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TN Assembly elections: Eight-month pregnant homemaker wins Thiru Vi Ka Nagar seat for TVK
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (337+ words) Chennai, May 6 (PTI) Before giving birth, she had already delivered a mandate'a symbol of hope for Thiru Vi Ka Nagar. Echoing Delhi's 2013 "common citizen" political churn associated with the rise of the AAP, an eight-month pregnant homemaker, M R Pallavi,…...
BJP workers used bulldozer to demolish meat shops in Kolkata market after winning elections: TMC
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (349+ words) Kolkata, May 6 (PTI) The TMC on Wednesday alleged that BJP supporters used a bulldozer to demolish a few meat shops in New Market area here during a victory celebration, dubbing the incident "hooliganism". The Mamata Banerjee-led party also accused central…...
Mamata's decision not to quit part of her protest against Centre, EC: Raut
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (373+ words) Mumbai, May 6 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's decision not to quit after her defeat in the assembly polls, calling it a part of her protest against the Centre and…...
Congress CM race tightens in Kerala as lobbying intensifies among three leaders
4+ hour, 52+ min ago (875+ words) (L-R) Kerala Congress leader K C Venugopal, V D Satheesan and Ramesh Chennithala Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Claims of popularity among voters, support from a majority of elected Congress MLAs and experience as the party's seniormost leader are being cited as key…...
Speaker Khader dismisses BJP's charges of 'delay' in swearing-in of Jeevaraj as MLA
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (613+ words) Bengaluru, May 6 (PTI) Karnataka Assembly Speaker U T Khader on Wednesday rejected opposition BJP's allegations of delaying the swearing-in of D N Jeevaraj as MLA, asserting that the process was being handled strictly in accordance with constitutional provisions and rules....
Social media campaigns, flexboards won't decide who will be Kerala CM: Chennithala
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (274+ words) New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, May 6 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, a CM hopeful, on Wednesday said that social media campaigns and putting up of flexboards wiill not be the deciding factors for selecting the chief minister of Kerala. Chennithala made…...
Ball in Vijay's court; high command to decide on support: AIADMK's Kovai Sathyan
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (270+ words) Chennai, May 6 (PTI) Amid intensifying political activity in Tamil Nadu, AIADMK leader Kovai Sathyan on Wednesday said the "ball is in Vijay's court" regarding potential cooperation between the AIADMK and the TVK. Speaking to reporters, Sathyan emphasised that while there…...
A one-vote victory and 50% thresholds: TVK's 2026 election revolution arithmetic
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (593+ words) (L-R) M K Stalin, Vijay and Edappadi K Palaniswami Chennai (PTI): In the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, first-time contender TVK seems to have racked up a bagful of statistics that many thought was impossible even on the day of counting....
Op Sindoor anniversary: What India signals by keeping Indus Treaty suspended
8+ hour, 2+ min ago (1095+ words) New Delhi: The first part of this series examined how the Indus Waters Treaty codified an unequal arrangement in the name of goodwill, with India accepting restrictions, surrendering a far larger share of the river system and even paying Pakistan…...
Trump pauses Project Freedom, claims great progress for final agreement with Iran
9+ hour, 57+ min ago (258+ words) Washington (PTI): President Donald Trump has suspended "Project Freedom," to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, claiming progress in negotiations with Iran toward an agreement to end the war. In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, Trump said,…...