Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday criticised the 16th Finance Commission’s recommendation of allotting 4.131% of the central tax pool to Karnataka, saying the state has been shortchanged compared to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. He pointed out that several smaller states have been given a higher share despite Karnataka ranking first in per capita income and […]
Thiruvananthapuram – The State Congress Core Committee, the highest decision-making body of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), has analyzed the results of the recent local body elections and identified two significant factors that contributed to the United Democratic Front’s (UDF) victory over the Left Democratic Front (LDF) after more than a decade. The polarization […]
In a notable shift, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has decided to take a more proactive role in the party’s affairs in Kerala, as the state gears up for the 2026 assembly elections. This move comes after the AICC intervened directly in local body elections, marking a precedent for increased involvement in future polls. […]
In a statement released on Friday, the working president of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (BRS), KT Rama Rao, accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of maintaining a “conspiratorial silence” over the spate of defections of BRS legislators to the Congress. Rama Rao pointed out that while Gandhi frequently raises the issue of “vote chori” (election fraud) […]
In a move aimed at expediting the passage of a long-pending bill, the Telangana government has decided to approach President Droupadi Murmu seeking her active intervention. The bill pertains to enhancing the Backward Classes (BC) quota in local bodies to 42 per cent. A three-day delegation led by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will camp […]
