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NE infiltration a strategic project aimed at another partition: Ravi

For 4th year, Governor Ravi walks out of Tamil Nadu Assembly without delivering inaugural address

January 20, 2026 3:44 pm

His office said in a press release that his microphone was ‘repeatedly switched off’ and that he was ‘not allowed to speak’. Chief Minister Stalin read out a resolution in the House condemning the Governor’s actions.

After the Governor left the Assembly, the Chief Minister stood up and informed the House that the Governor had deviated from the policy address, which had been ratified by the state Cabinet.

Governor omits, CM includes: Drama in Kerala Assembly over policy address

January 20, 2026 2:45 pm

2 parts that target the Centre in the policy address, which is ratified by the state Cabinet, was skipped Governor Arlekar when he read it out at the start of the Budget session

Takeaways from Modi’s Pongal address: Tamil outreach before TN polls, push for national unity

January 15, 2026 3:53 am

PM's speech comes at a time of friction between the Centre and Stalin-led DMK, which accuses the BJP dispensation of “Hindi imposition”

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

Siddaramaiah will surpass D Devaraj Urs as the longest-serving CM on January 7.

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

Senior Congress legislator and Leader of the Opposition UDF (LoP) V D Satheesan. (Photo Credit: X)

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.