NEW DELHI: Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor on Friday clarified his position on his political future and said that he might not contest another Lok Sabha election if the next polls are held five years from now. Tharoor said people should know when to step aside for the ‘younger blood’. “Not electoral politics but…
LUCKNOW: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has got a thumping mandate in both Wayanad and Rae Bareli, but which seat will he retain? Rahul won the Rae Bareli seat with a margin of over 3.9 lakh votes and Wayanad by over 3.6 lakh votes.The sentiment in the Gandhi bastion is that he should retain Rae Bareli…
KOCHI: The ruling LDF won only one seat out of 20 in Kerala despite a very efficient campaign and fielding heavy-hitter candidates in several key constituencies. Also, unlike in 2019, there was no discernible pro-UDF wave nor a burning issue like Sabarimala, which makes the LDF rout this time something of a political conundrum.Interestingly, after…
PUNE: After IMD announced a near-normal monsoon onset over Kerala around May 31 this year, with a model error of plus-minus four days, top weather experts indicated on Thursday the timely arrival of rains over parts of south peninsular India, Northeast and Maharashtra as well.“The absence of potential cyclone formations over the Arabian Sea or…
PUNE: After IMD announced a near-normal monsoon onset over Kerala around May 31 this year, with a model error of plus-minus four days, top weather experts indicated on Thursday the timely arrival of rains over parts of south peninsular India, Northeast and Maharashtra as well.“The absence of potential cyclone formations over the Arabian Sea or…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Arun Kumar is no stranger to navigating the bustling streets of Kerala‘s Kollam or racing down the highway to Thiruvananthapuram with sirens blaring. Yet, when faced with the daunting prospect of a 2,400km journey from Kollam to Raiganj in Bengal, doubts crept in. With the doctors advising minimal stops for food and fuel, the…
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NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday claimed that when the INDIA bloc is voted to power in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, it would scrap the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the first session of Parliament.Chidambaram said that the CAA, which has become one of the major flashpoints between the ruling BJP…
KOTTAYAM: Defence minister Rajnath Singh took a dig at Rahul Gandhi Thursday, saying that after Rahul’s defeat in Amethi in 2019 he does not dare to stand from there this time.While campaigning for BJP‘s Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency candidate Anil Antony in Kerala, Singh said Rahul migrated to Kerala from Uttar Pradesh following his defeat.He…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/THRISSUR/MADURAI: PM Narendra Modi accused CPM on Monday of “looting the poor” and raised corruption charges against Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family. He also targeted Congress, saying the “yuvraj” of the grand old party, who could not protect his family’s seat in UP, had come to Kerala to seek votes.In his speech…
