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Chennai, March 19 – AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) will arrive in New Delhi on Thursday as crucial talks between the AIADMK and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) enter their final phase ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.According to sources, Palaniswami will...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam wrote a letter to the CEC on Wednesday, alleging that the BJP was deliberately attempting to manipulate electoral rolls by facilitating the wrongful inclusion of voters.In his letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Viswam alleged that the BJP...

Chennai, March 18 The ruling DMK on Wednesday allocated five seats to its ally CPI for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, bringing to a close several rounds of talks held between the two parties.Following talks held at the party headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, here, it was decided that...

Chennai, March 18 The ruling DMK allocated five seats to its ally CPI for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Wednesday, bringing to a close several rounds of negotiations between the two parties.Following discussions held at the party headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, here, it was...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam has asserted that the Sabarimala gold theft scandal will backfire on the Congress-led UDF and BJP, shielding the ruling LDF from any electoral fallout in the upcoming polls in Kerala.Viswam also said that he does not believe there...

Chennai, March 18 – The ruling DMK is expected to finalize its seat-sharing arrangement with its Left allies – the CPI and CPI(M) – on Wednesday, as negotiations enter the final stage, with indications pointing towards a continuation of the 2021 formula.Sources within the DMK said the party...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 17 CPI MLA C. C. Mukundan, who has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), resigned from the Assembly on Tuesday.Mukundan, who quit the Communist Party of India (CPI) last week, has now been given the BJP ticket to contest from Nattika in the April 9 Assembly...

Chennai, March 17 – Negotiations on seat-sharing within the DMK-led alliance for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections have reached a critical stage, with the CPI taking a firm stance against any reduction in its allocated seats.The Left party has decided that it will not accept fewer than...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 16 MLA C C Mukundan, who was expelled from the CPI, joined the BJP here on Monday.Mukundan was expelled from the Left party after he expressed his displeasure with the CPI for not considering him again for the SC-reserved Nattika constituency.He had previously been...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 With the election schedule announced, the CPI(M) and CPI, which were the first to announce candidates, have moved ahead with campaign activities, while other parties are finalizing their candidate lists in Kerala.Several CPI and CPI(M) leaders were engaged in...

Kerala, March 15 – Political parties in Kerala are gearing up for a tough election after the Election Commission announced the election schedule on Sunday, with Left parties releasing their candidate lists first.With the Model Code of Conduct now in effect and a shortened campaigning period...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 The CPI, a major coalition partner in the LDF, announced candidates for 25 constituencies in the Kerala Assembly elections to be held on April 9.CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam announced the candidates shortly after the Election Commission announced the poll...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 – With the Kerala Assembly elections scheduled for April 9, Communist Party of India state Secretary Binoy Viswam released the party's list of 25 candidates on Sunday, dropping six sitting legislators who had completed three consecutive terms.The CPI, the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 The CPI announced candidates for 25 constituencies in the Kerala Assembly elections, scheduled for April 9.CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam announced the candidates shortly after the Election Commission announced the election schedule.The CPI is a key ally of the...

Ranchi, March 14 The Jharkhand unit of the CPI will celebrate the party's centenary on Sunday in Ranchi, a party leader said.CPI national general secretary D Raja and former West Bengal minister Shivkumar Mukherjee will attend the state-level celebration, he said."The Communist Party of...

New Delhi, March 13 The proposal to set up a coaching terminal at Nemom in Kerala is based on ground reports, feasibility studies, and actual requirements from the field, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.Responding to CPI(M) MP John Brittas' claim that the...

New Delhi, March 12 Retail inflation in the country rose to 3.21 per cent in February, compared to 2.74 per cent in the previous month, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released on Thursday.The inflation data is based on the new CPI series with the base year of 2024.Food inflation...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 10 The CPI expelled sitting MLA C C Mukundan from the party's primary membership on Tuesday, accusing him of serious anti-party activities, in a development that has further fueled the turmoil over candidate selection ahead of the Assembly elections.The disciplinary...

Hyderabad, March 9 Congress candidates Abhishek Singhvi and Vem Narender Reddy were unopposed elected to the Rajya Sabha from Telangana on Monday.The Returning Officer announced their election after the deadline for withdrawing nominations had passed.Narender Reddy, a close aide of Chief...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 9 The CPI's candidate selection process has become turbulent, with sitting Dalit MLA C C Mukundan from Nattika openly declaring on Monday that he would contest as an independent following reports that he was denied a party ticket for the upcoming Assembly elections.The...