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New Delhi, April 1 – Tennis legend Leander Paes has expressed his gratitude to Home Minister Amit Shah for inducting him into the Bharatiya Janata Party and said he will strive to live up to his faith with dedication and sincerity.In a post on X, Paes said, "I am deeply honoured and grateful...

New Delhi, March 28 The Congress gained momentum in Uttarakhand on Saturday as six senior leaders, including three former state MLAs, joined the party here in the presence of the party's general secretary and state in-charge, Kumari Selja.Rajkumar Thukral, Narayan Pal, Bhimlal Arya, Gaurav...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 22 The verbal sparring between CPI(M) leaders and G Sudhakaran, who left the party to contest as an independent in Ambalapuzha, showed no signs of abating, with the latest exchange between Left leader V Vijayaraghavan and the veteran communist on Sunday.Speaking at a...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 Two Congress leaders joined the BJP on Friday and are likely to contest in the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala.B S Anoop, who was the Congress candidate from Chirayinkeezhu in the 2021 Assembly polls, and KPCC working committee member R S Arun Raj joined the...

Guwahati, March 19 Following Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi's decision to join the BJP, his son Prateek announced that he would not contest the upcoming assembly elections from Margherita on a Congress ticket.In a letter to Congress president and chairman of the Central Election Committee...

Patna, March 17 – Veteran leader K.C. Tyagi indicated on Tuesday that he would soon decide on his next political move after he did not renew his membership of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U).In a press statement, Tyagi said that a meeting of like-minded individuals has been convened on March 22...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 16 In a significant political development ahead of the Assembly elections in Kerala, sitting CPI MLA C. C. Mukundan joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday after being denied a second consecutive ticket by his party.Mukundan, the legislator from Nattika in...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 14 CPI(M) MLA H Salam said on Saturday that senior leader G Sudhakaran's decision to leave the party and contest as an independent from the Ambalapuzha constituency will not affect the party.He was speaking to reporters after four-time MLA Sudhakaran recently decided...

Imphal, March 9 Over 200 new members were inducted into the National People's Party at a consultative meeting and induction programme here on Monday, party sources said.The event, led by party president Conrad Sangma, aimed to expand the party's presence and strengthen its connection with the...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 4 Veteran CPI-M leader and former Kerala Minister G. Sudhakaran has sharply escalated his confrontation with the party leadership, announcing that he will not renew his membership during the ongoing scrutiny process, a move widely seen as a prelude to his exit from the...

Chennai, February 27 Three-time AIADMK Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, who was expelled from the party in 2022, joined the ruling DMK on Friday in the presence of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.Panneerselvam, a close confidant of the late AIADMK supremo J. Jayalalithaa, after unsuccessfully...

Bhupen Borah is set to join the BJP on February 22, according to Assam CMAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Tuesday that former Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president, Bhupen Kumar Borah, will join the Bharatiya Janata Party on February 22.The Chief Minister made the...

Chennai, February 14 – In a significant political development ahead of the upcoming elections in Tamil Nadu, former AIADMK minister Nilofar Kafeel is set to join the DMK on Saturday evening in the presence of Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin.The induction will take place at a...