K J Rao

Unity in diversity is India's strength and any attempt at "language chauvinism" will boomerang, Telangana minister K T Rama Rao has said, joining the chorus from the south against Home Minister Amit Shah's pitch to propagate Hindi.

The chief ministers of six non-BJP-ruled states have written to the centre to remind it of its "constitutional" responsibilities in the stand-off over the Rs 2.35 lakh crore shortfall in GST compensation and financial relief (from the pandemic) due to states. Mamata Banerjee (Bengal), Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi), Edappadi K P...

A pal of gloom descended on the home of Havildar K Palani as his family waited for his body to reach Tamil Nadu's Kadukalur village. "The final rites would be done at the family's native village, subject to COVID norms. The Army would give the guard of honour," District Collector K Veera Raghava Rao told NDTV.

DMK chief MK Stalin today said that he "doesn't see a chance" for a Third Front, in a setback for Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao who has been exploring the possibility of a non-BJP, non-Congress arrangement at the centre after the national elections.

Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami Sunday accused former chief secretary P Rama Mohana Rao of providing wrong information about late chief minister J Jayalalithaa's health.

The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) in Telangana today announced names of its three candidates for the ensuing Rajya Sabha elections from the state.

AIADMK's Edappadi Palaniswami, party chief VK Sasikala's proxy, will seek a vote of confidence on Saturday to prove he has majority support in the Tamil Nadu legislature, at a special session called by the state's Governor C Vidyasagar Rao. Mr Palaniswami took oath as Chief Minister earlier this evening along with a 31-member cabinet. Mr Palaniswam...

Within hours of being found guilty of corruption, VK Sasikala stepped on the gas to name a new leader for her party, the AIADMK. Edappadi K Palaniswami, 57, who is Minister of the Public Works Department, is the new chief of the ruling party of Tamil Nadu. He has written to Governor C Vidyasagar Rao asking for the chance to prove his majority in t...

The ruling AIADMK's VK Sasikala and O Panneerselvam wished Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao a happy birthday on Monday morning. Five days after they both met Governor Rao to present claims to form government, he is yet to act. In that time, some more leaders of the party have joined Mr Panneerselvam - who now has 11 members of Parliament and se...

The delay in her accession to the post of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister was designed to "create a split" in the ruling AIADMK party, VK Sasikala alleged today, promising to escalate the week-long political crisis that has crippled the state with a "new kind of protest" from tomorrow. The sharp change in her tone came after a meeting with legislators of...

At the home of O Panneerselvam, who says that he must remain Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, a large LCD screen was installed this morning along with a public address system to enthuse the crowd that is encouraging him to stay the course.

Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu and Bandaru Dattatreya, Supreme Court Justice J Chamaleshwar and several other prominent persons today attended the 'Ayutha Maha Chandi Yagam' performed by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

People should rise above caste and religious lines and not vote for politicians known for muscle and money power if they have to cleanse the system, former Election Commission chief K J Rao says.

There is some positive news on the health condition of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, whose condition is now stable, the Chairman of Global Hospitals Dr K Ravindranath told NDTV. He added a liver transplant option will we considered after his condition improves.

Unity in diversity is India's strength and any attempt at "language chauvinism" will boomerang, Telangana minister K T Rama Rao has said, joining the chorus from the south against Home Minister Amit Shah's pitch to propagate Hindi.

The chief ministers of six non-BJP-ruled states have written to the centre to remind it of its "constitutional" responsibilities in the stand-off over the Rs 2.35 lakh crore shortfall in GST compensation and financial relief (from the pandemic) due to states. Mamata Banerjee (Bengal), Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi), Edappadi K P...

A pal of gloom descended on the home of Havildar K Palani as his family waited for his body to reach Tamil Nadu's Kadukalur village. "The final rites would be done at the family's native village, subject to COVID norms. The Army would give the guard of honour," District Collector K Veera Raghava Rao told NDTV.

DMK chief MK Stalin today said that he "doesn't see a chance" for a Third Front, in a setback for Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao who has been exploring the possibility of a non-BJP, non-Congress arrangement at the centre after the national elections.

Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami Sunday accused former chief secretary P Rama Mohana Rao of providing wrong information about late chief minister J Jayalalithaa's health.

The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) in Telangana today announced names of its three candidates for the ensuing Rajya Sabha elections from the state.

AIADMK's Edappadi Palaniswami, party chief VK Sasikala's proxy, will seek a vote of confidence on Saturday to prove he has majority support in the Tamil Nadu legislature, at a special session called by the state's Governor C Vidyasagar Rao. Mr Palaniswami took oath as Chief Minister earlier this evening along with a 31-member cabinet. Mr Palaniswam...

Within hours of being found guilty of corruption, VK Sasikala stepped on the gas to name a new leader for her party, the AIADMK. Edappadi K Palaniswami, 57, who is Minister of the Public Works Department, is the new chief of the ruling party of Tamil Nadu. He has written to Governor C Vidyasagar Rao asking for the chance to prove his majority in t...

The ruling AIADMK's VK Sasikala and O Panneerselvam wished Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao a happy birthday on Monday morning. Five days after they both met Governor Rao to present claims to form government, he is yet to act. In that time, some more leaders of the party have joined Mr Panneerselvam - who now has 11 members of Parliament and se...

The delay in her accession to the post of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister was designed to "create a split" in the ruling AIADMK party, VK Sasikala alleged today, promising to escalate the week-long political crisis that has crippled the state with a "new kind of protest" from tomorrow. The sharp change in her tone came after a meeting with legislators of...

At the home of O Panneerselvam, who says that he must remain Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, a large LCD screen was installed this morning along with a public address system to enthuse the crowd that is encouraging him to stay the course.

Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu and Bandaru Dattatreya, Supreme Court Justice J Chamaleshwar and several other prominent persons today attended the 'Ayutha Maha Chandi Yagam' performed by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

People should rise above caste and religious lines and not vote for politicians known for muscle and money power if they have to cleanse the system, former Election Commission chief K J Rao says.

There is some positive news on the health condition of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, whose condition is now stable, the Chairman of Global Hospitals Dr K Ravindranath told NDTV. He added a liver transplant option will we considered after his condition improves.