A month after she was removed from the post of Tamil Nadu Mahila Congress chief, party MLA S. Vijayadharani, was on Friday appointed secretary of the All India Mahila Congress. A statement said the decision was made by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. A vocal legislator, Ms. Vijayadharani found herself in a controversy last year after her followers complained to the […]
» Read moreThe Election Commission of India on Friday announced the schedule for Assembly elections in four States and one Union Territory, which will be conducted in multiple phases from April 4 to May 16. Elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry will be held in a single phase on May 16, said Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi. In West Bengal, owing […]
» Read moreKanhaiya Kumar in his fiery speech took a dig at PM Modi, the BJP, Smriti Irani and RSS along with emphasizing his stand on wanting “freedom in India, not freedom from India”. JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, after being freed on an interim bail, returned to JNU campus on Thursday night and addressed the gathering with a power-packed speech. WATCH VIDEO: […]
» Read moreFollowing is a list of items that will turn costlier: Cars Cigarettes Cigar Tobacco All services like bill payments, eating out, air travel Ready made garments and branded apparel of more than Rs 1,000 Gold and Silver; jewelery articles excluding silver Water including mineral water, aerated water containing added sugar or sweetening matter Goods and services above Rs 2 […]
» Read moreThe Central government swung into damage control mode as the suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula, research scholar at the University of Hyderabad (UoH), became a raging political controversy on Wednesday. The government and in fact the BJP too appeared anxious to divorce the death from any caste angle, a politically precarious situation for the party. Union Minister for Human […]
» Read moreYSR Congress MP Mithun Reddy was arrested at the Chennai airport early morning on Sunday for allegedly assaulting an Air India official last November. The MP was arrested at the airport at 2am on Sunday and later produced in the Srikala court. He had been taken into a 14-day judicial custody in Chittoor. According to reports, a criminal case was registered […]
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