4 min readChennaiJan 23, 2026 01:13 PM IST First published on: Jan 23, 2026 at 01:13 PM IST By Friday afternoon, nearly 45,000 plastic chairs had been lined up in precise rows across an open ground off the Grand Southern Trunk Road in Chengalpattu district’s Maduranthagam, over 85 km from Chennai. Party workers tested microphones,…
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s (MNS) decision to back the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) has created unease between the MNS and the Shiv Sena (UBT) that contested the recent Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls. The KMDC is a politically sensitive civic body where Deputy Chief Minister Shinde has a strong…
Earlier this month, the photographs of Shashi Tharoor exchanging notes and engaging in deep conversations with his Congress colleagues of Kerala on the sidelines of the party’s two-day brainstorming session in Wayanad had sent a signal that the differences between the four-time Thiruvananthapuram MP and the party leadership might have been finally resolved. But it…
Beginning with the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament, the members of the Lok Sabha will be required to mark their attendance on digital consoles installed at their designated seats in the Lower House. The existing system allowed the MPs to mark their attendance both digitally and in a physical register outside the Lok Sabha chamber….
As the joint session of the Karnataka Legislature got underway Thursday, marking its first session of the year, Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot walked out of the House after reading out only a few lines of his customary speech prepared by the state Cabinet. Of the 43-page speech, Gehlot read only the opening two lines and the…
From penning songs, poems, and children’s rhymes to painting and, at times, singing. Mamata Banerjee has never shied away from expressing her artistic side. On Friday, as people across the state celebrated Saraswati Puja, Banerjee posted on X a song sung by Trinamool Congress MP Aditi Munshi, a professional singer. The CM said she had…
The Aam Aadmi Party-led government in Punjab has formally launched its universal healthcare scheme Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana (MMSY) with the aim of bringing all 65 lakh families in the state under a cashless medical treatment programme through an insurance coverage of Rs 10 lakh each per year. While the government has pitched the scheme…
(Each week, the National Political Bureau of The Indian Express examines a political party and a leader, tracking their moves and explaining why they matter.) From hosting “Vision India” summits across the country to appointing a mahant (priest) as its working president in Uttarakhand, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav has been working to change…
With the Supreme Court now scheduling petitions seeking a review of its 2018 verdict permitting women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala hill shrine, the spotlight is now on the CPI(M)’s stand, and the emerging gap between the positions of the party and its government in Kerala. In September 2018, a five-judge bench of…
The Twenty20 party in Kerala, floated by the garment major KITEX, has joined the BJP-led NDA ahead of the state Assembly elections due in April. The party, founded by KITEX managing director Sabu M Jacob a decade ago, is now ruling four panchayats including one in Kizhakkambalam in Ernakulam district, where the company is headquartered….