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Exclusive | Behind closed doors, at Amit Shah-EPS meeting, BJP’s demand: Tamil Nadu power sharing, 3 ministers and 56 seats
January 09, 2026 1:37 pm
In talks with Amit Shah, E Palaniswami expressed his reservations, saying that even signalling such an arrangement could prove electorally damaging
2,792 days later, Siddaramaiah stands on the cusp of history, legacy still in the making
January 07, 2026 7:10 pm
The achievement of the Congress leader, who is set to overtake Devraj Urs as the longest-serving Karnataka CM on Wednesday, comes amid a leadership tussle in the party.
AICC data head: 'TN Cong cadre want more seats, power share... can DMK alliance win without Cong vote share?'
January 05, 2026 11:14 pm
“So it (row over my post on Tamil Nadu debt) just exposes how some of these TN Congress leaders are so heavily dependent on DMK for their very political existence,” says Praveen Chakravarty
Decode Politics: A car ride and the CPM’s uneasy turn — why Kerala’s Left is divided over Ezhava leader Vellappally Natesan
January 04, 2026 7:46 pm
Natesan, who is known for making anti-Muslim remarks, is being courted by the CPM. Its ally CPI believes this led to the minority community distancing itself from the Left in the recent local polls.
Why Congress is again in a bulldozer row in Karnataka — and why BJP is calling K C Venugopal a ‘super CM’
January 01, 2026 11:10 am
Days after Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan's comments triggered a swift retort from Karnataka's ruling party, BJP steps up attack as Venugopal conveys high command's “serious concerns” to the Siddaramaiah government
V D Satheesan interview: 'Congress will give 50% tickets in Kerala Assembly polls to youth, women ... mark a generational shift'
December 30, 2025 11:02 am
“The local body poll results are definitely an indicator.... The anti-incumbency against LDF will be much stronger in the Assembly polls... We (UDF) are aiming (to win) 100 (of 140) seats,” says the Congress leader
Aland ‘vote chori’: BJP ex-MLA targeted names that he thought were not his voters, says Karnataka SIT
December 15, 2025 11:54 pm
“A conspiracy was hatched for the political gain of A-1 (Subhash Guttedar) in the Aland Assembly constituency,” says SIT chargesheet. In 2018, Guttedar had lost from Aland by just 697 votes.
Festivals, fears, lawsuits: What drives Hindu Munnani, the outfit in middle of Madurai temple-dargah row
December 10, 2025 7:04 pm
Founded in the early 1980s, the outfit built its base in the first couple of decades primarily through festival politics and street-level confrontations before moving towards pursuing court cases.
At centre of Parliament 'dogfight', Renuka Chowdhury’s stormy journey: NTR protégé to Congress firebrand
December 10, 2025 5:48 pm
The outspoken ex-Union minister, who has been a multiple-term Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, is no stranger to controversy, with her colleagues calling her “defiance personified”
Congress finally acts against MLA Rahul Mamkootathil: Palakkad MLA in eye of sexual misconduct storm is shown the door
December 05, 2025 10:34 am
Decision came minutes after a court rejected his anticipatory bail plea; party says high command has been consulted
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