Kochi: A section of AIADMK MLAs led by C V Shanmugam have raised banners of revolt against party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami holding him accountable for the party’s defeats.They have demanded the resignation of Edappadi as party won only 47 of 234 seats in the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.The leaders expressed their non confidence in …
Kochi: Joseph Vijay is the fourth actor to become Chief Minister while legendary hero M G Ramachandran (MGR) was the first to achieve the feat in 1977.Setting an example 50 years before for others to emulate, MGR was voted to power with 130 seats defeating his arch rival Karunanidhi led DMKwhich got only 48 seats …
Kochi: Bringing an end to five days of suspense and drama, the newly floated Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) led by actor Chandrasekar Joseph Vijay came to power in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar administered the oath to Vijay and eight TVK MLAs as cabinet ministers at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attended …
Kochi: In a major humiliation, the Congress failed to find a Chief Ministerial candidate in Kerala after hours long discussion.The chief minister contenders Ramesh Chennithala, K C Venugopal and V D Satheesan refused to budge resulting in the deadlock, Asianet News reported.Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition, is upset over the adamancy of …
Kochi: Hunger for power in Congress leading it to existential crisis in a place where it thrived under the leadership of Chief Ministers late K Karunakaran and A K Antony who used to carry his resignation letter in pocket, political observers said.After winning a total of 63 seats out of 103 pocketed by United Democratic …
Kochi: Suvendu Adhikari, 57, created history to become Chief Minister of the maiden BJP government in Bengal in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.Governor R N Ravi administered the oath of office to Suvendu along with Dilip Ghosh, Agnimitra Paul, Ashok Kirtania, Kshudiram Tudu, and Nisith Pramanik as Ministers.Union Ministers including Home …
Kochi: Actor turned politician Joseph Vijay founder of Tamiliga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has claimed to have mustered the needed 118 number of MLAs to form his maiden government in Tamil Nadu.The TVK has been promised support of five MLAs of Congress, two of CPI, two of CPM even as the Left parties claimed not to …
Kochi: Suvendu Adhikari was named as the new Chief Minister of the first BJP government in West Bengal as announced by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday.Amit Shah announced the name of Adhikari in the BJP legislature party meeting which ratified the decision.Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata in the morning …
Kochi: India on Thursday urged Dhaka to expedite nationality verification to repatriate illegal immigrants to Bangladesh.External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was responding to Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed expressing fear over India sending back illegal immigrants to Bangladesh after BJP’s victory in Bengal assembly elections.Responding to the media, Ahmed said the Border Guard Bangladesh …
Kochi: Bengal assembly was dissolved by Governor R N Ravi on the expiry of its tenure and culmination of Trinamool Congress government.The Governor used the constitutional powers under Article 174 (2)(b) of the Constitution of India to dissolve the government.The BJP which was voted to power is not able to form the government as outgoing …
Kochi: Factionalism in Congress surfaced again in Kerala making it a herculean task for the party national leadership to pick the new Chief Minister.The adamancy of seniormost leader Ramesh Chennithala, 69, K C Venugopal, 63, and the youngest among them V D Satheesan, 62, has put Congress’ reputation at stake.Voting back to power after a …
Kochi: Congress national leadership is struggling to find a Chief Minister candidate in Kerala as Ramesh Chennithala, V D Satheesan and K C Venugopal refused to compromise on Thursday.Party observers Mukul Wasnik and Ajay Maken are holding talks with Satheesan in Thiruvananthapuram.Congress general secretary in charge of Kerala Deepa Dasmunsi is also engaged in talks.They …
Kochi: Post election debacle, CPM in Kerala is in a major crisis as many leaders have opposed appointing disgraced former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as the new Opposition Leader.However, leaders like K N Balagopal and Saji Cherian put their weight behind Pinarayi in becoming Leader of Opposition even as Wednesday’s secretariat meeting did not formalise …
Kochi: Defence Minister commended Indian Armed Forces on the anniversary of Operation Sindoor.Singh praised the courage and dedication of the armed forces in safeguarding the nation.On his social media post on the X, Singh said their performance during the operation reflected unmatched precision, seamless jointness and deep synergy across services, setting a benchmark for modern …
Kochi: In a dramatic move, there are reports of DMK holding talks with arch rival AIADMK to form a government to prevent TVK from forming a non Dravidian government, media reports said.This is also seen as a move by the DMK to avenge Congress for ditching Chief Minister Stalin’s party to help Joseph Vijay form …
Kochi: West Bengal is facing an unprecedented crisis as the outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is not willing to resign even after losing badly to the BJP.This has led to breakdown of constitutional machinery in the state forcing the Governor to invoke President rule.The new BJP government was likely to take oath on Saturday after …
Kochi: Congress-led front is claiming credit for its commendable victory in Kerala Assembly polls forgetting the fact that the Left had lost after 10 years’ rule due to The Congress-led front did not have much to do as the outgoing Pinarayi Vijayan government had kicked a self goal on many occasions during the one decade …
Kochi: Congress-led UDF is buoyed over its commendable assembly election victory in Kerala where they were out of power for one decade.The UDF is rightfully celebrating the win as it had endured well cadre-based Left front and the RSS powered mighty BJP.The pity of the matter is the bumpy road ahead of the faction ridden …
Kochi: Congress-led I.N.D.I.A received a major blow in four out of five states in the Assembly polls except Kerala where it performed outstandingly winning 102 out of 144 seats ousting Left front which got 36 seats backed by Muslim League.BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) made history by winning three seats in Kerala, bettering its previous …
Kochi: Nine people were killed and two others injured in a fire in a four-storey building in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar area onInitially the fire was confined to the second floor. Later it spread to the third floor and fourth floors, media reports said.Fourteen fire tenders rushed to the spot after the blaze was reported at …
