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Chennai: Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Saturday appointed TVK chief C Joseph Vijay as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and the leader will take oath Sunday, the Lok Bhavan said. The swearing-in of the Vijay-led ministry will be held Sunday at 10 am at Chennai's Nehru...

New Delhi: The national capital is on high alert following intelligence inputs indicating a possible terror threat. This prompted the Delhi Police and other security agencies to intensify vigil across several sensitive locations, sources said Saturday. A source said security has been increased at the...

Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: Odisha's Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Saturday congratulated BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on being sworn in as the Chief Minister of neighbouring West Bengal. Patnaik, who was the longest-serving CM of Odisha, said he was hopeful that West Bengal would reach new heights of...

New Delhi/Chandigarh: Enforcement Directorate Saturday arrested Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora in connection with a new money laundering case involving him and several entities allegedly linked to him, officials said. According to officials, Arora (62) was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering...

New Delhi/Balasore: India has successfully test-fired an Advanced Agni missile with the strategic ability to deploy multiple payloads to separate targets simultaneously -- a milestone that places the country among a select league of global powers. The testing of the missile with Multiple Independently Targeted...

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: Amid intensifying lobbying and public campaigns by supporters of the three main contenders for Kerala Chief Minister's post, senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan Saturday said the party high command was likely to take a final decision on the issue within 24 hours. The...

Chennai: Ending the suspense, the VCK Saturday declared unconditional support to Vijay-led TVK to form the government in Tamil Nadu, and the actor-politician is expected to call on Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar soon. Shortly after VCK's decision to back Vijay, another DMK ally, the IUML...

Chennai: The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) Saturday announced that it would declare its decision on extending support to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government formation bid at 4 P.M. today, amid intense political developments in Tamil Nadu. The announcement assumes significance as actor-politician C. Joseph...

New Delhi: An ex-IPS officer moved the Supreme Court on Saturday, challenging Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar's refusal to invite TVK chief C Joseph Vijay to form the government despite his party winning the highest number of seats. The plea was filed by IPS...

Chandigarh: Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann alleged that the BJP-led Centre is playing dangerous games with Punjab as he slammed it after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday conducted fresh searches against Punjab Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora. He also accused the Centre of using agencies like the...