Agartala, March 20 – The Tripura Assembly witnessed chaos on Friday as opposition CPI(M) and Congress members jointly staged a walkout over the adoption of three bills to establish private universities in the state.Opposition leader Jitendra Chaudhury and Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman, while...
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Palakkad, March 20 – The otherwise predictable Ottapalam constituency in Kerala's Palakkad has become one of the most intense battlegrounds in the April 9 Assembly elections, with a dramatic three-way contest featuring a turncoat, a film personality, and an incumbent legislator.At the heart of...
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Guwahati, March 20 Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Assembly, Debabrata Saikia, filed his nomination as a candidate for the Congress party from the Nazira constituency in the Sivasagar district on Friday.The Congress is part of a six-party alliance for the upcoming state elections on...
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 UDF convenor and Congress MP Adoor Prakash said on Friday that while people in Konni in Pathanamthitta district wanted him to contest the Assembly election, he respects the party’s decision not to field MPs.Speaking to reporters, Prakash said he had represented...
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 Breaking his silence after three CPI(M) leaders decided to contest as independents backed by Congress, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the tendency of growing “parliamentary ambitions” had emerged among some cadres.“It is true that an unusual trend is...
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, V D Satheesan, on Friday alleged that a section of the media spread false news about the Congress' candidate selection process at the behest of the CPI(M).A day after reports in the media raised uncertainty about the...
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Alappuzha (Kerala), March 20 CPI(M) rebel leader G Sudhakaran said on Friday that he would campaign against Agriculture Minister P Prasad in Cherthala, accusing him of making unwarranted remarks.Speaking to reporters here, Sudhakaran, who is contesting as an Independent candidate from...
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Kannur (Kerala), March 20 Pinarayi, a village in Kannur district, holds a significant place in the history of Kerala's communist movement. It was here in 1939 that prominent leaders like E M S Namboodiripad, P Krishna Pillai, K Damodaran, and N C Sekhar came together to organize what would later...
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Kannur (Kerala), March 20 Pinarayi, a village in Kannur district, holds a special place in the history of Kerala's communist movement. It was here in 1939 that legendary leaders like E M S Namboodiripad, P Krishna Pillai, K Damodaran, and N C Sekhar came together to organize what would later...
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Pathanamthitta (Kerala), March 20 A case has been registered against a local CPI(M) leader in Ranni here for allegedly having sexual relations with a woman for over two years under a false promise of marriage, police said on Friday.The issue came to light after the 32-year-old woman attempted...
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 – With just two days remaining for the nomination deadline, Kerala's electoral battle has entered a high-stakes phase, with all three major fronts vying to secure candidates and maximize last-minute outreach.Kerala will go to the polls on April 9 to elect a new...
Kannur, March 19 – Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his wife, Kamala, together hold deposits exceeding Rs 1 crore, according to an affidavit submitted on Thursday along with his nomination papers for the Dharmadam Assembly constituency.Kerala will go to the polls on April 9 to elect 140 new...
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Kochi, March 19 Congress leader V D Satheesan launched his election campaign with a roadshow in North Paravoor on Thursday.The roadshow started from Varapuzha and ended in North Paravoor, covering a distance of approximately 10 kilometers.Satheesan was accompanied by Ernakulam DCC president...
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Kolkata, March 19 – The CPI(M)-led Left Front announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections on Thursday, comprising 32 names.In the first list released on March 14, the names of candidates for 192 constituencies were announced. Therefore, the names of...
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New Delhi/Guwahati, March 19 The Congress released its third list of 22 candidates for the April 9 Assam Assembly polls on Thursday, which included four sitting MLAs, two of whom are working presidents of the state unit.The third working president has also been nominated in the latest list...
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Kolkata, March 19 The mother of the victim of the RG Kar case said on Thursday that she wants to contest the West Bengal Assembly elections as a BJP candidate, asserting that she aims to use the political route to remove the TMC government.Speaking to reporters, the deceased doctor's mother...
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 Sports Minister V Abdurahiman will contest from the Tirur Assembly constituency instead of Tanur in the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections, the CPI(M) said on Thursday while releasing a fresh list of candidates.The party had earlier announced the list of 81...
New Delhi, March 19 According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), around 32 per cent of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves, while 14 per cent are billionaires.The report is based on an analysis of affidavits of 229 out of 233 Rajya...
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Kolkata, March 19 The mother of the victim of the RG Kar case said on Thursday that she intends to contest the West Bengal Assembly elections as a BJP candidate, asserting that her aim is to use the political route to remove the TMC government.Speaking to reporters, the mother of the deceased...
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 Congress leader A K Antony said on Thursday that he had urged party strongman K Sudhakaran to abide by the high command's decision, no matter how difficult, to ensure the defeat of the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF.Antony's request to Sudhakaran comes amidst reports of his...
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