New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) In a charged debate during the ongoing Budget Session, Naxal/Maoist violence emerged as a sharp point of contention between the ruling and opposition benches in the Lok Sabha. BJP MP Sambit Patra invoked former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s words, calling Maoism the “deadliest evil” confronting India. Patra accused the Congress party of romanticising the movement, citing writer Arundhathi Roy’s description of Maoists as “Gandhians with guns”.He argued tha…
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Puducherry, March 22 (IANS) With just a day remaining for filing nominations in Puducherry, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram is set to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday in a crucial last-minute effort to revive the stalled DMK-Congress alliance talks. The high-stakes meeting comes amid mounting uncertainty over seat-sharing arrangements ahead of the April 9 Assembly election.Negotiations between the two parties have hit a roadblock despite several rounds of discussions.Ac…
Chennai, March 5 (IANS) The Indian National Congress has named All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary Christopher Tilak as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu in the upcoming biennial elections scheduled this month. The seat has been allotted to the Congress as part of the seat-sharing arrangement within the ruling DMK-led alliance in the State.The announcement ends days of speculation within political circles over who the Congress would field for the Upper House seat from T…
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) Ending days of intense negotiations and uncertainty, the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress on Wednesday formally signed their seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. As per the pact, the Congress will contest 28 Assembly constituencies, three more than the 25 seats it contested in the 2021 Assembly elections as part of the alliance. In addition, the Congress has also been allotted one Rajya Sabha seat as part of …
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) The Congress high command has authorised senior party leader P. Chidambaram to finalise the long-awaited seat-sharing agreement with Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) for the upcoming elections. The decision was taken following consultations among the party’s top leadership in New Delhi, signalling that the Congress leadership is keen to conclude the negotiations quickly and move forward with election preparations in the state.According to party source…
Chennai, March 3 (IANS) Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday amid escalating tensions within the DMK–Congress alliance over seat-sharing for the upcoming Assembly elections. The meeting comes against the backdrop of mounting speculation that the Congress could reconsider its position in the alliance if a compromise is not reached soon.Negotiations between the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Indian National Congress have remai…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Congress on Friday mounted an attack on the BJP after a Delhi court acquitted former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the alleged liquor policy scam case.Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera alleged that the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have a tacit political understanding and they help each other when it suits their interests.In a post on X, Khera claimed that proceedings against the BJP’s “convenient alli…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has placed the prosecution sanction order received from the competent authority against senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in connection with the alleged INX Media money laundering case before the Special Rose Avenue Court in New Delhi, according to an official statement issued by the central anti-money laundering agency on Thursday. The prosecution sanction order, which was obtained on February 10, 20…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has placed the prosecution sanction order received from the competent authority against P. Chidambaram, the then Union Finance Minister, for the offence of money laundering in the Aircel Maxis deal, before the Special Court, according to a statement issued by the financial investigative agency on Thursday. The prosecution sanction order, which was obtained on February 10, 2026, “has been placed before the Special Rouse Avenue Court to exp…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said the Parliamentary Friendship Groups constituted with more than 60 countries will deepen ties with key nations and strengthen parliamentary diplomacy as a central pillar of India’s foreign policy.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has set up Parliamentary Friendship Groups with 64 countries in a significant step aimed at expanding India’s inter-parliamentary engagement and supplementing conventional diplomacy through sus…