India’s ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has exempted the solar PV farms coming up in the country from having to seek environment clearance. India is in the midst of a massive program to increase its grid-connected solar power generation capacity from around 20 million watts at the end of the 2010 to 20,000 million […]
J Jayalalitha, who is being sworn in as Tamil Nadu’s new chief minister, is unlikely to join the Congress-led UPA at the Centre any time soon, according to sources in Chennai. While Sonia Gandhi has already invited the AIADMK supremo for ‘breakfast’ and congratulated her on her victory over Congress ally DMK, the feisty former-actress […]
The Congress alliance in Kerala got a large part of their votes from the Syrian and other Christian voters, according to Asianet CFORE post poll survey. The Christians, particularly the Syrian Christians, emerged as the most coherent and cogent voting force — directing a whopping 75% of their votes to Congress alliance. Christians make up […]
Tamil Nadu is emerging as the only piece of bad news for the Congress alliance as BJP ally, Jayalalitha led All Indian Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (AIADMK) is heading towards a nearly assured win. After seeming neck and neck in very early trends, AIADMK has now notched up nearly double the seats of rival Karunanidhi’s […]
The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) will take Kerala, albeit with a slim majority of 5-10 seats, according to post poll surveys announced today. While the ASIANET – CFORE survey predicts around 75 seats (out of the total of 140) for Congress and Muslim League’s UDF, the Left front will have to be satisfied with […]
Oommen Chandy, Congress’ stalwart Christian leader, is likely to be the next chief minister as the UDF cruises to 72 seats in an assembly of 140 seats. Chandy, who was facing competition for the top job from Ramesh Chennithala — a Nair leader from Congress — has strengthened his claim to the top job by […]
The DMK-Congress combine is set to stage a comeback in Tamil Nadu, says the Headlines Today-ORG poll, while Asianet CFORE and CNN-IBN -Week surveys predicted a win for AIADMK. The post poll survey gives a 48% share of the votes to DMK while Jayalalitha’s AIDMK will get only 47%. In terms of seats, the poll […]
Kerala state assembly results have thrown up a photo finish with Congress-Muslim League UDF getting 71 seats while the Left parties notched up 68 seats. One constituency, Trithala, has added to the confusion by not being able to count even half the votes due to voting machine error. The constituency, which may go either way, […]
HEADLINES TODAY -ORG West Bengal Total seats — 294 Mamata+ — 210-220 Left+ — 65-70 Tamil Nadu Total seats — 234 DMK-Cong+ — 122 (115-130) AIDMK-BJP+ — 113 (105-120) Voteshare DMK-Cong+ — 48% AIDMK-BJP+ — 47% Kerala Total seats — 140 Congress+ — 85-90 Left+ — 45-60 —- ASIANET – CFORE Kerala Total seats — […]
The victory of the Congress in Kerala is likely to prove a crown of thorns for the party. Not only has the election been very poor for Congress as a party — subtracting from its moral leadership — but its allies have already indicated that they plan to drive a hard bargain. Two allies of […]
The Left Democratic Front, led by CPIM, may wait for Congress to ‘mess up’ instead of trying to aggressively woo small parties from the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala, according to early indications. With 46 seats with the CPIM and 58 seats with the Congress party, both can try to attract small parties […]
The Indian Civil Services Exam too seems to be going the way of the other prestigious all-India entrance exams such as the Common Aptitude Test (CAT), meant for MBA admissions. According to the results of last year’s Civil Services Exam announced today, Engineers increased their domination of the results. In the latest results, engineers account […]
Kerala chief minister VS Achutanandan said CPIM, despite being the biggest party in Kerala, will not stake claim to form the government and blamed communal forces for working against him. “There is no need. We don’t have the numbers to rule,” Achutandan, widely credited with the unexpectedly good performance by the left in the assembly […]
Dish TV may have increased their ‘HD’ channel count to 30, but Anil Ambani’s Reliance Big TV has just upscaled their entire 250 channels into HD, the company said. Though only around half a dozen channels being beamed in India have an HD version, some Indian DTH providers have been providing dozens of HD channels. […]
Tense faces abounded at the Congress offices in the state after it was able to post just a 2-seat majority in an election that was supposed to be a walk-over. Oommen Chandy, the chief ministerial candidate of the UDF (headed by Congress) and KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala said the party will hold an enquiry into […]
After Uninor, Reliance and Tata too have thrown their weight behind the telecom regulator’s proposal to examine whether 20 paise per minute is the right price for connecting a call from one network to another. The charge, called termination or interconnect charge, is paid by one network to another when handing over a call to […]
Indian IT majors like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL and Cognizant continued their fast ascent in the global IT industry, rising fast in the ranks of world’s top IT firms in 2010, with Cognizant the clear leader in growth. The biggest jump in rank among India’s top five IT firms was done by HCL Technologies — […]
The results of the Assembly elections in the states of Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Assam have started trickling in. The first lead has been announced in Badagara Assembly constituency in Calicut, where the UDF (Congress-Muslim League) is leading. There are a total of 140 seats in Kerala, 234 in TN, 294 in West […]
Congress led UDF or United Democratic Front had a slight set back as the early leads were coming out, but bounced back later on. Even as leads have been announced in nearly all the 140 seats, Congress led UDF seems to be set for a win with a slim majority of 10 seats. Latest resultsKerala […]
The exit pollsters have been proved right in West Bengal, with Mamata alliance sweeping the early leads from West Bengal. 108 out of the 135 leads are with Mamata Bannerjee’s Trinamool Congress party and others. Exit polls have indicated a 200+ tally for Mamata out of the total of 294 seats. The Left, led by […]
