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Simultaneous polls could save Rs 7 lakh crore: Joint parliamentary panel chiefHolding Lok Sabha and state assembly polls together could save India Rs 7 lakh crore. This significant saving can be channeled into develop...
Vijay sworn in as Tamil Nadu CM: Here's what TVK promised ahead of Assembly pollsTamil actor Vijay's party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, has taken charge as Tamil Nadu's new government. Vijay is now the Chief Minister. The ...
Pre-poll bribes? No, they're welfare giftsElection authorities have seized significant amounts of cash, liquor, and freebies in West Bengal before polls. Tamil Nadu follows with a l...
'Ensure party returns to power for seventh term', MK Stalin urges DMK cadres to gear up for 2026 pollsAhead of his 73rd birthday on March 1, MK Stalin, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, urged party ...
Advance payment under 'Ladki Bahin' scheme barred during poll code: Maharashtra poll bodyThe State Election Commission has prohibited the Maharashtra government from releasing an advance instalment of the 'Ladki Bahin' scheme du...
TN govt rolls out ₹7,600-crore Pongal gifts ahead of pollsIn a generous initiative, the Tamil Nadu government is rolling out festive Pongal hampers to millions holding ration cards. Each package in...
Pongal cash gift announced with eye on Assembly poll, Opposition slams DMK governmentWondering why Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin had not provided Rs 3,000 each to 2.22 crore rice-category ration cardholders for the mi...
Jammu jeweller crafts 3 kg silver lotus for Modi's historic third term as PMDisplaying the well-framed gift, he said he used all his experience and "my soul rests in it. I hope Modi will like this gift as he is like...
Tripura CM Manik Saha asks women to play a pivotal role in upcoming Lok Sabha ElectionThe Chief Minister attended the 'Vidushi Mahila Sanmelan' organized by Pradesh BJP Mahila Morcha to commemorate Narendra Modi's nine years ...
View: Freebies at midnight, still a trystIf freebie is the sole guiding factor for the voter, then the Congress, which promised Rs 72,000 a year to the poorest 5 crore people under...
Kamal Haasan to be Makkal Needhi Maiam's 'permanent' president, resolves party"Mr Kamal Haasan will function as MNM's permanent president from today onwards, acceding to the request of the GC members," a resolution ad...
Distribution of Rs 2,500 'Pongal' cash assistance, plus free festival hamper begins across Tamil NaduThe gift pack, a cloth bag, contains one kilo each of rice and sugar, 20 grams each of cashew nuts and raisins, five grams of cardamom and ...
Kerela government announces Rs 10,000 crore worth development projects in next 100 daysIt also enhanced welfare pension and extended the distribution of the free provision kit for ration card holders, a hit among the commoners...
He's probably the poorest Lok Sabha candidate, and every election makes him poorer51-year-old advocate from Muzaffarnagar, Mange Ram, has fought all of the general elections since 2000.
No pomp and show on Mayawati's birthday todayFacing allegations of selling party tickets during elections, party sources said that Mayawati wants an image makeover for herself and has ...
Punjab will herald Congress revival, Badals' arrogance defeated: Navjot Singh SidhuThe Congress is all set to return to power in the agrarian state where it has been out of power for a decade now.
Puducherry poll verdict a win for money power: People's Welfare AllianceThe Congress in alliance with DMK had stormed to power in the Puducherry assembly polls, securing a simple majority of 17 in the 30-member ...
Delhi Polls: BJP involved in Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation scam, claims CongressCongress alleged that BJP has been diverting a huge amount of money from staterun Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation for the party’s pre-p...
- BJP slams Govt for hike in petrol price
The main opposition maintained that the government could cut down on some of the central taxes to give relief to the people.
- Promising CTV was corrupt practice, says petitioner in SC
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court, which claimed that the distribution of largesse by political parities on poll eve, to mop up vo...