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Kerala local body polls Phase 1 records 70.9% turnout Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | December 10, 2025 1:18:06 AM IST The first phase of the local body elections across seven districts in Kerala recorded a voter turnout of 70.9 per cent on Tuesday.... read..Rijiju accuses opposition of propagating "wrong narrative" regarding election processes New Delhi | December 9, 2025 12:19:05 PM IST Union Parliamentary and Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday accused the opposition parties of propagating "wrong narrative" regarding the election processes.... read..BJP's Nishikant Dubey accuses Congress of subverting institutions; rubbishes charge of "RSS capture" New Delhi | December 9, 2025 6:48:15 PM IST Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday alleged that the Congress party had subverted multiple institutions through constitutional amendments in the 1970s, alleging that even the office of the President was "made toothless" through amen... read..Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) | December 9, 2025 6:48:33 PM IST Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress staged a protest outside the residence of state minister Pratima Bagri in Bhopal on Tuesday over alleged involvement of the minister's brother and relatives in a Cannabis smuggling case.... read.."Kerala is on path of development": John Brittas casts vote in local body polls Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | December 9, 2025 10:48:26 AM IST Voting for the two-phased local body elections in Kerala started on Tuesday morning and CPI(M) MP John Brittas cast his vote at NSS Higher Secondary School, Sasthamangalam, highlighting the significance of citizen participation in shaping Kerala's develop... read..PM Modi arrives for NDA Parliamentary party meeting New Delhi | December 9, 2025 10:18:03 AM IST The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary Party will hold a meeting Today at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament Library Building (PLB). Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived for the meeting.... read..BJP most corrupt, anti-farmer, anti-woman, anti-poor: Ramalinga Reddy slams party ahead of protest Belagavi (Karnataka) | December 9, 2025 12:19:24 PM IST Karnataka Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP, terming its leaders "the most born corrupt people" and accusing the party of being anti-farmer, anti-woman, anti-SC, anti-OBC and anti-poor, just hours before the saffron... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 10:17:59 PM IST Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday reiterated his allegations of "vote chori", accusing the Election Commission of colluding with the ruling BJP to "shape elections". The Bharatiya Janata Party, meanwhile, accused the Congress of ... read..Sessions court issues notice to Sonia Gandhi challenging dismissal of electoral roll complaint New Delhi | December 9, 2025 12:18:44 PM IST The Sessions Court at Rouse Avenue on Tuesday issued notice to Sonia Gandhi while hearing a revision petition challenging the Magistrate's September order dismissing a complaint alleging her wrongful inclusion in the 1980-81 electoral rolls.... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 5:18:05 PM IST Accused in the Northeast Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, Umar Khalid, has moved a plea in a Delhi court on Tuesday seeking interim bail to attend his sister's wedding.... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 12:19:12 PM IST CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar on Tuesday criticised the Union government ahead of the Rajya Sabha's scheduled discussion on Vande Mataram, saying that the move is "planned to attack Jawaharlal Nehru and India's freedom movement".... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 7:48:17 PM IST Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP of "vote chori", saying it is the biggest anti-national act, and alleged that the Election Commission is "colluding with those in power" to "shape elections".... read..SC seeks ECI's response to plea seeking protection to BLOs in WB amid violent threats in SIR drive New Delhi | December 9, 2025 8:48:10 PM IST The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking its response on a plea seeking protection for BLOs (Booth Level Officers) deployed to perform enumeration duty during the ongoing SIR (Special Intensive Revision) drive ... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 8:48:18 PM IST After the Sessions Court at Rouse Avenue issued a notice to Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi in the case over her alleged wrongful inclusion in the 1980-81 electoral rolls, BJP MP Sambit Patra on Tuesday alleged that she had forged he... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 8:48:27 PM IST Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday criticised Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi after the Sessions Court at Rouse Avenue issued a notice while hearing a revision petition over her wrongful inclusion in the 1980-81 electoral rolls ... read..Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | December 9, 2025 11:18:27 AM IST Senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan on Tuesday expressed confidence in the United Democratic Front's (UDF) prospects in the Kerala local body elections, citing the long queues outside polling stations as a sign of voter enthusiasm.... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 1:18:41 PM IST Samajwadi Party MP Awadhesh Prasad on Tuesday in a striking attack criticised the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, stating that his actions do not reflect well on the spirit of the national song, citing that Uttar Pradesh is known for its 'Ga... read.."EC has no legal right to conduct SIR": Congress MP Manish Tewari New Delhi | December 9, 2025 1:18:34 PM IST A heated debate on electoral reforms is on in Parliament on Tuesday, with the opposition led by Congress MP Manish Tewari launching a sharp attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), questioning both its neutrality and its legal authority to conduc... read..PM Modi's speech on Vande Mataram "marked by frustration": Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat New Delhi | December 9, 2025 1:18:24 PM IST Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Parliament during the 'Vande Mataram' debate was "marked by frustration and a narrow-minded approach," while his party colleague Priyanka Gandhi presented facts.... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 12:48:32 PM IST The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday directed IndiGo to reduce its flight operations by 5% across sectors, citing the airline's failure to operate its winter schedule efficiently and a backlog of cancellations. The airline has been ... read..BJP MLAs protest against Karnataka govt in Suvarna Soudha Belagavi (Karnataka) | December 9, 2025 12:48:26 PM IST BJP MLAs on Tuesday held a protest against the Karnataka state government to highlight the farmers' concerns in the Suvarna Soudha.... read..Delhi HC directs ECI to act on All Party Hills Leader Conference's registration request New Delhi | December 9, 2025 11:18:12 AM IST The Delhi High Court has directed the All Party Hills Leader Conference to submit all its pending documents required for recognition as a political party within one week, while instructing the Election Commission of India (ECI) to process the application ... read..PM Modi extends birthday greetings to Sonia Gandhi New Delhi | December 9, 2025 11:18:08 AM IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday morning extended birthday greetings to Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi.... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 5:48:31 PM IST Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP-led government of "capturing institutions including the Election Commission" during the debate on Electoral Reforms in Lok Sabha and said when a Congress-led government comes to power at the Centre, ... read..Belagavi (Karnataka) | December 9, 2025 4:18:08 PM IST The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka staged a protest on Tuesday, accusing the Congress-ruled Karnataka government of neglecting the concerns of farmers at a time of mounting agrarian distress.... read..Rajya Sabha MP Kartikeya Sharma pays courtesy call on PM Modi at Parliament House New Delhi | December 9, 2025 4:48:37 PM IST Rajya Sabha MP Kartikeya Sharma, along with his wife, author and educationist Aishwarya Pandit Sharma, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House on Tuesday, a press release said.... read.."Airports reporting normal conditions": Civil Aviation Minister tells Lok Sabha amid IndiGo chaos New Delhi | December 9, 2025 1:18:56 PM IST Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Tuesday said that the flight operations were stabilising fast with airports reporting no "crowding or distress". He said that the safety in Civil Aviation remains non-negotiable.... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 2:18:09 PM IST Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday dismissed allegations that the Rajya Sabha's special discussion on the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram was politically timed ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, asserting that critics "need to think afr... read.."No relief work done in flood-hit North Karnataka, govt yielded to our pressure": BJP's R Ashoka Belagavi (Karnataka) | December 9, 2025 11:17:59 AM IST Ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party's planned protest against the Karnataka government, Leader of Opposition R Ashoka criticised the Congress-led administration for "failing" to carry out relief work in flood-hit North Karnataka. He said the BJP had sough... read..NDA leaders felicitates PM Modi at NDA Parliamentary Meeting New Delhi | December 9, 2025 10:48:36 AM IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi was felicitated by the NDA leaders at the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Parliamentary Party meeting being held today at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament Library Building (PLB).... read..Pathanamthitta (Kerala) | December 9, 2025 10:48:30 AM IST As the voting for the first phase of the Kerala local body elections began, United Democratic Front (UDF) Convenor Adoor Prakash on Tuesday cast his vote and said that there is "no doubt that his party will win the elections".... read..India to co-host 2nd WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine in New Delhi from Dec 17-19 New Delhi | December 9, 2025 8:48:12 PM IST India is going to co-host the second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine in New Delhi for three days from December 17 to 19, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO).... read..Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | December 9, 2025 11:18:06 AM IST Reacting to actor Dileep's acquittal in the 2017 actress assault case, senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan on Tuesday said that the government must step in if the survivor believes justice has not been fully served.... read.."Farmers have been totally neglected by this Congress government...": Karnataka BJP President Belagavi (Karnataka) | December 9, 2025 8:48:13 AM IST Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra on Tuesday slammed the Congress here for not resolving the farmers' issues, ahead of the party's protest against the state government.... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 10:48:18 PM IST Union Minister of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday slammed the Congress over its "vote chori" allegations against the government and said the opposition party had different yardsticks when it comes to its own victory in elections and when the ... read..Akhilesh Yadav seeks Rs 1 cr compensation for kin of deceased BLOs; pushes for ballot-based polls New Delhi | December 9, 2025 3:18:34 PM IST Samajwadi Party leader and Lok Sabha MP Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday raised concerns in Parliament over the deaths of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh, urging the Centre t... read.."All Rahul Gandhi does is drama": BJP slams Lok Sabha LoP for questioning CEC selection committee New Delhi | December 9, 2025 8:18:15 PM IST The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit back at the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for questioning the committee that selects the Chief Election Commissioner, claiming that earlier the Prime Ministers had chosen the ECs directly und... read..Sukhbir Singh Badal to fight next Punjab assembly elections from Gidderbaha Gidderbaha (Punjab) | December 9, 2025 9:18:25 AM IST Ahead of the 2027 assembly elections in Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal has announced that he would contest from Gidderbaha assembly constituency.... read..Chandigarh (Punjab) | December 9, 2025 9:18:16 AM IST Just hours after the Pujab Congress suspended her for claiming that the party takes "Rs 500 crore" from anyone aspiring to become Chief Minister, former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu intensified her allegations against Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Ra... read..Rahul Gandhi to lead opposition charge as Lok Sabha debates election reforms today New Delhi | December 9, 2025 9:18:14 AM IST The lower house of Parliament is set to take up the issue of election reforms for discussion. This will include a discussion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise initiated by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in various states.... read..Kerala local body elections: VD Satheesan cast his vote in Kochi Kochi (Kerala) | December 9, 2025 8:48:32 AM IST As the voting for the first phase of the Kerala local body elections began, Leader of Opposition in State Assembly and Congress leader VD Satheesan on Tuesday morning cast his vote for the Kerala local body elections in Kochi.... read..Belagavi (Karnataka) | December 9, 2025 3:18:17 PM IST Criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party for a protest regarding farmer issues, Karnataka Minister HK Patil on Tuesday said that the central government created the problems when they fixed the Maximum Retail Price (MRP), Fair-Remunerative Price (FRP), and s... read..ALPA India Gen Sec raises security concerns over exemption to IndiGo from FDTL norms Bengaluru (Karnataka) | December 9, 2025 8:48:15 AM IST Captain Anil Rao, General Secretary of the Airline Pilots' Association (ALPA) India, flagged safety concerns over "temporary exemption" provided to IndiGo from certain Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 3:18:27 PM IST Congress president and the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Rajya Sabha, saying that the ideological predecessors of the BJP were working for the Britishers when his party leade... read..Kerala Local Body Election 2025: Phase 1 polling begins in 7 districts Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | December 9, 2025 8:18:10 AM IST Polling for the first phase of the Kerala local body elections began at 7 am on Tuesday across seven districts -Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam.... read..Mahayuti to fight Maharashtra civic polls together after Fadnavis-Shinde hold key meeting Mumbai (Maharashtra) | December 9, 2025 6:17:55 AM IST Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday held a one-and-a-half-hour closed-door meeting.... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 5:48:11 AM IST AIMIM chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi, participating in the discussion on 150 years of Vande Mataram in the Lok Sabha, pointed out that the Constitution guarantees complete freedom of thought and religion, and linking patriotism to any religion or... read..New Delhi | December 9, 2025 3:48:01 AM IST The discussion on 150 years of National Song Vande Mataram in Lok Sabha on Monday saw leaders from various political parties highlighting the role played by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's composition in the freedom struggle with BJP and opposition members al... read..Chandigarh (Punjab) | December 9, 2025 2:48:05 AM IST Former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu has been suspended from the Congress following a series of public allegations made by her against Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, days after her remarks over an alleged ?500-crore offer for securing the ... read..PM Modi expresses deep grief over the demise of renowned Social Activist Baba Adhav New Delhi | December 9, 2025 1:18:21 AM IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed deep grief over the demise of renowned social activist and labour leader Baba Adhav, saying he will be remembered for his lifelong efforts to empower the marginalised and further labour welfare.... read.."PM Modi is no longer the Prime Minister he once was": Priyanka Gandhi New Delhi | December 9, 2025 1:18:14 AM IST Congress Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "no longer the PM he once was", questioning his confidence and policies in recent years.... read.. |