Guwahati: Himanta Biswa Sarma was elected as the leader of the BJP-led NDA in the Assam assembly on Sunday, paving the way for him to become the chief minister for the second consecutive term in the state, Union minister J P Nadda said. Eight BJP legislators proposed the name of Sarma as its legislature party…
Chennai: TVK founder Vijay, immediately after taking over as the Chief Minister on Sunday, signed papers allowing 200 units of free electricity for domestic consumers, for setting up a special force for women’s safety and also for anti-drug trafficking units across the state. In his maiden address at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here after…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated TVK chief C Joseph Vijay on taking oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, and said the central government will keep working with the state government to improve the lives of people. TVK chief and its Legislature Party Leader Vijay was sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief…
Kolkata: As dusk settled over Metiabruz in southwest Kolkata on May 9, television screens inside crowded restaurants replayed visuals of Suvendu Adhikari taking oath as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister, a moment that until recently would have seemed politically unimaginable in a state shaped for decades by anti-BJP sentiment. In many Muslim neighbourhoods across…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister D Sudhakar died in the early hours of Sunday after a prolonged illness, a medical bulletin said. He was 66. The planning and statistics minister breathed his last at the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences here. He had been undergoing treatment for a lung infection for the past two months. “Honourable Minister…
Jammu: The 100-day ‘drug-free J-K campaign’ has achieved significant success across the Union Territory, leading to the arrest of 646 persons in 614 FIRs related to drug peddling and seizure of more than 260 kg of narcotic substances, officials said. They added that the campaign also led to the attachment and demolition of properties worth…
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate or lay the foundation stone for development projects worth around Rs 9,500 crore and address a BJP rally here today This marks his first public rally in Telangana following his 2024 re-election and historic BJP victories in the West Bengal and Assam assembly elections this month….
Chennai: After securing a thin majority in the Tamil Nadu assembly with support from Congress, CPI-M, CPI, VCK and IUML, TVK chief Vijay finally met Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Arlekar at Lok Bhavan on Saturday evening . This is Vijay’s fourth meeting since the results were announced on May 4. With the support of five…
Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple authorities on Saturday said the inventory process of the sacred ‘Ratna Bhandar’ of the Puri temple will resume on May 11 and will continue for two days, adhering to the SOPs approved by the Odisha government. Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator Arabinda Padhee said that the Ratna Bhandar…
New Delhi/Chandigarh: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora in a fresh money laundering case against him, and some entities allegedly linked to him, officials said. Arora was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after raids were conducted at his official residence in Chandigarh since early…
