April 11, 2024 01:08 am | Updated 01:08 am IST - MUMBAI The Bombay High Court on Wednesday began hearing the issue of interim relief in the Maratha quota petitions. One of the petitioners has argued in court that the community did not require any reservation in education or government …...Read More
Maratha community does not need quota, it is not backward: Petitioner tells Bombay HC
Lok Sabha polls | Lack of jobs and investment plagues the economically backward district of Villupuram
April 11, 2024 01:05 am | Updated 10:53 am IST - VILLUPURAM The Villupuram Lok Sabha constituency is the only constituency that will witness a straight contest between two fierce rivals — Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi and Pattali Makkal Katchi — representing the interests of Scheduled Castes and Vanniyars respectively, and …...Read More
CPI(M) threatening Kerala MGNREGS workers to attend party rallies: Javadekar
April 11, 2024 01:01 am | Updated 01:01 am IST - Thiruvananthapuram The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led government in Kerala is denying jobs to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) labourers for not attending its party programmes, said former union minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday. The senior …...Read More
Scrapping CAA remains one of the main poll planks in Malappuram
April 11, 2024 12:39 am | Updated 11:19 am IST - Malappuram A flex board along the side of the well-paved road leading to Mapram village of Vazhakkad grama panchayat in Malappuram district reads thus: “Bappuvinu nadinte kanni vote” (In a first, Bappu to get his people’s vote). E.T. Mohammed …...Read More
Lok Sabha polls | Over 90% of DMK, AIADMK and BJP candidates in Tamil Nadu are crorepatis: ADR report
April 11, 2024 12:36 am | Updated 12:18 pm IST - CHENNAI More than 90% of the candidates representing the DMK, the AIADMK and the BJP, who are contesting in the upcoming general election in the State, have declared assets of over ₹1 crore, says a report published by the …...Read More
In Alappuzha, UDF hopes to regain lost bastion even as NDA banks on change
April 11, 2024 12:36 am | Updated 11:18 am IST - ALAPPUZHA As the sun dips below the horizon, the sky above Neerkunnam, a sleepy coastal village in the Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency, with patchy clouds is bathed in golden hues. A cricket match on a vacant beachfront abruptly ends …...Read More
Lok Sabha polls | Collection of vintage publications tracks T.N.’s political landscape
April 11, 2024 12:34 am | Updated 12:20 pm IST - TIRUCHI Woraiyur resident S. Muruganantham, 76, has a sizeable collection of political literature waiting to be explored by those who are interested in following the electoral history of Tamil Nadu – from 1952 to the recent events. “Having all …...Read More
Lok Sabha polls | Election Commission deploys companies of paramilitary personnel in Tamil Nadu
April 11, 2024 12:34 am | Updated 12:26 pm IST - CHENNAI Seven companies of paramilitary personnel have been deployed in Chennai by the Election Commission of India (EC) for the Lok Sabha election in the State. Avadi and Tambaram have been given three companies each. While seven companies have …...Read More
Lok Sabha polls | Kanniyakumari all set for an interesting contest
April 11, 2024 12:32 am | Updated 12:14 pm IST The Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency, lying in the southern-most tip of the country, is known not only for its geography but also its unique political turf owing to the equal proportion of Hindus and Christians. Religion overrides other considerations during …...Read More
Lok Sabha polls | Development narratives that occupy the election arena in Kerala
April 11, 2024 12:28 am | Updated 01:14 pm IST Last month, as news spread of Bengaluru reeling under a serious water crisis, P. Rajeeve, Kerala’s Industries Minister, extended invitations to information technology (IT) companies in the city to set up shop in Kerala, promising them all required facilities, including …...Read More
