Chennai: DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin would launch his first phase of election campaign from Tiruvarur constituency on March 31 for the upcoming Assembly polls, the party said on Sunday. Tiruvarur is the hometown of late DMK patriarch and former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. Stalin will seek votes for the…
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,…
New Delhi: The applicability of newly reimposed export windfall taxes on shipments of diesel and ATF from Reliance Industries’ SEZ refinery remains the key uncertainty, following India’s fuel duty overhaul, with significant implications for refining margins and government revenues, according to analysts. Under the revised framework, effective March 26, India has imposed export duties of…
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…
Bengaluru: Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori labelled his side’s bowling display against Royal Challengers Bengaluru as “poor”, conceding they allowed Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli far too many scoring opportunities in the IPL opener here. After raising 201 for 9 in the season-opener on Saturday, the Hyderabad side could not tackle the marauding Padikkal…
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…
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday extended greetings to all members of the TDP on the occasion of its 44th foundation day. The chief minister said the party has always upheld NT Rama Rao’s principle of providing food, shelter and clothing to the poor, adding that the Telugu Desam Party (TDP)…
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….
