After a long time the railway ministry has come back to a national party and a minister of state in the ministry is from the state, Kotla Surya Prakash Reddy. The MoS Railways speaks on what the state can expect in the railway budget to be presented tomorrow.
The cross-examination of TP Rameshan, the second eyewitness in the TP Chandrasekharan murder case will continue today in a Special Additional District and Sessions Court in Kozhikode. The cross-examination was interrupted on Friday as Rameshan complained of ph...
The CPI(M) factionalism in the state intensifies with the official faction firm on taking action against VS Achuthananthan for his recent attacks on the party. The polit bureau is expected to discuss the demands from the state leadership as the state committee...
The Government is ready to call an all-party meeting on the KSRTC crisis, says Transport Minister Aryadan Muhammed in the Assembly. He also said that the government is assessing the scope of practicality in relying on private petrol pumps to cater to the fuel ...
CPI(M) State Secretariat demands action against VS Achuthananthan for his virulent attack on state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan. The Secretariat has decided to send the resolution demanding stern action to the polit bureau. Reports say that even VS loyalists did...
CPI(M) leader PS Mohanan is degraded from Ernakulam district secretariat to Ramamangalam branch, following corruption charges against him. The decision was taken by CPI(M) district secretariat and district committee. The official faction in CPI(M) has included...
The Opposition leader VS Achuthananthan will face flak from the state leadership, as the State Secretariat meets today in the background of his virulent attack on Pinarayi Vijayan. The State Secretariat will demand stern action against the veteran leader for h...
The all-party meeting convened by the State government to evolve a consensus on the Gadgil Committee report on Western Ghats, will be held today in Thiruvananthapuram. The government aims to submit a unanimous stand of the State to Kasturirangan commission whi...
Communist Party's students' wings have drawn criticism by the CPI(M) secretariat. Calling the activism of DYFI and SFI lifeless, the CPI(M) leadership wants the students' organisations to work harder for social causes. The criticism came at the four-day long s...
The Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde will preside over an all party meeting today on the issue of separate statehood for Telangana. This is the third such meeting on the issue.
As former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa is set to formally launch his Karnataka Janata Party after severing ties from BJP, the right-wing party is cracking the whip on his loyalists. The BJP has already suspended BSY loyalists and have said it will t...
Catalonia could well be on its way to a referendum on breaking away from Spain. Separatist parties secured a majority in a key regional election. However, the Catalonia's President saw some of his support drift away to key pro-independence parties over the la...
Just a week after he became the MoS of Railways, the new minister Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has sparked a fresh controversy after his statement against regional parties. Adhir has blamed them for the problems faced by the Railways. Adhir says Railways have suffer...
The Muslims in Belgium have claimed that they are gearing for a campaign to establish an Islamic state there. A newly-formed Islam party plans to run in the country's general election for the European Parliament in 2014. These plans have come to the fore after...
Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav meets Shiromani Akali Dal's chief Sukhbir Singh Badal about forming a third front. SP is also in touch with the Left, TDP and other regional parties. However, he continues to support the current Government.
The voting for the Vice-Presidential elections begins. This story also analyses the possibility of changing dynamics within the NDA and UPA, the Gujarat elections and its effect on political alignments, and the rise of smaller parties.
In a move to get the Congress High Command to organize a brainstorming meeting to pave the way forward and internally strengthen the party, Rajya Sabha Congress member V Hanumantha Rao started his indefinite, silent protest at Gandhi Bhavan. Rao has embarked o...
Senior Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao has threatened to go on a silent protest or 'Mauvna Deeksha' until the date for a meeting with the party cadre is announced. Rao, who is agitated with the party on several accounts, is seeking an arrangement for a 'medho...
Tamil legislators in Parliament create ruckus in Rajya Sabha over India's silence on the recently emerged execution video of the slain LTTE leader Prabhakaran's son.
Political representatives from Tamil Nadu create ruckus in Rajya Sabha over war crimes in Sri Lanka involving the brutal killing of slain LTTE leader Prabhakaran's son.
With the TMC chief Mamata Banerjee accepting the invites to attend the swearing-in ceremonies in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, speculation is rife over the emergence of a third front.
As Mamata Banerjee of the TMC accepts invitations from the Akalis and the SP for the swearing-in ceremonies, speculation over the emergence of a new political front at the Centre cannot be ruled out.