BJP MP Mahtab appointed LS pro-tem speaker, Cong cries foul

Seven-term parliamentarian and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bhartruhari Mahtab was on Thursday appointed pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha, bucking the largely followed convention of appointing the......

Numbers Don't Add Up For BJP In Tamil Nadu

Indications are that the DMK combine will win more seats than the AIADMK and BJP, but is facing a tough fight in about half a dozen from the rest, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy of the electoral......

'BJP will have no effect. Not even an iota'

'The people of Tamil Nadu, in particular Chennai, know about the double standards of the BJP. Nothing will work for them here.' IMAGE: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Thamizhachi Thangapandian......

Tolerated Nitish Kumar's Hindi push for INDIA bloc, says DMK's Baalu

Janata Dal-United president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said 'only Hindi should be spoken' and the party tolerated it for the sake of cordiality in INDIA bloc, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam......

Mukherjee, Swaraj in LS Business Advisory Committe

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and Congress member V Kishore Chandra Deo are among the 14 members of the Business Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha. Besides......