Hyderabad, July 26 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is in favour of lowering the minimum age limit for contesting Assembly and Lok Sabha elections from 25 years to 21 years, to enable youth to step into legislatures. He told IANS that when individuals at the age of 21 are being appointed as civil servants and becoming mayors, why can’t they be allowed to contest Assembly and Lok Sabha elections?He demanded an amendment to the relevant law to allow contesting for the Legislative…
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Kannur, July 23 (IANS) A fresh political flashpoint has erupted in Kerala’s Kannur with the alleged arson attack on a shrimp farm owned by former CPI(M) member T. Purushothaman, a key supporter of rebel MLA V. Kunjikrishnan, intensifying the post-election turmoil within the party.The incident comes at a time when the CPI(M)’s national and state leadership is reviewing the Left’s crushing defeat in the Assembly elections, where its strength in the 140-member Kerala Assembly plummeted from 99 se…
Chandigarh, July 20 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday said that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann wanted to divert attention from his sacrilegious conduct against the Guru Sahiban by summoning him for questioning in an 11-year-old police firing case in Behbal Kalan, which was still under investigation after all these years. The SAD chief, who answered all the questions asked by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) during a two-hour questioning session her…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Friday addressed ECI’s All India Media Conference 2026, sharing the poll panel’s practices related to conducting elections transparently. Addressing 380 media professionals from States/UTs across the country on the theme “Connecting stakeholders, strengthening democracy: Role of media in elections”, CEC Gyanesh Kumar emphasised that Indian elections are held according to the Constitution of India, Electoral Laws and…
Chennai, July 13 (IANS) The Congress high command’s fact-finding panel, constituted to review the party’s disappointing performance in the recent Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, is expected to recommend sweeping organisational changes after reportedly uncovering evidence of weak campaign coordination, internal factionalism, and alleged pro-DMK activities by a section of district-level leaders. The committee, headed by former MP K. Jayakumar, has completed its state-wide inquiry and is scheduled…
Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) Kolkata Police have allowed the rebel faction of Trinamool Congress led by Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, Ritabrata Banerjee, to celebrate Martyrs’ Day on July 21. Speaking to reporters after the party’s organisational meeting at the Boat Club in Kolkata on Saturday, Uluberia Purba MLA Ritabrata Banerjee said their first political goal for now is to celebrate Martyrs’ Day on July 21. He added that preparations have already started to organise a programme …
Thiruvananthapuram, July 9 (IANS) Kerala unit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday dismissed as completely false an alleged BJP office circular that has been circulating on social media platforms and aired by some television news channels, asserting that the document was fabricated to malign the party.In a statement, Chandrasekhar, one of the BJP’s three MLAs in the 140-member Kerala Assembly, categorically denied reports suggesting financial irregularities in …
Chandigarh, July 4 (IANS) The Janata Dal (United), led by Bihar’s former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Saturday announced its political expansion into Punjab and unveiled its roadmap for the forthcoming Assembly elections.The party’s state in-charge, Sanjay Kumar, told the media here that the JD(U) had decided to enter Punjab with a vision of providing a credible, development-oriented and people-centric political alternative.He said Punjab deserved clean, transparent and accountable govern…
Lucknow, July 3 (IANS) Central Reserve Police Force Director General G.P. Singh on Friday met the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary and state police chief for discussions on issues of security and cooperation, said an official. A message on social media by the CRPF said, “As part of his ongoing Uttar Pradesh tour, DG@crpfindia Shri G P Singh, IPS, met with Shri Shashi Prakash Goyal, IAS, Chief Secretary, UP. The meeting focused on issues of mutual interest between the Government of UP and CRPF.”…
Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu), July 2 (IANS) In a significant political development in Tamil Nadu, former AIADMK ministers Dr C. Vijayabaskar and M.R. Vijayabaskar formally joined the ruling Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) at a grand induction ceremony held at a private hotel in Mahabalipuram near Chennai on Thursday. Speaking after joining the party, former minister M.R. Vijayabaskar expressed happiness over his decision and praised the leadership of TVK.”I am very happy to have joined the Tamilaga …