2019 elections: DMK leading in TN by-elections in 12 constituencies
According to the Election Commission of India website, the AIADMK trails with 39.41 per cent vote share, while DMK leads with 44.54 per cent vote share. Continue Reading
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2019 LS polls: TRS leading by 8 seats in Telangana
According to current trends, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) led by K Chandrashekar Rao is leading in only 8 of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana. This is seen as a major set back for TRS. BJP is ahead in 5 seats. Continue Reading
AP CM Naidu to meet Mamata in Kolkata
A day after meeting Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here today, sources said. Continue Reading
Siddaramaiah daydreaming about CM’s Chair: BJP
Kumaraswamy also reportedly met Congress leaders on Wednesday and expressed his displeasure about the development and asked them to restrain party leaders from publicly making statements on the post of Chief Minister Continue Reading
Matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs: SC dismisses review plea
The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the plea filed by 21 Opposition leaders seeking a review of its 8 April order directing the Election Commission to increase random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs to five polling booths per assembly segment. Continue Reading
General Elections 2019: Sunny Deol joins BJP
Actor Sunny Deol joined the ruling BJP today, days after he met with party president Amit Shah. He is likely to be the BJP candidate from Gurdaspur in Punjab. Continue Reading
Rafale row: SC issues contempt notice to Rahul
The Supreme Court today issued contempt notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on the Rafale judgment, which the apex court had said were ‘incorrectly attributed’ to it. Continue Reading
DMK functionary kills brother, absconds
The police are on the hunt for a Thoothukudi DMK youth wing and Vijay fan club secretary absconding after he shot and killed his brother at midnight yesterday over a property dispute. Continue Reading
EVM centre row: Madurai Corpn staff dismissed
Madurai Corporation Junior Assistant Raja Prakash has been dismissed form service for entering the centre where EVMs have been kept. Continue Reading
Inmates of Institute of Mental Health Chennai vote, set example for rest of India
At around 9 am today, Muthu, a resident of the Institute of Mental Health at Kilpauk, walked into the polling booth set up at the premises to cast his vote and walked out with a smile. It was for the first time in Indian history, that an inmate of a mental health hospital had cast his vote.
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