Malapuram (Kerala): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday termed the alleged seat-for-cash controversy linked to Congress in the Haryana Assembly elections as “extremely serious” and demanded the party leadership respond to the charges. Addressing reporters here, Vijayan said allegations have surfaced that senior Congress leaders and their close aides had allegedly sought huge sums…
Chennai: In his maiden electoral venture, TVK chief Vijay on Sunday announced that he would contest from two constituencies for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. He said, “It will be C Joseph Vijay,” from Perambur in Chennai and Tiruchirappally East. Addressing a party functionaries’ meet here, he named candidates for other seats too,…
Kolkata: The influence of the family, led by former union minister Sisir Adhikari, and the shifting of its political allegiance is a factor in three assembly constituencies in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, with the contest intensifying between the ruling TMC and the opposition BJP. The Adhikari family, once a bulwark of anti-Left politics in…
New Delhi: A combination of security pressure and rehabilitation efforts has given a deadly blow to Naxalism, one of the country’s longest-running insurgencies, with more than 10,000 Maoists laying down arms in the last decade and top leadership eliminated, officials said. The Union Home Ministry had set the deadline to eliminate Naxalism from the country…
Patna: In view of the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the Bihar government constituted a crisis management group to ensure the uninterrupted supply of essential goods and services, safeguard the interests of migrant workers, and coordinate response measures to any potential fallout. According to a statement issued by the state’s Disaster Management Department, the group…
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Saturday published the third supplementary voter list under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls for 2026. The poll panel, however, did not provide details on the total number of deletions or inclusions in the third list, which follows the publication of the second supplementary list on Friday night….
New Delhi: India on Saturday rejected a media report that said billionaire Elon Musk joined a phone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump earlier this week. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Tuesday’s conversation was between the two leaders only. The New York Times, quoting unnamed US officials, reported…
Noida: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged citizens to work with dedication and unity to tackle global challenges, and said that the government prioritizes securing India’s interests and safeguarding “families and farmers”. Referring to the ongoing conflict in West Asia, while addressing a gathering at the inauguration of the first phase of the Noida…
Guwahati: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will on Sunday release the party’s manifesto for the April 9 Assam assembly elections, AICC general secretary Jitendra Singh said. The manifesto is based on several months of work, during which our leaders and members reached out to people across the state, Singh, who is the All India Congress Committee…
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday sharpened the BJP’s campaign pitch for the West Bengal Assembly polls by publishing a ‘charge sheet’ against the TMC government and framing the election as a battle not merely for the state, but for the country’s security. Launching a broadside at the ruling TMC in Kolkata, Shah…
