Indian opposition parties are experiencing internal turmoil and potential splits. Indian politics seems to be going through a familiar cycle once again. Every few years, a major regional party suddenly finds itself staring at an internal revolt. Loyalists become rebels, whispers become headlines, and before long, a party that once looked invincible is fighting for…
CHENNAI: AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran on Thursday said his party would stand by AIADMK during difficult times and would not abandon allies for power or positions. He did not rule out the possibility of a merger between AIADMK and AMMK and said, “Let’s wait and see.” Responding to questions on the possibility…
Chennai: Shriram General Insurance Company (SGI) posted a 24% growth in Gross Direct Premium (GDP) at Rs 4,635 crore in 2025-26 against Rs 3,753 crore during the previous year (2024-25).For FY26, the net profit rose to Rs 601 crore from Rs 515 crore in FY25, a 17% YoY increase. In Q4 of FY26, its net…
Agartala: The only Bengal link of the Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI), oddly, is its Howrah address. Interestingly enough, the six-year-old Tripura-based party, registered in Howrah’s Sankrail, is now tipped to be BJP‘s biggest coalition partner with 20 MPs.TDP has 16 MPs in Lok Sabha and JD(U) 12.Formed in 2023, the party’s election symbol…
Gandhinagar: State Congress president Amit Chavda on Sunday released the party’s ‘vision document’ and theme song for the upcoming local body elections in Gujarat. The vision document is based on five basic principles of inclusivity, citizen services, transparent governance, accountability and affordable living, the party said.Speaking to reporters, Chavda said that development in Gujarat’s cities…
Lucknow: Akansha Jain of the MBBS 2020 batch will receive the prestigious Chancellor’s Medal, the highest honour of the Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS), during the institute’s third convocation ceremony scheduled on June 15 at IGP Jupiter Hall.Governor Anandiben Patel will attend the function. The Chancellor’s Medal is awarded to the best…
Pune: The five-member expert panel appointed by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to probe the death of six-year-old Priyanshi Bagde at the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital (DMH) during an eye treatment has said the hospital did not take essential scans before treating the girl and the Sassoon General Hospital should investigate the case further.The panel said…
Tamil Nadu election poll: PIL in HC flags ‘discrepancies’ in Udhayanidhi’s assets CHENNAI: A resident of Chepauk-Triplicane Assembly constituency has moved Madras high court seeking a probe by the income tax department and Union ministry of corporate affairs into the alleged material discrepancies in the assets declared by Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin….
NEW DELHI: A tea break, an unattended oil fryer left burning, and a cook who quietly walked away without alerting anyone as flames began to spread—these lapses have now emerged as key links in a chain of failures that led to the Malviya Nagar hotel fire, which claimed 22 lives.Investigations have revealed that a nearly…
Mumbai: Observing that the object of the Juvenile Justice Act is reformative and not retributive, and that detention of a child is to be resorted to only when the statutory conditions are clearly satisfied, a special court for children on Monday overturned a previous order denying bail to three minors accused of assault. As regards…
