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  • Amma to form Govt, DMDK to sit in Oppn

    In Tamil Nadu, AIADMK chief Jayalalitha is to stake claim to form government tomorrow. Jayalalithaa says details on her swearing-in ceremony will be announced tomorrow. The newly elected MLAs of the AIADMK will be meeting tomorrow to elect their leader at the party headquarters in Chennai. With DMK pushed down to the third position, the […]

    JK Governor reviews arrangements for Amarnath yatra

    Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra visited Chandanwari and Pahalgam in Srinagar to review the arrangements being made for the annual Amarnath yatra, scheduled to begin on 29th June. Vohra, who is also the Chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, visited Chandanwari and Pahalgam along the traditional route of the annual yatra and reviewed […]

    TNCC chief resigns; accepts moral responsibility for defeat

    A day after the Congress in Tamil Nadu was decimated in the Assembly polls, TNCC President K V Thangkabalu announced his resignation from the post, accepting moral responsibility for the defeat. Addressing reporters in Chennai, Thangkabalu said he will send his resignation letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi soon and will abide by the party […]

    SC directs govt to allocate 5 million tonnes foodgrain to PDS

    The Supreme Court on Saturday directed the government to allocate additional five million tonnes of food grains to the 150 poorest districts of the country under supervision of a committee appointed by it. A bench of justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma asked the government to distribute the additional foodgrains during the summer to the […]

    SC blow to ruling BJP in Karnataka

    In a major blow to the ruling BJP in Karnataka, the Supreme Court has quashed Assembly Speaker’s decision to disqualify 16 MLAs ahead of the no confidence motion last year which had ensured survival of the Yeddyurappa govt. A bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir on Friday while quashing the speaker’s decision said basic constitutional […]

    4 killed in BSF helicopter crash in Rajasthan

    A BSF helicopter crashed in a hilly region of Rajasthan’s Sirohi district on Friday killing all the four occupants, including the pilot, a senior official said. Sirohi district collector Shriram Meena said the chopper crashed in the hills of village Fatehpura near Abu Road, about 200 km from Jodhpur, at about 3.30 PM. The aircraft […]

    Mamata storms Red bastion; Jaya ousts DMK; Cong gets Assam, Kerala

    Breaking the Red citadel, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress ended the 34-year hegemony of the Left Front in West Bengal, while Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK scored a landslide victory to oust DMK from power in Tamil Nadu as results of the assembly elections were out on Friday. Congress scored a spectacular hattrick in Assam bagging a near two-third […]

    Third consecutive term for Congress in Assam

    In Assam, the Congress has gained absolute majority to form the next Government in the 126-member state House. With this, the party has retained power for the third consecutive term in the State. The party has so far won in 69 seats out of 101 results for which have been declared. The party is also […]

    Kerala assembly: Congress led UDF wins with thin majority

    In Kerala, Congress led UDF has emerged as the winning political front with a wafer thin majority in the State Assembly elections. While Congress led UDF secured 72 seats out of 140 constituencies, the CPIM led LDF has bagged 68 seats. Both, Kerala Chief Minister V.S.Achuthanandan and CPIM state secretary Pinarai Vijayan have made it […]

    Jaya set to wrest power in a landslide win in TN

    Riding on an anti-incumbency wave, Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK front has stormed to power handing a crushing defeat to the DMK-Congress combine in Tamil Nadu Assembly polls on Friday. With results declared for 103 of the 234 seats, AIADMK won 66 and its allies DMDK (12), CPI (5) and CPI(M) (6). AIADMK was leading in 94 constituencies […]