CHENNAI: AIADMK led by Edappadi K Palaniswami was ready to extend unconditional support to TVK to help it form the govt, and discussions were underway between the two sides. However, after prolonged silence from the TVK camp since Wednesday noon, the party decided to withdraw the offer, multiple sources told TOI. AIADMK leaders also dismissed…
CHENNAI: CPI and CPM have announced they would hold meetings to decide on an alliance with Vijay’s TVK, which has sought support to form the govt. However, long-term DMK ally IUML has rejected TVK’s request. CPI state secretary M Veerapandian said, “We will convene the executive committee meeting to discuss the issue Friday. The outcome…
CHENNAI: DMK will wait for TVK chief C Joseph Vijay to form govt, and “watch without disturbing for six months”, outgoing CM MK Stalin told TOI on Wednesday.Indicating that DMK didn’t want a constitutional crisis or another election soon, Stalin said he expected the new govt to continue schemes introduced by his govt, besides fulfilling…
NEW DELHI: Road deaths due to negligence — rash, careless, or irresponsible driving — claimed 495 lives daily in 2024, as per the latest report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). It said that nearly 1.81 lakh lives were lost in such accidents, an increase of nearly 4.4% over the previous year.The number of fatalities…
JAMMU: Internally displaced Kashmiri Pandits held a sit-in protest in Jammu on Wednesday against J&K administration’s decision to integrate their relief rations into National Food Security Act, terming the move a “conspiracy” to dilute their migrant status and infringe on their rehabilitation rights.On a joint call from United Alliance of Kashmiri Displaced Community, Panun Kashmir,…
SRINAGAR: PDP has dismissed allegations by rival National Conference that all its three MLAs voted for BJP in the polls for four Rajya Sabha seats in Kashmir in Oct last year.The current war of words between NC and the PDP stems from an RTI reply, which says the Mehbooba Mufti-led party didn’t appoint a polling…
Suvendhu Adhikari shot dead NEW DELHI: Chandranath Rath, a close aide of Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead in West Bengal’s Madhyamgram on Wednesday. Rath was the BJP leader’s executive assistant.Rath succumbed to bullet injuries after being attacked by assailants.This is a developing story… Source link
NEW DELHI: India, host of the upcoming first International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) summit on June 1-2, on Wednesday exhorted all big cat range countries that are not yet part of the Alliance to join it. So far, 25 of the total 95 range countries have joined this treaty-based global entity as members and other…
NEW DELHI: The Strait of Hormuz remains technically open, but commercial shipping is far from normal, according to Anil Devli, chief executive of the Mumbai-based Indian National Shipowners’ Association, the nearly century-old body that speaks for much of the country’s shipping industry.With 14 Indian vessels trapped in this chokepoint that funnels half of India’s crude…
Assam once cheered Gaurav Gogoi as “amar lora” (our son) when he stepped into Jorhat during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, embracing him as a son of the soil. Gogoi was not only the deputy leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha but also the party’s chief ministerial face and the living legacy of…