Tamil Nadu Congress president K. V. Thangkabalu suspected foul play in the rejection of his wife Jayanthi’s nomination for the Mylapore Assembly segment on Monday.

Sentiments usually take centrestage in Dravidian politics, especially during polls.

BJP leader Arun Jaitley said here on Monday that the ruling Congress was facing the wave of double anti-incumbency in the ensuing Assembly elections in Assam.

Union civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi said on Monday that he too had nursed a desire to be Chief Minister but had to “given it up”.

On the face of it, the ongoing turmoil in the Arab world should have no relevance to the Assembly election in Bengal.

The Left Front government in Kerala, trying to expand its populist rice subsidy scheme and to get maximum dividends in the Assembly elections, on Monday faced a direct threat from the Election Commiss

Despite putting on a defiant face, the Congress has been rattled by the CPI(M) campaign over the high-flying copter campaign by KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala.

The volatile Kannur district, the epicentre of political violence in Kerala, seems to be heading for turmoil in the run-up to the polls.

The CPI(M) has for the first time admitted that its break with the Congress ahead of the 2009 general elections could possibly have an adverse impact on it in the coming Assembly elections in West Ben

Human resources development minister Kapil Sibal said Sunday that Mr Arun Jaitley’s comment — made public via WikiLeaks — that the BJP was using Hindutva as an “opportunistic tool” has exposed the par