Politics

DMK Working President MK Stalin said his party had often highlighted the "one-sided approach” of the Election Commission.

Expressing confidence that Chief Minister K Palaniswami's camp would get the 'two leaves' symbol, the State Dairy Minister said, "The symbol will come to EPS camp... there is no doubt about it."

The BJP government in the state has launched a number of big-ticket projects, doled out sops for government employees and balanced political equations after EC delayed the announcement of poll dates.

Mulayam Singh Yadav also went to meet his estranged cousin Ram Gopal Yadav at his house on Wednesday.

Chandy said he would submit a letter to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, seeking a copy of the report of the Justice G Sivarajan headed commission that probed the scandal, which rocked the previous Congress-led UDF government headed by Chandy.

While the BJP government has tried everything to woo back the Patidar community, like that of withdrawing the police cases against Patidar leaders, PAAS continues to be adamant with its quota demand.

Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh was addressing a gathering of bankers here, as part of a promotion campaign of MUDRA (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency).

Mounting a scathing attack on the national parties, Patnaik accused them of destroying the federal structure of the country and working for fostering their party interests.

The newly-elected members of the Delhi Congress on Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution, urging Rahul Gandhi to take over as the party president.

Once the second-in-command in the TMC after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Roy was suspended for six years for "anti-party activities" after he said on September 25 that he would resign from the party after Durga Puja.

“We have finalised names of six sitting MLAs for candidature but are withholding their names as an announcement at this juncture could jeopardise their membership to assembly", said JCC Supremo and the former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi

Sasikala had sought parole for 15 days to meet her 74-year-old estranged husband who was a bureaucrat in the Tamil Nadu government during Jayalalithaa's earlier tenures.

Two events – Demonetisation and implementation of the Goods and Service Tax – could upset the fairy tale story of the BJP’s performance in urban seats in the forthcoming Assembly election in Gujarat.

As India celebrates Vijaya Dashami or Dussehra today, top government and opposition leaders will take part in key events and rallies.

As Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad condoled the deaths, the party asked the PM to give "real solutions" to the Railway Ministry instead of just changing ministers.

MLA C V Shanmugam, who was part of a delegation that made the submissions at the EC, said affidavits from 95 percent of party cadres supporting the merged faction have been submitted.