Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Monday filed his nomination from Kolathur Assembly constituency in Chennai for the April 13 election. After filing his papers, Stalin expressed full confidence that people would hand him a spectacular victory for the 4th time in a row in the Kolathur segment. Stalin…
Chennai: TVK chief, actor-politician Vijay on Monday filed his nomination to contest the Assembly polls from Perambur constituency in Chennai and appealed to the people to give an opportunity to his party TVK and vote for the party’s whistle symbol on April 23. After filing his papers, Vijay, addressing the people from his open-top campaign…
Naidupet (Andhra Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday inaugurated a TIDCO welfare housing complex in Tirupati, kicking off more than 2.5 lakh housewarming ceremonies statewide. The NDA coalition government had earlier distributed three lakh houses to beneficiaries in Rayachoti in November last year, followed by 2.5 lakh houses today. “Chief Minister Chandrababu…
New Delhi: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha, protesting purported disparaging remarks by BJP leader Nishikant Dubey against former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik. Soon after the official listed papers were laid on the table, BJD leader Sasmit Patra rose to record a “serious protest against the…
New Delhi: Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has been a main and very crucial factor in improving the health of the country’s banking sector, including recovery of non-performing assets. Piloting a bill for further amending the IBC in the…
Pathanamthitta (Kerala): Launching a sharp attack on Narendra Modi, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that the Prime Minister remained silent on the Sabarimala issue during his Kerala visit, indicating that the BJP-LDF works together. Addressing a Congress election meeting in Adoor, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, claimed that…
Belda (WB): Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of stoking fight among all sections of society and claimed the saffron party wants to loot the country by taking advantage of the situation. Addressing a poll rally here, the chief minister expressed strong reservations about Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s political ‘chargesheet’…
In modern T20 cricket, one image defines the format: a full ball disappearing into the stands. The bat manufacturer smiles, the crowd erupts, and the batter basks in glory. Six-hitting has become the logo of the shortest format. But in this celebration of power, one craft is quietly being pushed into a corner—the art of…
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Sunday transferred officers-in-charge and inspectors-in-charge of 173 police stations across West Bengal, including 31 under Kolkata Police, as part of measures to ensure free and fair Assembly elections, officials said. Officers posted in key constituencies such as Bhabanipur in Kolkata and Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district were included in the…
Moscow: Moscow is apprehensive that the US could try to take control of a key Afghan Base amid its escalating military conflict with Iran, a senior Russian diplomat has said. Speaking in an interview with the government news agency RIA Novosti on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy on Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that…
