Solar scam: LDF workers lay siege to govt secretariat
Thiruvananthapuram: In one of the biggest protests witnessed by politically hyperactive Kerala, thousands of LDF workers on Monday laid siege of the Government secretariat here as part of their indef
Cabinet nod to 'protect' political parties from RTI Act
New Delhi: Providing immunity to political parties from Right to Information Act (RTI), the Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to amend the transparency law to keep them out of its ambit by declaring t
Telangana-parties reject Rayala Telangana
Hyderabad: The pro-Telangana parties, the TRS, BJP and the CPI, are against the formation of a Rayala-Telangana comprising 12 districts.
TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao cancelled his media bri
Reformed murderer gets int’l acclaim
Alappuzha: It is a classic tale of an evil man who has transformed his life and is now the model of a good person. And no, it’s not a film but the real life story of Albin Mathew, 62, the founder of
POSCO: Women armed with chilli powder to take on cops
Paradip (Odisha): With Odisha government allegedly using force during the last phase of land acquisition for Posco's mega steel project near here, residents of the proposed plant site villages, mainl
CPI becomes first party to respond to RTI application
New Delhi: CPI has become the first political outfit to respond to an RTI application after a CIC order declared parties as public authorities but underlined that it does not come under the transpare
Kanimozhi and DMDK nominee in Rajya Sabha poll battle
Chennai: The contest and backroom manouvering heated up for election to six Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu in which DMK supremo's daughter Kanimozhi is making an all-out bid to ensure a second ter
CPI’s Raja to file nomination for RS seat today
Chennai: With just a day left for the filing of nominations to the biennial polls of June 27 for six Rajya Sabha seats, there was high drama in the state capital on Sunday. CPI’s incumbent upper hou
D. Raja files nomination for Rajya Sabha polls
New Delhi: Communist Party of India leader D Raja has filed his nomination for the June 27 Rajya Sabha biennial elections from Tamil Nadu.
A formal announcement on Raja’s re-nomination will be announ
Communist party left to choose between Pandian and Raja
Chennai: Ending days of suspense, Communist Party of India (CPI) on Thursday decided to contest the June 27 biennial election to Rajya Sabha with the support of CPI (M) and AIADMK.
The decision was t