NEW DELHI: TVK has finally achieved the numbers needed to form the government in Tamil Nadu after days of intense political uncertainty, strategic negotiations and shifting alliance equations in the aftermath of the hung assembly verdict.The breakthrough came after Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) formally…

NEW DELHI: Taking a crucial step towards boosting the country’s nuclear energy programme, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has sanctioned “major equipment erection” at Units 5 and 6 of Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KKNPP).The permission, granted on April 30, marks a significant shift from civil construction to core plant development by allowing Nuclear Power Corporation…

Union home minister Amit Shah NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the five southern states would together see their representation in the House rise from 129 seats to 195 once the proposed expansion of the Lower House takes effect, dismissing claims that the Centre’s delimitation plan would…

NEW DELHI: Amid the raging debate and growing protests from the community over the proposed amendments to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019, The National Council for Transgender Persons members from the community in a meeting with senior officials of the ministry of social justice and empowerment on Saturday strongly reiterated that “self-affirmation…