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Bhubaneswar, March 25 – The Odisha Assembly continued to be disrupted on Wednesday as opposition parties, including the BJD and Congress, intensified their protests over the fire on March 16 in the Trauma Care ICU of SCB Medical College and Hospital, which claimed 12 lives and left many severely...

Puducherry, March 25 As the April 9 election for the Puducherry territorial assembly approaches, various political parties and their candidates have intensified their door-to-door campaigning.Candidates, accompanied by their supporters carrying their respective party flags, began approaching...

New Delhi, March 25 The all-party meeting convened by the government to discuss the ongoing West Asia crisis began here on Wednesday evening.All Union ministers who are part of the Cabinet Committee on Security – Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs...

New Delhi, March 25 – The government assured opposition parties on Wednesday that more ships are passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and there is no cause for concern.At an all-party meeting held here on the West Asia crisis, the government told opposition leaders that India is...

Agartala/Kohima, March 25 – Multi-cornered contests are expected in both Tripura and Nagaland, with several candidates filing nominations for the April 9 by-elections in the Dharmanagar and Koridang Assembly constituencies, respectively.In Tripura, six candidates have filed their nomination...

Chandigarh, March 25 – A delegation from the BJP, led by the party’s Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar, met with Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here on Wednesday and demanded a CBI investigation into the alleged suicide case of Divisional Magistrate Gagandeep Singh Randhawa.Speaking to the media...

Chennai, March 25 – The DMK is set to contest at least 165 seats in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, as the party finalized its seat-sharing arrangement within the Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), comprising 26 political parties.With 66 seats already allocated to allies, the...

Kasaragod (Kerala), March 25 – Emerging as a prominent leader in the Yuva Morcha nearly two decades ago in Kerala’s politically charged landscape, dominated by the CPI(M) and the Congress, former BJP chief K Surendran is one of the key candidates in the April 9 elections, despite facing 242...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 25 Congress general secretary K C Venugopal claimed on Wednesday that the BJP will not be able to gain a foothold in Kerala and asserted that the UDF's proposed welfare guarantees, similar to those made in Karnataka and Telangana, will also be successful in the southern...

New Delhi, March 25: Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting with all political leaders on Wednesday evening to brief them on the evolving crisis in West Asia, amid growing concerns about its economic and security implications for India.Five to six ministers, including External Affairs...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 25 The ruling LDF has only one chief ministerial candidate – Pinarayi Vijayan – although his party, CPI(M), has not officially declared him for the post in the April 9 Assembly polls.In contrast, the opposition UDF has at least three contenders, with senior Congress...

Mumbai, March 24 The opposition Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress submitted a notice on Tuesday seeking the removal of Maharashtra legislative council's Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe, accusing her of misusing her power by ordering the suspension of an IPS officer.The two opposition parties...

In Alappuzha, on March 24, Congress General Secretary, Organisation, and Alappuzha MP K. C. Venugopal launched a sharp attack on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, alleging a covert political understanding between the CPI-M and the BJP ahead of the Assembly elections, and describing him as...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 – The acceptance of BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar's nomination papers on Tuesday effectively ended speculation surrounding allegations raised by the Congress regarding discrepancies in his election affidavit, providing a significant boost to the party...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 Kerala CEO Rathan U Kelkar said on Tuesday that they have received a legal opinion regarding the allegations made by BJP candidate B Gopalakrishnan, who reportedly made a remark about "Hindu MLA," and will soon submit a report on the matter to the ECI.He told...

Bhubaneswar, March 24 Chaos prevailed at the Odisha assembly on Tuesday, with proceedings adjourned multiple times amid opposition protests demanding the resignation of Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling over the deaths of 12 patients in a fire at a state-run hospital in Cuttack.Members of the...

New Delhi, March 24 BJP MP Anurag Thakur accused Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, of being the "Leader of Propaganda or the Leader opposing Bharat" on Tuesday. This follows Rahul Gandhi's recent remarks alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "100 per cent under the...

Agartala, March 24 – A day after the Tipra Motha Party (TMP) supremo, Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma, announced that his party would not form any alliances for the upcoming elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), the BJP on Tuesday declared its list of...

Kannur (Kerala), March 24 The Peravoor Assembly constituency in the politically sensitive Kannur district is known for its relatively calm atmosphere, where most people depend on farming for their livelihood.However, the hilly region, which has experienced incidents of human-animal conflict...

Mumbai, March 24 NCP leader Sunil Tatkare said on Tuesday that the party is keen to ensure that the upcoming by-election for the Baramati assembly constituency in Maharashtra is held without any opposition, and will initiate talks with the opposition parties.The by-elections to Baramati in...