BJP is misusing Income Tax, CBI and Enforcement Directorate, says DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi Karunanidhi who predicts a DMK win in 2026. In an interview with Julie Mariappan, the DMK MP says the Dravidian model govt is inclusive and serves everyone, while BJP is against Tamil-speaking Hindus. Excerpts:Q: Will it be Dravidian ideology versus Hindutva in the 2026 election?In Tamil Nadu, a...
CHENNAI: Union minister and BJP’s Tamil Nadu election in-charge Piyush Goyal on Tuesday met AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami in Chennai, signalling the start of structured alliance talks ahead of the 2026 assembly election.He was “delighted to meet his dear friend and brother EPS”, Goyal said in a joint press meet with EPS, adding that their discussions revolved around...
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance asserted dominance in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region following local election victories THANE/NAVI MUMBAI: The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance’s decisive local election victory on Sunday reinforced its political dominance in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) after the 2024 assembly elections.BJP trumped deputy CM Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena in its bastions of Ambernath and...
PUNE: Even as BJP emerged as the single largest party in the municipal council and nagar panchayat elections across the state, Congress managed to halt BJP’s juggernaut in several municipal councils and nagar panchayats in Vidarbha. In Maharashtra’s sugar bowl of western Maharashtra, BJP battled its own Mahayuti alliance partners as Congress and NCP (SP) struggled to retain hold.BJP made inroads...
BHOPAL: Congress released its first list of 144 candidates for the MP polls Sunday with a nod to numerology - at 9.09 am on the first day of Navratri, fielding 69 of its 96 sitting MLAs in a mix skewed towards youth. PCC chief Kamal Nath was among the nominees, 65 of them below 50. Rahul Gandhi calls ‘unemployment’ single biggest issue in IndiaBesides 19 women, there are six Muslim, 39 OBC, 30 ST...
Much attention will be lavished on caste and community voting intentions in these state polls, very little on boring stuff like agriculture. Yet in MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana, farmers are key election influencers.The farm factor, at the base level, comes from the share of population that works in agriculture - 72.4% in MP, 70% in Chhattisgarh, 62% in Rajasthan and 60% in Telangana....
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday set the ball rolling for assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram - the last electoral battle in the run-up to 2024 general election - by announcing a 24-day poll window extending from November 7 to November 30.Chhattisgarh will be the only state to have polling in two phases, with the assembly constituencies in the...
SINGPORE: Singapore's election authority has lodged a police report against an Indian-origin suspended lawyer and a local activist of Chinese origin for publishing multiple posts on social media during the cooling-off period ahead of the country's presidential election, according to a media report on Monday. The Elections Department of Singapore (ELD) filed the police report against Ravi Madasamy and...
NEW DELHI: Close to one lakh Delhi University students will vote to choose their union on Friday after a three-year break that started because of the Covid-19 lockdown.The election is returning to the campus after 2019 with intense campaigns by students' organisations. As the university prepared for the election, on Thursday the varsity became a fortress with heavy security. DU officials held meetings...
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment bill to reserve one-third of seats in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for women, reviving a bill pending for 27 years for want of consensus among parties.The government said the women's reservation bill is aimed at enabling greater participation of women in policy-making at the state and national levels.Leaders across...
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