Patna, May 6 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh has reacted to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s emphatic victory in West Bengal, saying that in a democracy, the people’s mandate is final and must be respected. Speaking to reporters in Patna on Tuesday, the Congress leader said there is little merit in lamenting the results after the government has already been formed.While acknowledging the Assembly poll outcome, Singh expressed satisfaction over the Congres…
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Jaipur, May 5 (IANS) The Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) on Tuesday welcomed the party’s return to power in Kerala after a decade, while launching a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the alleged misuse of institutions during the recently concluded Assembly elections in five states. Addressing the media in Jaipur, State Congress Chief Govind Singh Dotasra said the Congress-led alliance’s decisive victory in Kerala was the result of sustained efforts by the party le…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 5 (IANS) Stunned by its worst-ever electoral drubbing in Kerala, the CPI-M has been pushed into an unprecedented moment of introspection, with the defeat not only ending a decade of Left rule in the state but also marking the absence of a Left government anywhere in India for the first time in nearly six decades.The scale of the setback has triggered a wave of anger within the party, with grassroots workers openly criticising the leadership of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vija…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 5 (IANS) A day after the CPI-M-led Left suffered its worst-ever electoral drubbing in Kerala, K. M. Abraham, widely regarded as a trusted aide of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, resigned as Chief Executive Officer of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board, signalling the first major administrative fallout of the verdict.Abraham, a 1982 batch IAS officer who retired as Chief Secretary in 2017, had continued to wield significant influence in the state’s administ…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) In a continued push towards ensuring accessible and expeditious justice, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) will organise the second National Lok Adalat of 2026 on May 9 across the country. The nationwide initiative, to be held under the leadership of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Patron-in-Chief of NALSA, and Justice Vikram Nath, Executive Chairman, seeks to promote amicable settlement of disputes and reduce the burden on courts through participator…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) A day after declaration of results, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has sent notifications constituting new Assemblies in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal to the respective state Governors and Puducherry Lieutenant Governor, an official source said on Tuesday. The terms of the Assemblies in these four states and Union Territory (UT) are ending between May 7 and June 15, 2026.The ECI’s notifications pave the way for the leaders of the victorious parties in …
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) Actress Rashmika Mandanna has concluded the long and crucial schedule of her upcoming drama “Mysaa” in Kerala.She took to the Stories section of her official Instagram handle and dropped a short video of herself posing with her team.Rashmika expressed her gratitude towards all those who have been giving their all to the project, being made under the direction of Rawindra Pulle.”Guys a lil update is that we successfully wrapped up a long schedule for #Mysaa in Kerala!! And th…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 5 (IANS) A day after the CPM-led LDF’s defeat in the Kerala Assembly polls, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday criticised the CPM, saying that the Marxist ideology is “outdated”. He attributed the Left alliance’s defeat to not having an economic vision for the state.The BJP won three seats out of the 140 Assembly constituencies, with the state party chief himself emerging victorious from Nemom.During an interaction with IANS, Chan…
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan have wrapped up the Kerala schedule of their next with filmmaker Anees Bazmee.Updating his Insta family about his latest project, Akshay shared a lovely picture with his co-stars Vidya Balan and Raashii Khanna.Akshay added the caption, “Keralam schedule wrapped! Nothing beats working with good people in a beautiful place (sic).”Expressing his gratitude to Bazmee, the ‘Airlift’ actor added, “Big love to our director Anees Bazmee for the madness be…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Politics of polarisation has been a part of the larger battle on the ground in several constituencies where Assembly elections were held recently, with Muslim candidates put up by the Congress and its allies having triumphed in minority-influenced areas. In Assam, where polls were held across 126 seats in the state, Monday’s results show that 18 out of 19 Assembly seats that the Congress won are by Muslims.Only one among the 79 non-Muslim candidates fielded by the party…