrown cement out of the crowd while he was visiting Lal Chowk in Darela Rahul wasnt injured

05-08-2017

  Thiruvananthapuram Neyyattinkara Judicial First Class Magistrate granted bail to M Vincent MLA who was in judicial remand in a rape case Vincent was arrested on July 22 for allegedly raping his neighbour The bail however was given in regards to another case following a case registered for destroy

04-08-2017

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The bilateral trade meeting will be held in Thiruvananthapuram and Kottayam based on some kerala incidents happened in the last few days The discussions will be held in Thycaud guest house at 10 am The bilateral discussions were held in the affected districts in the wake of an all

01-08-2017

NEW DELHI Security has been tightened in AKG Bhavan New Delhi following reports of the murder of RSS activist in Trivandrum The armed police forces took care of the security  Rajesh an RSS worker was killed on Saturday night The hartal in Kerala announced by the BJP after the incident is progressi

30-07-2017

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM RSS Kaaryavaahak Rajesh  was killed  in Vinayak Nagar in Kallamballi Sreekaryam The BJP alleged that it was CPM behind the murder  Rajeshs body had more than forty wounds In the last few days there have been some personal problems in the colony of this region It is believed that

30-07-2017

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Security has been strengthened following the CPMBJP violence in the city The police have banned demonstrations and public meetings for three days More than 2500 policemen are being deployed in the city so as not to spread tensions Six cars including Kummanam Rajasekharan have been

28-07-2017

Thiruvananthapuram PDP withdrew  the state governments hartal on Wednesday against the Karnataka government for blocking Madanis Kerala entry PDP VicePresident Zubair Salaahi said that the hartal withdraws from the decision of the PDP chairman Abdul Nasser Madani All Kerala Bus operators and busines

25-07-2017

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The police questioned MLA Vincent of Kovalam in the complaint of attempting to abuse a housewife His arrest was recorded after the interrogation at the MLA hostel was completed The police team led by Parasala SI questioned him and later arrested him

22-07-2017

  Ram Nath Kovind has been elected as India’s 14th President Mr Kovind defeated opposition’s Meira Kumar a former Lok Sabha speaker by an overwhelming margin of 65 votes in the Electoral College The 71 year old will be the first BJP member and the second dalit to be elected president In a total of

20-07-2017

New Delhi The National Democratic Alliance NDA government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi plan on introducing 16 new Bills in Monsoon Session of the Parliament All together 34 bills are on the agenda of the government These include  1         The New Bills The Ancient Monuments and Archaeologic

17-07-2017

 Delhi The Central Home Minister Raj Nath Singh’s residence will host an allparty meeting in regards to the IndiaChina border issue today evening at 5pm The main agenda of the meeting will be the border issue The meeting will also discuss on the persisting Kashmir issue as well  The parliament will

14-07-2017

  Kozhikode The Janata Dal U might have its mind set on returning back to LDF The move back might be as early as the end of 2017 CPIM general state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan welcomed the movement back to LDF The conflicts between JDU UDF have been on an increase and ever since LDF had secure

13-07-2017

Thiruvananthapuram Former DGP TP Senkumar while talking to media had made a claim that 42  in every 100 child being born in Kerala belongs to the Muslim community This statement had sparked an investigation against the former law man The crime branch investigation was issued by none other than curre

12-07-2017

North Korea claims to have successfully conducted test on a long range missile capable of reaching anywhere in the world The test was conducted early morning on 4th of July The missile had reached a record 2802 kilometers This has put several nations on high alert such as South Korea Japan China and

04-07-2017

Ooty The Kodanad Estate has produced yet another victim In a bizare turn of events the ooty estate of late Tamil Nadu Chief minister J Jayalalitha had come to the limelight yet again Accountant of the Kodanad estate – Mr Dinesh Kumar aged 28 was found hanging within the premices under mysterious co

04-07-2017

New Delhi After the meeting about Presidential candidate which was attended  by the Left Trinamool Congress Samajwadi Party Bahujan Samaj Party BSP DMK and the National Confrence and other parties Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced the candidature of party leader  Meira Kumar for the presi

23-06-2017

Kannur Town police had registered a case against BJP state general secretary K Surendran for the threatening Kannur DySP PP Sadananthan and Thalassery DySP Prince Abraham with the intention of preventing them from discharging their duties in connection with the new revelations in Fasal murder case

18-06-2017