BJP leader Surendran slams LDF, UDF on voter list allegations

IANS | August 13, 2025 3:34 PM

Thrissur, Aug 13 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and former Kerala state president K. Surendran on Wednesday ridiculed both the CPI(M)-led LDF and Congress-led UDF over their allegations of large-scale voter list manipulation in Thrissur, where Union Minister Suresh Gopi is the MP.

Conduct SIR across the country, not selectively in poll-bound states: Abhishek Banerjee

IANS | August 13, 2025 3:18 PM

Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, Abhishek Banerjee, has dared the BJP-led Central government to immediately dissolve the Lok Sabha and conduct Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the Election Commission of India (ECI) across the country and not selectively in poll-bound states.

India, Singapore cement ties amid global uncertainties

IANS | August 13, 2025 3:07 PM

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The India-Singapore relationship is evolving into a deepening partnership, in which New Delhi is re-crafting its diplomacy to serve a clear economic and strategic purpose in today’s uncertain world.

From oncologist to corridors of power, the political journey of V Maitreyan

IANS | August 13, 2025 2:44 PM

Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) Dr V. Maitreyan’s political career is a study in adaptability -- a journey that has taken him from the ideological world of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to the power corridors of Delhi, from being a BJP state president to a three-term AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP, and now, a new recruit in the DMK.

India’s stand vindicated as Pakistan fails to meet IMF loan conditions again

IANS | August 13, 2025 2:20 PM

New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) With Pakistan failing to meet three out of the five targets fixed by the International Monetary Fund for the second review of the $7 billion bailout package, India’s stand has been vindicated that Islamabad has been a prolonged borrower, with a very poor track record of implementation and adherence to the IMF's programme conditions