Politics

A division bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Madhu Jain directed that Rashid would remain under strict security supervision during the bail period.

Satheesan was sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Kerala earlier in the day at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, along with a 20-member cabinet.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other senior national leaders attended the ceremony. Along with Satheesan, 20 ministers also assumed office.

Then-Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had issued a public apology and constituted an inquiry committee under retired Justice Ashim Kumar Ray.

The UDF has also decided to appoint senior legislator Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan as Speaker of the Assembly, while Shanimol Usman will serve as Deputy Speaker.

Counting for the four municipal corporations, where elections are being contested on party lines, will be held on May 31 and the electronic voting machines have been deposited in strong rooms under tight security, officials said.

The Congress-led UDF secured a more-than-two-thirds majority in the Kerala Assembly elections, but the party was unable to decide on its chief ministerial candidate amid lobbying by different camps and protests by workers at the grassroots level.

Rajinikanth reacted to reports on Vijay’s political rise, saying he was shocked by Vijay becoming Tamil Nadu CM. He clarified his meeting with M.K. Stalin was personal, not political, and reiterated he has stepped away from active politics.

In defence of the digital evaluation method, CBSE stated that the OSM approach guarantees transparency.

Bhatikar was a well-known physiotherapist and had recently emerged as the Congress party's candidate for the Ponda assembly bypoll.

With this phase, the nationwide revision exercise will cover all remaining States and UTs, except Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh.

The Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai scheme was was originally introduced by the previous DMK government and takes its name after late party patriarch M. Karunanidhi.

Mamata Banerjee told the Calcutta High Court that there had been large-scale violence after the recently conducted legislative assembly polls in the state.

Nationwide voter roll verification drive expands as nearly 37 crore electors to be covered in Phase III across 16 states and 3 Union Territories.

K C Venugopal, a top contender for the Kerala Chief Minister's post, backed the Congress high-command's decision to select V D Satheesan, ending the 10-day suspense. He expressed confidence the new UDF government would meet public expectations.

The BJP won key municipal committee and council contests across Rewari, Dharuhera and Sampla.

Senior Congress leaders, including KC Venugopal, are understood to be closely monitoring the situation as the party attempts to maintain unity amid growing leadership chatter in Karnataka.

Prateek Yadav, son of Mulayam Singh Yadav and stepbrother of Akhilesh Yadav, died suddenly at age 38 in Lucknow.

Rickey Radhan Pandit had publicly predicted, at a time when many pollsters projected only limited electoral impact for TVK, that Vijay's horoscope contained what he called a "tsunami yoga" a year ago.

Himanta Biswa Sarma was sworn in as Assam's chief minister for a second term, leading the third consecutive BJP-led NDA government in the state.