Thiruvananthapuram, June 29 (BPNS) Opposition Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha, who arrived in the Kerala capital to begin his electoral campaign, on Wednesday said that the country needs “a thinking and speaking President” in the Rashtrapati Bhavan and not “a rubber stamp”. Interacting with the media here after meeting the CPI-M-led Left and the Congress-led Opposition […]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 29 (BPNS) The prime accused in the gold smuggling case Swapna Suresh on Wednesday said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was telling lies in the Assembly on Tuesday . “The Chief Minister first said he doesn’t know me, then he said she has come with UAE diplomats to his official residence. Let me tell […]
Panaji, June 29 (BPNS) Security has been beefed up on the Goa-Maharashtra border check-post at Patradevi, the Dabolim airport and the Taj Resort and Convention Centre in Panaji, where the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs led by Eknath Shinde are likely to camp after reaching the coastal state on Wednesday. Police sources informed that all vehicles […]
New Delhi, June 29 (BPNS) The rebel Shiv Sena MLAs on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the disqualification proceedings against the 16 MLAs have no bearing on the floor test scheduled for Thursday, and emphasised that they represent the Shiv Sena and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena is in a “hopeless minority”. Senior advocate […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) general secretary, TTV Dhinakaran has come out strongly against the reported recommendation of a panel for bringing postal services under the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The AMMK leader in a series of tweets on Wednesday called upon the central government not to act on […]
Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The Edappadi K . Palaniswamy faction of the AIADMK which has gained upper hand in the party, is trying to convince the former Chief Minister, O. Panneerselvam who has not yet relented to single-party leadership for the party. Sources in the AIADMK told BPNS that senior leaders including former ministers, S.P. […]
Mumbai, June 28 (BPNS) In a major political development late on Tuesday, a delegation of the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called on Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari with a plea to ascertain the majority of the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi government. The BJP’s move came after a group of 39 Shiv Sena MLAs along […]
Chennai, June 28 (BPNS) The expelled former interim general secretary of the AIADMK, V.K. Sasikala has commenced a state-wide tour to drum up support from the cadres of the party and to emerge as the single largest leader of the AIADMK. She will be traveling across the state in all districts and meeting party local […]
Chennai, June 28 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu is a land of monikers and political leaders, film stars, and musicians of the state are fondly known by their monikers the latest to enter into the world of monikers is Udayanidhi Stalin, the son of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and the Youth Wing Secretary of ruling DMK. Udayanidhi […]
Chennai, June 27 (BPNS) Adding salt to the wound on O. Panneerselvam and his supporters, the AIADMK organizing secretary, and former minister, D. Jayakumar said that the party general council will be held on July 11th as decided in the previous general council meeting. He was speaking to reporters after a party headquarters office bearers meeting […]
