CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: Congress snapped on Wednesday its 11-year alliance with the DMK and threw its weight behind TVK, deepening fissures in INDIA bloc after DMK’s rout in Tamil Nadu. AICC in-charge Girish Chodankar met TVK chief C Joseph Vijay and pledged support of Congress’s five MLAs. “Congress-TVK alliance will continue for local body polls and…
Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against a Hyderabad-based doctor who allegedly converted his residence into a clandestine laboratory to prepare ricin from castor seeds as part of an ISIS-linked bioterror conspiracy to poison people in public places.According to the NIA chargesheet filed before a special court in Ahmedabad, apart from…
NEW DELHI: There were over 68 lakh malicious hits, both from within India and overseas, on Election Commission (EC)’s online platforms, including the results portal, on counting day for just-concluded assembly polls. However, all such hits were successfully countered with robust cybersecurity protocols, EC officials said on Wednesday. EC further said that the ECINET platform…
KOLKATA: Once heavily guarded Kalighat neighbourhood has begun resembling a throughfare and even a theatre for political violence in some pockets as authorities dismantle security paraphernalia like police kiosks from the area where outgoing CM Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee reside, a drawdown described by some residents as unsettling and others as a…
CHENNAI: A resident of Kodungaiyur has moved the Madras high court seeking to register a cheating and money laundering case against CM-elect and founder of TVK actor Vijay for alleged suppression of financial transactions and receipt of unaccounted cash as remuneration. The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan,…
CHENNAI: As Vijay’s TVK has reached out to minor partners in DMK-headed alliance for support to form a govt in Tamil Nadu, VCK is in no hurry to grab TVK’s offer of a Cabinet berth without internal deliberations and Left parties’ advice. Senior VCK functionaries confirmed TVK reiterated its promise of “a share in power…
Chandranath Rath and Suvendu Adhikari (Image/Agencies) NEW DELHI: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday described the killing of his close aide Chandranath Rath as ‘heart-wrenching’ and alleged that it was a ‘pre-planned murder’ carried out after days of surveillance. This comes as police continue investigation into the murder in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.Speaking…
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…