New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph C. Vijay is set to visit New Delhi on Wednesday in his first official trip to the national capital after assuming office.During the visit, he is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to submit memoranda seeking enhanced financial assistance for Tamil Nadu and faster approvals for several key infrastructure and development projects.According to sources, Vijay is expected to leave for Delh…
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Chennai, May 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph C. Vijay is set to visit New Delhi on Wednesday in his first official trip to the national capital after assuming office, marking another significant political milestone following his dramatic rise in the state’s political landscape and the formation of Tamil Nadu’s first coalition government in decades.According to sources, Vijay is expected to leave for Delhi on Wednesday and return to Chennai on the same day.During the visit, he is lik…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 21 (IANS) The swearing-in of the newly elected members of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly began on Thursday morning, marking the formal start of a House transformed by one of the biggest political upheavals in the state’s recent history.The proceedings commenced at 9 a.m. after Pro Tem Speaker G. Sudhakaran, who was sworn in by Kerala Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar on Wednesday, took his seat in the Assembly.Legislators were called in alphabetical order to take the o…
Chennai, May 21 (IANS) The C. Joseph Vijay-led Tamil Nadu government will undergo its first Cabinet expansion on Thursday, with Congress likely to formally join the ministry in a move aimed at strengthening the ruling coalition and filling several key portfolios that have remained vacant since the government assumed office.The swearing-in ceremony for the new ministers is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. at the Governor’s residence in Guindy, where Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar will a…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) Bringing an end to days of intense negotiations and political uncertainty, Kerala’s United Democratic Front (UDF) government on Wednesday finally completed the allocation of portfolios in the 21-member ministry led by Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan, marking the formal beginning of a new political chapter in the state.The last time a Congress-led UDF government assumed office in the state was in 2011 under the leadership of Oommen Chandy. The new ministry, howeve…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 (IANS) Fifteen years after the Congress last occupied the seat of power in Kerala under late former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the state on Monday woke up to a politically charged morning filled with celebration, nostalgia and renewed expectations as the Congress-led UDF returns to power.Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar will administer the oath of office to the entire cabinet at the Central Stadium.At exactly 10 a.m., outgoing Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan will ta…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The swearing-in ceremony of the new Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government, headed by Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan, is scheduled to be held on Monday at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.The event will formally mark the UDF’s return to power in Kerala after a decade, following its decisive victory in the Assembly elections.Several senior Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Mallikarjun Kharge, along with c…
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday claimed that Congress selected V.D. Satheesan as the Chief Minister of Kerala due to pressure from the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). He also labelled the grand old party as the “Islamic National Caliphate”, accusing it of being anti-Hindu.Speaking to IANS, Poonawalla said: “We had already said that V.D. Satheesan is not the Chief Minister of the Congress, but was chosen as the first Chief Minister of t…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 17 (IANS) With the swearing-in ceremony of the new government led by Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan scheduled for Monday, the final round of discussions over cabinet formation is set to conclude on Sunday. The final list of ministers is expected to be submitted to the Governor around 2 p.m., while intensive consultations among alliance partners and leadership have been continuing since morning.Congress representative and Kerala in-charge Deepa Dasmunshi confirmed…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 14 (IANS) Having comfortably crossed the first and biggest hurdle by securing the Congress high command’s backing to become Kerala’s next Chief Minister, V. D. Satheesan now steps into what could prove an equally delicate political exercise — stitching together a cabinet capable of balancing coalition pressures, factional equations, and soaring expectations within the Congress-led United Democratic Front. Despite the United Democratic Front’s massive mandate of 102…