Chennai, February 17 – Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thenarasu presented an interim budget of ₹2.55 lakh crore for the 2026-27 fiscal, with a focus on the state's upcoming elections. A significant portion, ₹4,000 crore, was allocated to the DMK's flagship scheme of free bus travel for...
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New Delhi, February 17 Assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry could be held on various dates in April, and the schedule is likely to be announced sometime in mid-March, officials said on Tuesday.They said the Election Commission would announce the dates of...
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Guwahati, February 17 Prominent national and state political parties in Assam, during their meetings with the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday, requested that the assembly elections in Assam be held in either a single phase or a maximum of two phases, officials said.The full bench of the...
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Guwahati, February 16 Three-time Assam Congress MLA Abdur Rashid Mandal joined another opposition party, Raijor Dal, just months ahead of the state assembly elections.This development came hours after state Congress' former president Bhupen Kumar Borah resigned from the party, which was...
Hyderabad, February 16 Tension gripped the town of Thorrur in the Mahabubabad district on Monday as workers from the BRS and the ruling Congress were engaged in scuffles during the election of the municipal chairman.Neither party secured a clear majority in Thorrur in the February 11 municipal...
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Chennai, February 13 The Election Commission on Friday appointed former IRS officer Pratap Singh as the Special Observer for Tamil Nadu in connection with the upcoming state assembly elections.He would also oversee the ongoing Special Intensive Revision process strictly as per the directions...
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Rejinagar, February 11 – Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir began construction of a mosque, modeled after Ayodhya's Babri Masjid, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, on Wednesday.Kabir, who recently formed the Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) after being ousted from the Trinamool Congress, announced...
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In Guwahati, on February 11, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on alleged “Pakistani links” of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Gaurav Gogoi would be amended to include the disclosures made by Gogoi during a...
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Hyderabad, February 11 Polling was underway on Wednesday in elections to 116 municipalities and seven municipal corporations in Telangana, a three-way contest between the ruling Congress, and opposition parties, BJP and BRS.Polling began at 7 am and would continue until 5 pm.A total of...
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Kolkata, February 10 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to the people to maintain peace and harmony during the upcoming festive season.Speaking to reporters at the state secretariat, Nabanna, Banerjee said that a series of festivals, including Holi, Eid, Poila Boishakh, Ram...