NEW DELHI: BJP chief Amit Shah today criticised Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on dynastic politics and said the BJP believes in the politics of performance while the Congress banks on the “politics of appeasement and dynasty”. In his inaugural address at the BJP national executive, Shah said the current president, vice […]
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav today ruled out forming any new party “as of now”, putting a lid on speculation that he could part ways amid the continuing battle for supremacy in the party. Blowing hot and cold, the Samajwadi patriarch said his blessings were with his son Akhilesh Yadav though he did […]
CHENNAI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today met veteran actor Kamal Haasan and hailed him for coming out against communalism and corruption amid mounting speculation that the latter would take a political plunge. Kejriwal also said that the 62-year-old multilingual actor should enter politics. Today’s interaction where the two men had mutual admiration for each […]
CHENNAI: Eighteen rebel AIADMK MLAs were today disqualified by Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal amid the power tussle between chief minister K Palaniswami and sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran. Dhinakaran said his MLAs will approach the court against the disqualification even as the rebels dubbed the move as a “murder of democracy”. “Our MLAs will move the […]
CHENNAI: AIADMK General Council meeting expelled Sasikala and named Jayalalithaa as the eternal general secretary of the party. The AIADMK decided to name late J Jayalalithaa as the permanent general secretary of the party in the general council meeting which was its first since two factions led by CM E Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam merged […]
CHENNAI: Amid the continued rebellion by 21 MLAs loyal to sidelined party deputy chief TTV Dhinakaran, a meeting of the AIADMK (Amma), headed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami, today decided to convene the party’s general council, where a decision to remove jailed party general secretary V K Sasikala from the post could be […]
PANAJI: The ruling BJP today won the by- elections to two assembly seats in Goa, with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar emerging victorious from Panaji and health minister Vishwajit Rane from Valpoi. It was crucial for the BJP to bag the two seats as it does not enjoy a majority on its own in the 40-member […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Thiruvananthapuram sessions court granted bail for Congress MLA M Vincent who has been arrested on the charge of rape based on a statement given by a 51-year-old woman, who attempted suicide in Thiruvananthapuram. He was given bail after a remand of 34 days. The court directed Vincent not to enter the ward where the […]
CHENNAI: The two rival factions of AIADMK led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam have announced their merger on Monday in their party head-quarters. OPS, Jayalalithaa’s staunch loyalist and stand-in during her lifetime, will be Deputy Chief Minister with the finance portfolio and also take charge of the party as […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Thiruvananthapuram session court rejected the bail plea of Congress MLA M Vincent who has been arrested on the charge of rape based on a statement given by a 51-year-old woman, who attempted suicide in Thiruvananthapuram. The bail petition was rejected by the Neyyattinkara magistrate court earlier also. The prosecution argued that Vincent might sabotage […]