Chennai: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said his party did not reject EVMs and the party is for improvement of VVPAT. Answering a question at a press conference here, Chidambaram said that in the Congress party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, ‘we did not reject EVMs.’ “Please read the manifesto, what we…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK on Friday stated that the people did not vote for Narendra Modi to rule the nation but circumstances have allowed him to become prime minister on the basis of “borrowed benevolence” — pointing to the support from NDA allies, including TDP and JD(U). The Dravidian party’s Tamil mouthpiece ‘Murasoli,’ in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan ahead of government formation and stakes claim to form the government, reported ANI. Earlier in the day, Modi was chosen as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parliamentary party, thus paving the way for him to become…
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday filed a supplementary charge sheet against BRS leader K Kavitha before a court here in the excise ‘scam’ related corruption case. The charge sheet is likely to be taken up by Special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja later in the day. Kavitha is currently in judicial custody (JC) in the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he would strive to ensure unanimity in all decisions of his next government and asserted that the NDA is an organic alliance committed to the principle of ‘nation first’. Chosen by BJP-led National Democratic Alliance as their leader to become prime minister for the third time,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the qualitative changes in India’s education sector are reflected in the QS World University Ranking and his government will work on further boosting research and innovation in the third term. “Over the last decade, we have focused on qualitative changes in the education sector. This is…
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu): AIADMK leader and former state minister S P Velumani on Thursday blamed BJP state chief K Annamalai for the split in AIADMK-BJP ties ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, and claimed that had the poll alliance remained intact, the combine would have won 30-35 seats. His view, though rejected by Annamalai, was…
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he would fulfil his promise of giving special category status to the states of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also took a swipe at the prime minister, saying it is being claimed repeatedly that the Modi 3. 0 government…
New Delhi: The Congress has convened a meeting of its working committee on June 8 to discuss the Lok Sabha poll result. Votes of the election were counted on June 4. The meeting has been convened by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and he will chair it. Party leaders will discuss the outcome of the Lok…
New Delhi: Newly elected MPs of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance are expected to meet on Friday to elect Narendra Modi as their leader, paving the way for him to take oath as prime minister for a third term. Sources said after Modi’s election as the leader of NDA MPs, senior members of the alliance…
