“In 2024, Tamil Nadu is set to create history as the epicentre of the politics of development in India,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a public meeting in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu on February 27. “There is no bigger question than this [caste census]… There is a ceiling of 50% for reservations right now. When … Read more
Congress manifesto committee, headed by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, is scheduled to have a meeting on March 4 to discuss the draft manifesto, which is in its final stages. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Making minimum support price (MSP) a legal guarantee, the promise to conduct a nationwide caste census, and filling existing … Read more
Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao. File | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Responding to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s challenge, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president challenged him to resign as CM & Kodangal MLA and contest from Malkajgiri Parliament constituency. “I will also resign as Sircilla MLA. Let’s contest for … Read more
India is a consensus builder in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by playing a key role in the process, but some countries are breaking that, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said. File | Photo Credit: ANI India is consensus builder at WTO, but certain nations are breaking that on certain issues, says Goyal India … Read more
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party president Shivpal Yadav. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Samajwadi Party’s Shivpal Singh Yadav has said he is not averse to contesting from Azamgarh constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections if the party asks him to. The LS constituency was held by Samajwadi Party patriarch, late Mulayam Singh Yadav, in 2014, and … Read more
Image for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI India has witnessed a nearly six-fold increase in the total number of voters since 1951 to over 94.50 crore this year, but almost one-third of them stayed away from exercising their franchise in the last Lok Sabha polls. This has prompted the Election Commission of India … Read more