Category: POLITICS

Chennai:  Efforts for an electoral alliance between the DMK and DMDK have intensified. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has found a key ally in the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) in the early preparations for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The two parties are in talks regarding seat-sharing and a long-term political alliance. The DMK, which is looking to strengthen its electoral calculations well before the elections, has reportedly offered the DMDK seven assembly seats, as well as a Rajya Sabha seat that is due to fall vacant in April. This…

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh warned that if Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi is not allowed to speak on the 2020 standoff with China, the House will be unlikely to function. Congress MP Ramesh said that there is only one issue troubling the opposition in Parliament, and that is that the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha has been prevented from speaking.  Congress leader Ramesh said that all opposition parties are unanimous that if the Lok Sabha MP is not allowed to…

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and six-time Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, died in a plane crash on Wednesday morning. Ajit Pawar’s political influence can be gauged from the fact that he is the longest-serving Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra. However, his passing has raised many questions about the future of the NCP he led. What will happen next for the NCP? Can the NCP survive without Ajit Pawar? What will happen to the ongoing reconciliation efforts between Ajit and Sharad Pawar? Who will be the new…

Mumbai:  The post of Mayor in BMC will be given to a woman only. This has been made clear. According to this big update related to the civic elections in Maharashtra, BJP-Shiv Sena will jointly decide the name of the Mayor. Apart from BMC, the post of Mayor in Navi Mumbai will also be given to a woman, while in Thane the Mayor will be from the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. The Urban Development Department decided the reservation through lottery on Thursday, on the basis of which a woman will…

New Delhi. The BJP and its allies have secured a decisive victory in the Maharashtra civic elections. After the strong performance in the BMC elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has responded to Raj Thackeray’s jibe at Annamalai. BJP MP from Bengaluru Central, Karnataka, PC Mohan, posted on Instagram after the decisive BMC results and wrote, “Ordered some Rasmalai.” Buoyed by the BMC victory, young BJP MP Tejasvi Surya also took a dig at Raj Thackeray, describing the victory as sweet as rasmalai. Congratulating Maharashtra CM Fadnavis and party workers, he wrote,…

Thiruvananthapuram: The CPM Central Committee meeting assessed that the main reason for the heavy setback in the local body elections was the weakness of the organization. The Central Committee’s assessment states that the weak strength at the party level and the failure in operational efficiency were the main factors for the setback in Thiruvananthapuram. It was specifically pointed out that the weaknesses in the party’s work were reflected in the following factors in the election defeat. It is said that a decision needs to be taken to find solutions to…

Mumbai: The results of the Maharashtra municipal elections are in. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept to a landslide victory in the 2026 municipal elections, wresting control of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from Uddhav Thackeray. With this, the Thackeray family’s three-decade-long dominance in the country’s wealthiest municipal body has ended. Now that the results are out, all eyes are on how and when Mumbai will get its new mayor. When will the names be announced? Let’s find out the answers to all these questions. Political parties select candidates for…

Mumbai: As the political battle for power in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation intensifies, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction has taken precautionary measures. Twenty-nine Shiv Sena councillors have been elected in Mumbai. It has been learned that Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has decided to keep them all together in a five-star hotel in Mumbai’s Bandra area until he is elected mayor. It is reported that this arrangement is being made to prevent horse-trading during the power-sharing process. Twenty-nine Shiv Sena councillors were instructed to report to a five-star hotel in Bandra…

New Delhi: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh, the “Chanakya” of Madhya Pradesh politics, has suddenly announced that he will not contest the Rajya Sabha, causing a stir in political circles. Singh’s term ends in April, but his announcement has already sparked a wave of debate within the Congress party, from Delhi to Bhopal. Political circles are discussing Digvijay Singh’s sudden disillusionment with the Rajya Sabha. Questions have also arisen as to who the Congress will send to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh in his place. Media reports,…

Mysuru: Amid the ongoing leadership tussle within the ruling Congress government in Karnataka, a significant political development has emerged. Senior party leader Rahul Gandhi briefly met with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar at Mysuru’s Mandakalli airport. Although the meeting was brief, it has sparked speculation within power circles given the current political situation in the state. According to party sources, Rahul Gandhi was returning to New Delhi after attending an event in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district. During his transit at the airport, he held discussions with…