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‘Govt lacks powers due to UT status’: Puducherry CM Rangasamy reiterates statehood demand ahead of assembly polls

Puducherry: Puducherry chief minister N Rangasamy (left) interacts with lieutenant governor K Kailashnathan at a ceremony at Kamban Kalaiyarang, in Puducherry. Read More

Friends without benefits? Congress pushes back as Stalin terms power-sharing demand in Tamil Nadu a ‘conspiracy’

NEW DELHI: The Congress–DMK alliance in Tamil Nadu faced renewed strain on Thursday after Congress MP Manickam Tagore publicly pushed back against chief minister MK Stalin after he dismissed the power-sharing demands as a “consp Read More

Congress’s ‘solo’ game in West Bengal: Bold political move or only way forward

NEW DELHI: Is the Congress decision to go solo in West Bengal a bold political move with the party’s long-term gains in mind? Read More

Sarla Maheshwari, iconic DD newsreader, passes away at 71

Sarla Maheshwari NEW DELHI: Sarla Maheshwari, one of the most recognisable faces of Doordarshan’s retro era, passed away on Thursday. She was 71. Read More

‘No CM talk at AICC, leadership will take call whenever they find suitable’: DK Shivakumar

NEW DELHI: Seeking to tamp down speculation over a leadership change in Karnataka, deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said there was no discussion on the chief ministerial post during his meetings with the Congress leader Read More

‘Sectarian agenda’: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief criticises government’s mandate on Vande Mataram

President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Arshad Madani (ANI) NEW DELHI: President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind Arshad Madani on Thursday strongly criticised the Union Government’s decision to make all six stanzas of the national song ‘Vande Matar Read More

‘Linked with anti-India forces’: BJP MP moves motion to revoke Rahul Gandhi’s Parliament membership

ANI file photo NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday said he has moved a substantive motion in the Lok Sabha against the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of misleading the country with the help o Read More

What unfolded in Lok Speaker Om Birla’s chamber on February 4? Kiren Rijiju releases video clip

NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday released a video clip that he claimed was recorded by a Congress MP inside the chamber of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Read More