Taking to Twitter Rahul wrote that unlike today, there was a time when election commissioners were impartial, brave, and feared.

Nearly 15,000 government doctors have been on strike for a range of demands including periodic salary raise and promotions.

The striking doctors said in-patients will not be attended to unless it is an emergency.

In a Facebook post, Vijayan said the country was already seeing a widespread protest against the imposition of a common language, adding the move was a sign of Sangh Parivar opening a new battlefield in the name of language.

According to sources, some of the parties that will be part of the opposition all-party delegation are Congress, CPI-M, CPI, RJD, NCP, TMC and DMK.

After MK Stalin made his son Udyanidi head the youth wing, the DMK is truly a family firm

PM Narendra Modi has invited the heads of all the political parties that have at least one member either in the Lok Sabha or in the Rajya Sabha to discuss the issue of simultaneous elections.

The circular was withdrawn after the DMK took it up with officials, with the Opposition slamming it as another attempt at 'imposing' Hindi.

The proposal came a day after the Centre dropped the contentious provision of compulsory teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states.

YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s promise to re-introduce ‘Total Prohibition’ has attracted criticism. The excise revenue from liquor is said to be around Rs 7,500 crore. Loss of the amount to the State’s revenue is certain to adversely affect the economy.