Politics

In a setback to Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan, ahead of the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, general-secretary A Arunachalam joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday. Mr Arunachalam is from a village in the Tuticorin district. The development came at a time when Mr Haasan is campaigning for the...

China appears to be backing away from its initial financial promises to Pakistan under Beijing-financed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a US$60 billion infrastructure building plan, amid rising corruption and terrorist attacks on Chinese engineers. According to Asia Times, Pakistan Army is set to take near-total control of the CPEC in a bid to reassure Beijing that their investments will be more...

European and British negotiators finalised a post-Brexit trade deal on Thursday, officials from both sides said. "We have finally found an agreement," the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said. "It was a long and winding road, but we have a good deal at the end of it," she said. "The single market will be fair and remain...

The Centre should repeal the new agri laws as they are making farmers feel insecure about their future, Congress leader Sachin Pilot said on Thursday. The former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan said the Congress is working hard to ensure that the organisation and the state government fulfil the promises made to the people of the state. "The centre should stop...

The Visva-Bharati University should not be dragged into a political controversy, said West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar today. "Not all balls are meant to be played in the game of cricket and not all balls are meant to be spared. The university should not be dragged into a political controversy. Those who want to put Visva Bharati University into a...

Emphasising the need to modernise its police force, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the state government will make funds available from its resources apart from the Centre's support for the purpose. Speaking to senior officials after visiting the police headquarters in Patna, the chief minister asked them to make the Forensic Laboratory at Bihar Police Academy in Rajgir...

Jammu and Kashmir has delivered a "resounding slap" on "terrorists, extremists, and separatists", Union Minister  Ravi Shankar Prasad said today, pointing to the results of local body elections in the newly formed Union Territory -- the first polls held there in two years. The BJP's emergence as the single largest party, the minister said, has proved that the people...

The Congress is pushing ahead with changes in its organizational leadership after yesterday's meeting with the dissidents with an overhaul in leadership in four states -- Telangana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. So far, Telangana Congress President Uttam Kumar Reddy has resigned taking responsibility for poor performance in Hyderabad local polls. Gujarat Congress President Amit Chavda has also resigned after...

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and former minister Madan Mitra on Saturday said that the party will host a "grand gala" to express gratitude to "traitors" whose departure has ensured the party is "free of virus." Mr Mitra's remarks were made today after the former minister in Mamata Banerjee's cabinet, Suvendu Adhikari joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of...

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday appointed three All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretaries each for Assam and Kerala where Assembly polls are slated for early next year. The newly appointed secretaries will assist the general secretaries in-charge of the two states -- Jitendra Singh for Assam and Tariq Anwar for Kerala. Assembly polls in the two states, where the Congress...