Kochi: Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) floated by former Congress Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh will merge with the BJP on September 19 in Delhi. He and a few MLAs will join the party in the presence of BJP president J P Nadda. Singh had recently met the Prime minister and Home Minister. Capt Singh had …
Kochi: A video of a stray dog intruding into the sanitised zone of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in New Delhi is becoming viral. The security driving it away and the dog continuing to loiter in the vicinity of the Chief Minister is worth watching. At a time when Kerala is groping in the dark …
Kochi: In a major blow to the Congress, eight Congress MLAs in Goa joined the BJP on Wednesday bringing down the strength of Congress to three in the assembly. There were eleven Congress members in the Goa assembly. The defectors included former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, leader of Opposition Micheal Lobo, wife Delilah Lobo, Kedar …
Kochi: In a blow to Kerala legislator K T Jaleel, a Delhi court has directed the police to register a case against him for his controversial remarks on Kashmir. The court gave the direction while hearing a petition filed by one G S Mani whose complaint against the former state minister Jaleel was pending unattended …
Kochi: Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that Jammu and Kashmir has little chance of getting special status back. He said some parties were “misleading people” by offering false promises of fetching back the Special Status which was scrapped by the Parliament three years back. Addressing a public meeting in Baramulla in North …
Kochi: The Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, MP, is arming the BJP to fire new salvos at him with the latest being his meeting with a controversial Christian priest George Ponnaiah whose remarks have helped the saffron party to trigger a new controversy. The video of Rahul meeting with George is …
Kochi: Ahead of divestment in Container Corporation of India, the Centre has cleareda revised railway leasing policy that would facilitate it to rent out its land for a longer period for storing cargo at budget rate. This is likely to help integrated development of infrastructure and creation of more cargo terminals that would help the …
Kochi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi offered tributes to his father and late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur near Chennai before flagging off the Bharat Jodo Yatra at Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu today. Rahul, who was the president of the party, will lead the 3,570 kms to Kashmir with the message to strengthen the country’s …
Kochi: Kerala with 15.3 percent topped in possession of drugs for personal consumption while Arunachal Pradesh stood second with 14.2 percent and Punjab third with 13.8 third during the year 2021, as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Punjab topped the list of crime under the NDPS Act with 32.8 per cent, Himachal Pradesh …
Kochi: The murder of BJP leader Sonali Phogat is getting murkier each day as a drug peddler has been arrested while the owner of the Curlis Club where she was given drugs is under surveillance, media reports said. Her personal assistant Sudhir Sagwan and his friend Sukhwinder Wasi who were arrested, were produced before a …
Kochi: Senior Congress Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad quit from the primary membership of the party today. Azad, who had assumed key positions in the party in Jammu and Kashmir, had resigned from those posts on August 16. The 71 year old Azad, who is a former Union Minister, was not happy in the party and …
Kochi: Three Indian Air Force (IAF) officials were terminated for accidentally firing missiles to Pakistan on March 9, media reports said. The action was taken on the basis of a high level probe conducted by the IAF into the firing of medium range cruise missile BrahMos to the neighbouring country, the reports said. The incident …
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the 75th Independence day from the 17th century Red Fort today. He spoke about what the citizens should do for the future development of the country which included striving to end misogyny and fight corruption and nepotism. Modi said India can become a developed economy in …
Kochi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been diagnosed with Covid 19 infection for the second time. This was disclosed by Party General Secretary Jayaram Ramesh who is also incharge of media communications, media reports said. As per covid protocol Sonia Gandhi is in isolation, he said. The 75-year-old leader was affected by Covid 19 in …
Kochi: Despite heading a minority party, Nitish Kumar used his political upmanship to become the Chief Minister of Bihar for the eight time today. Getting out of the tie up with the major party BJP of the NDA, Nitish went back to the erstwhile coalition of Mahagathbandhan that was formed in the state a few …
Kochi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of JD(U) resigned today bringing an end to the long lasting association with the BJP. The relationship between the JD(U) and BJP was on a rough path for the last few years. There were reports of BJP trying to engineer a split in JD(U) for its advantage. This was …
Kochi: Split in the BJP-led NDA and JD(U) alliance has made the exit of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar imminent even as he appears to have found an alternative partner to form a new government. Nitish Kumar had held a meeting of MPs, MLAs to discuss the matter. The leaders are reported to be unanimously behind …
Kochi: Indian space agency, ISRO’s maiden developmental flight SSLV-D1 mission launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sreeharikotta, near Chennai, on Sunday encountered problems in putting on the targeted orbit.The ISRO described the newly launched satellites as no more usable, media reports said.The launch vehicle carrying a 35 kg EOS -02 a 135 kg satellite …
Kochi: Jagdeep Dhankar, fielded by the ruling NDA, was today elected the 14th Vice President of the country. Dhankar secured 346 votes against Opposition candidate Margaret Alva. He bagged 528 votes out of 725 cast. While 15 were invalid. Alva got 182 votes. Voting began at 10 am and concluded at 5 pm. Two BJP …
Kochi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi and a number of party MPs were arrested for taking out a march against issues like price rise, unemployment, GST hike, violating prohibitory orders in New Delhi on Friday. They were taken to Kingsway camp police station. Congress President Sonia Gandhi led the march participated by scores …
