4 min readChennaiUpdated: Mar 4, 2026 10:25 PM IST The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Congress Wednesday evening finalised their seat-sharing agreement for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, ending weeks of uneasy negotiations that at one point appeared headed toward a rupture. The deal — 28 assembly seats and one Rajya Sabha seat —…
4 min readMumbaiMar 4, 2026 09:18 PM IST Following days of deliberations and disagreements, Maharashtra’s Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Wednesday reached a consensus on its lone Rajya Sabha candidate, deciding to renominate NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar to the Upper House. The MVA’s announcement came after the Congress high command conveyed its decision…
Instead of the high constitutional ideal of cooperative federalism, the Centre-State ties are veering towards “coercive federalism”, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said in a letter to his Tamil Nadu counterpart M K Stalin while hailing him on the “Report of the High-Level Committee on Union-State Relations”. Karnataka shares the concerns flagged by the committee headed…
The BJP on Wednesday nominated national general secretary Vinod Tawde, Union minister Ramdas Athawale, corporator Maya Ivnate, and former MLC Ramrao Wadkute as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra, on the eve of the last day of nominations. As in its first list of picks announced a day earlier, organisational loyalty…
(As Assam gears up for the Assembly polls, every Wednesday, Special Correspondent Sukrita Baruah decodes the electoral trends, political signals, and campaign moves shaping the contest.) In the wake of an increase in the region’s share of Assembly seats and recent political realignment, the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) has emerged as one of Assam’s most…
On February 14, Nishant Kumar arrived in Bodh Gaya, marking the start of his first extensive tour of Bihar. Dressed in a white kurta-pyjama and a cream sweater, Nishant, the son of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, walked around the Mahabodhi temple, learnt about its history, meditated under the Bodhi tree where the Buddha achieved enlightenment,…
Last Thursday, an event in a hotel in central Gandhinagar saw a rare show of camaraderie among a slew of prominent leaders cutting across party lines. The occasion was a dinner party hosted by Hardik Patel to celebrate the birth of his son. Apart from top leaders of the ruling BJP, several key faces of…
5 min readNew DelhiMar 4, 2026 07:15 AM IST First published on: Mar 4, 2026 at 07:03 AM IST From picking its national president Nitin Nabin to “rewarding” dedicated party veterans for their long-term loyalty, the BJP on Tuesday announced nine candidates across six states for the March 16 Rajya Sabha polls. “Over the last…
4 min readNew DelhiMar 4, 2026 07:33 AM IST First published on: Mar 4, 2026 at 07:33 AM IST On December 30, 2006, soon after former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed in Baghdad, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a statement, “We had already expressed the hope that the execution would not be…
Odisha is expected to see fast-paced political activity after renowned hotelier and former Union minister Dilip Ray on Tuesday threw his hat in the Rajya Sabha race as an Independent. Ray’s announcement came almost immediately after the BJP named its candidates – state chief Manmohan Samal and Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar – for the…