R Priya will be the city's youngest and first Dalit woman mayor.

Politics
March 4, 2022, 11:28 a.m.

Following the ruling DMK's landslide victory in the Tamil Nadu urban local body elections, R Priya was recently elected councillor from ward number 74.

How Kerala's new push for higher education is a watershed moment for the ruling CPI (M)

Politics
March 4, 2022, 11:24 a.m.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is pushing for the privatisation of higher education as part of a draught programme for Kerala's growth. It comes at a time when the CPI(M) in West Bengal is challenging the PPP model's implementation of new schools.

The ED accepts Nawab Malik's payment of Rs 5 lakh, not Rs 55 lakh, as a typo.

Politics
March 4, 2022, 11:19 a.m.

It is investigating "usurped" Kurla land, not the Rs 55 lakh claimed in the previous remand request due to a "typographical error." According to the CIA, the land sale was proceeds of crime since Malik used Parkar to support Dawood's terror network.