CM Vijayan and LoP Satheesan unite to slam National Film Award for ‘Kerala Story’

IANS | August 1, 2025 11:14 PM

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1 (IANS) As soon as the 71st National Film awards was announced in Delhi on Friday, there was a rare unity that surfaced in Kerala when both the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Leader of Opposition V.D.Satheesan slammed the decision of the jury to give the best director award to Sudipto Sen for the controversial film, ‘The Kerala story’.

Tej Pratap Yadav says will contest from Mahua, slams Nitish govt

IANS | August 1, 2025 11:10 PM

Patna, Aug 1 (IANS) Former Bihar Cabinet Minister and elder son of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, on Friday confirmed that he will contest the upcoming 2025 Bihar Assembly elections from Mahua constituency in Vaishali district.

'People will decide': Tej Pratap evasive on Mahagathbandhan vs NDA in Bihar (IANS Interview)

IANS | August 1, 2025 8:31 PM

Patna, Aug 1 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son and former Bihar minister, Tej Pratap Yadav, on Friday gave an evasive reply when asked who would emerge victorious in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections — the Mahagathbandhan or the NDA, saying that they don’t predict winners and losers and it is the people who decide that.