CHENNAI: Going against conventional political wisdom, the newest Muslim party in Tamil Nadu, the All India Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (AIMMK), has joined the BJP bandwagon. Celebrating its first anniversary year, the party plans to organize a 'national development conference' in January to gain some traction in the state. AIMMK founder president N K N Shathakkathullah told TOI that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to inaugurate the conference.
CHENNAI: Going against conventional political wisdom, the newest Muslim party in Tamil Nadu, the All India Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (AIMMK), has joined the BJP bandwagon. Celebrating its first anniversary year, the party plans to organize a 'national development conference' in January to gain some traction in the state. AIMMK founder president N K N Shathakkathullah told TOI that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to inaugurate the conference.
NEW DELHI: If you thought 1 lakh central paramilitary troops were a massive number to police the counter-Naxalite grid, there will be far more boots on the ground in the days to come, particularly in Bastar.
NEW DELHI: If you thought 1 lakh central paramilitary troops were a massive number to police the counter-Naxalite grid, there will be far more boots on the ground in the days to come, particularly in Bastar.
HYDERABAD: Bracing for Cyclone Hudhud that is currently on course to hit the Visakhapatnam coast by Sunday afternoon accompanied by wind speed of up to 155 kmph and very heavy rain, the Andhra Pradesh government is gearing up to evacuate as many as 4.56 lakh people from the coastal villages of east and west Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts by Saturday evening.
HYDERABAD: Bracing for Cyclone Hudhud that is currently on course to hit the Visakhapatnam coast by Sunday afternoon accompanied by wind speed of up to 155 kmph and very heavy rain, the Andhra Pradesh government is gearing up to evacuate as many as 4.56 lakh people from the coastal villages of east and west Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts by Saturday evening.
NEW DELHI: Banning former Haryana chief minister O P Chautala from any kind of campaigning, the Delhi High Court Friday gave him 24 hours to surrender and go back to jail.
NEW DELHI: Banning former Haryana chief minister O P Chautala from any kind of campaigning, the Delhi High Court Friday gave him 24 hours to surrender and go back to jail.
SRINAGAR: A group of men unfurled ISIS flags amid pro-freedom and anti-India sloganeering outside the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar after Friday prayers, according to eyewitnesses.
SRINAGAR: A group of men unfurled ISIS flags amid pro-freedom and anti-India sloganeering outside the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar after Friday prayers, according to eyewitnesses.
NEW DELHI: Severe cyclonic storm 'Hudhud' will not be as intense as 'Phailin' that had hit India's eastern coast exactly a year ago but the country's weather forecaster on Thursday advised states - mainly Odisha and Andhra Pradesh - to remain as alert and prepared as they were in 2013.
NEW DELHI: Severe cyclonic storm 'Hudhud' will not be as intense as 'Phailin' that had hit India's eastern coast exactly a year ago but the country's weather forecaster on Thursday advised states - mainly Odisha and Andhra Pradesh - to remain as alert and prepared as they were in 2013.
CHENNAI: On day 2 of the DMK's broadside against Jayalalithaa and the AIADMK, party MLA J Anbazhagan wrote to the state assembly secretary asking that Jayalalithaa's Srirangam constituency should be declared vacant since she stands disqualified after her conviction. On Wednesday, Karunanidhi, who had been keeping a low profile so that the initial outpouring of sympathy for Jayalalithaa died down, made his move through a frontal attack. He said there will be no comeback for Jayalalithaa, and he asked DMK partymen to launch a vigorous campaign to destroy their opponents.
CHENNAI: On day 2 of the DMK's broadside against Jayalalithaa and the AIADMK, party MLA J Anbazhagan wrote to the state assembly secretary asking that Jayalalithaa's Srirangam constituency should be declared vacant since she stands disqualified after her conviction. On Wednesday, Karunanidhi, who had been keeping a low profile so that the initial outpouring of sympathy for Jayalalithaa died down, made his move through a frontal attack. He said there will be no comeback for Jayalalithaa, and he asked DMK partymen to launch a vigorous campaign to destroy their opponents.
NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of putting politics over national duty, pointing to his absence from Delhi as tensions mount on the border with Pakistan.
NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of putting politics over national duty, pointing to his absence from Delhi as tensions mount on the border with Pakistan.
LUCKNOW: Veteran politician Mulayam Singh Yadav was re-elected unopposed national president of Samajwadi Party for a record ninth consecutive term on the inaugural day of the party's national convention that began at Janeshwar Misra Park in Gomtinagar on Wednesday morning. Though Mulayam's re-election was a given, it was the election process that turned out to be interesting affair.
LUCKNOW: Veteran politician Mulayam Singh Yadav was re-elected unopposed national president of Samajwadi Party for a record ninth consecutive term on the inaugural day of the party's national convention that began at Janeshwar Misra Park in Gomtinagar on Wednesday morning. Though Mulayam's re-election was a given, it was the election process that turned out to be interesting affair.
MANIPAL: Former chairman of Prasar Bharati and veteran journalist Madhav Vittal Kamath, popularly kmown as MV Kamath, died at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal on Thursday. He was 93.
Kamath was the Washington correspondent of the Times of India from 1969 to 1978 and was also the editor of Illustrated Weekly of India.
MANIPAL: Former chairman of Prasar Bharati and veteran journalist Madhav Vittal Kamath, popularly kmown as MV Kamath, died at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal on Thursday. He was 93.
Kamath was the Washington correspondent of the Times of India from 1969 to 1978 and was also the editor of Illustrated Weekly of India.
