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Senthil Balaji, Ponmudy resign as TN ministers; Thangaraj makes comeback

Tamil Nadu Ministers V Senthil Balaji and K Ponmudy have resigned from the M K Stalin-led state cabinet and the Governor has accepted the same, the Raj Bhavan said on Sunday. Governor R N Ravi has approved Chief Minister Stalin's recommendation to accept their resignation, a Raj Bhavan communique said. Senthil Balaji, facing ED probe, had been asked by the Supreme Court on Wednesday to make a choice "between post and freedom" as it warned him of cancelling bail if he did not step down as minister. Ponmudy had courted a major controversy over his Shaivite-Vaishnavite remarks made in the context of a sex worker, drawing widespread criticism, even as the Madras High Court later initiated proceedings on its own on the matter. Though he had been removed from a key party post, there were demands from opposition parties and other quarters, for his ouster from the cabinet. Transport Minister S S Sivasankar will handle Electricity portfolio, held by Senthil Balaji. Further, Housing Ministe

What A S Dulat said about Kashmir, threats a day before Pahalgam attack

Dulat feels that Bangladesh needs to be watched, and recalls a Kashmiri leader telling him that in creating Bangladesh, India helped create another Muslim nation, and that one day, they would unite

Grassroots governance: Development requires strong panchayats at the core

Panchayats are the closest tier of governance to the people. Unlike top-down models, a panchayat-led approach allows for contextual strategies that take into account multiple local factors

Trade policy reforms urged as India, US eye deal before tariff deadline

India should consider broader trade liberalisation

With Bihar Assembly elections nearing, NDA is likely to appoint a convenor

Naidu was the convenor of the NDA from 2013 to 2018, when the Telugu Desam Party, which he still leads, had exited the alliance

Hayek's Bastards: Far Right's love-hate relationship with globalisation

The economic ideas that are predicated on such a worldview are inevitably ruthless and cutthroat

States put up united front in fight for a higher share in divisible pie

Most governments, including those run by BJP, want the 16th Finance Commission to increase their share to 45-50 per cent from 41 per cent

Mayawati announces return of Akash Anand to BSP minutes after he apologised

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has extended an olive branch to her nephew Akash Anand, offering him another chance to serve the party just hours after he issued a heartfelt public apology

The past and the present of new CPI(M) General Secretary M A Baby

Ensuring that the CPI(M) remains the largest Hindu party in Kerala - leaving little space for the BJP - is Mr Baby's central priority

Supreme Court ruling redefines governor's role in state legislation

There should be two different sets of consequences of this case, one specific to this particular issue and one general. Specifically, the Tamil Nadu governor's position has now become untenable

Economic storm staring India but PM is silent, says Rahul at AICC session

The All India Congress Committee (AICC) session passed a 12-page resolution, titled Nyay Path, which accused the government of practising a "weak-kneed and failed foreign policy"

Veteran Kerala leader Marian Alexander Baby elected CPI(M) party chief

Baby's election to the top post of the party, and the rejigged 18-member Polit Bureau-its highest decision-making body-where eight new members were inducted

Localising politics and power must be a global governance priority

The world, India included, must push power to the lowest levels of governance to avoid popular alienation from the political process

Kunal Kamra refuses to apologise for Shinde remark: 'I don't fear this mob'

I don't fear this mob & I will not be hiding under my bed, waiting for this to die down, said Kunal Kamra on his Eknath Shinde remark

Highlights: SC Collegium recommends Justice Varma's transfer back to Allahabad HC amid cash row

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Richest MLA holds ₹3,383 cr in assets, poorest owns just ₹1,700: ADR data

State-wise, Karnataka's MLAs collectively possess the highest wealth at Rs 14,179 crore, followed by Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, reveals the latest ADR report

India's MLAs own more assets than combined Budgets of 3 N-E states

ADR, a non-profit organisation working on electoral and political reforms, analysed the self-sworn affidavits of current Members of Legislative Assemblies

South Korean court says impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol can leave prison

The initial decision to release Yoon from detention in his criminal case comes as a verdict approaches in his impeachment trial

From Telangana to Gujarat, states compete fiercely for new-age investments

Over the past two years, states, have intensified their competition to attract particularly in new-age industries, such as mobile phone and laptop assembly, semiconductor manufacturing and packaging

As Modi and Sharad Pawar grow closer, Maharashtra's political cauldron bubbles

Fault lines within MVA deepen as NCP (SP) warms up to BJP-Shinde, and Thackeray charts solo path for ensuing local body polls in the state, explains RADHIKA RAMASESHAN