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    Shashi Tharoor rules out Kerala CM role, says UDF can win 85–100 seats

    The Federal
    19 March 2026 2:32 PM IST

    Shashi Tharoor rules out CM role in Kerala polls, backs UDF strategy without a face, and questions early election timing

    Shashi Tharoor
    Elections 2026
    BJP flags
    Elections 2026

    BJP releases first list of 88 candidates in Assam; Himanta to contest Jalukbari

    19 March 2026 12:35 PM IST
    Texas student arrest
    Maharashtra

    Nashik ‘godman’ arrested in rape case; political row erupts in Maharashtra

    19 March 2026 11:43 AM IST
    How BJP won over Lefts bastion North Telangana without much effort
    Elections 2026

    Kerala Assembly polls: BJP releases second list of 39 candidates

    19 March 2026 11:41 AM IST
    electoral rolls

    70 pc Kerala MLAs face criminal cases, over half are crorepatis: ADR

    19 March 2026 10:00 AM IST
    KSRTC buses

    Free bus travel: Karnataka’s 4 transport corporations run into deep trouble

    19 March 2026 6:28 AM IST
    LPG cylinders

    Why cooking gas shortage hits Kerala harder than anywhere else

    19 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Rain in Andhra Pradesh

    Heavy rain lashes Vijayawada, other parts of Andhra; causes waterlogging, traffic snarls

    18 March 2026 9:02 PM IST
    Discussion on Congress crisis in Assam after Bordoloi resignation

    Bordoloi exit : Has Congress lost the plot in Assam?

    18 March 2026 8:50 PM IST
    Vijay, TVK

    TN Assembly elections: Vijay declares TVK to go solo

    18 March 2026 7:58 PM IST
    Puducherry Assembly elections 2026

    Puducherry polls | Standoff persists in NDA, INDIA blocs as nomination deadline nears

    18 March 2026 7:41 PM IST
    building near UB city, Bengaluru

    DK Shivakumar flags aviation and defence curbs choking Bengaluru’s vertical growth

    18 March 2026 6:40 PM IST
    Suvendhu vs Mamata

    Why did BJP skip personal attack on Mamata in Bengal campaigning? | AI With Sanket

    18 March 2026 6:32 PM IST
    Ramu Manivannan discussing welfare and freebies

    Welfare vs freebies: Political scientist Manivannan flags risks to TN’s growth

    18 March 2026 6:10 PM IST
    BJD and Congress MLAs protest in Odisha Assembly

    Mock funeral by opposition in Odisha assembly after 12 die in Cuttack hospital fire

    Agencies
    18 March 2026 6:05 PM IST

    BJD and Congress MLAs storm the Odisha assembly with a mock funeral, calling for Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling's resignation over the Cuttack...

    Voters Day

    Congress delegation meets SEC; seeks early panchayat, local body polls in J-K

    18 March 2026 5:56 PM IST
    The Indian government has finally sanctioned the long-awaited Kedarnath ropeway project between Sonprayag and Kedarnath, and Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib in Uttarakhand.

    BKTC to Sara Ali Khan: Declare faith in Sanatan to visit Badrinath, Kedarnath shrines

    18 March 2026 5:33 PM IST
    VD Satheesan

    No UDF infighting over seats unlike BJP and LDF: Congress leader Satheesan

    18 March 2026 4:22 PM IST
    14 detained after LPG agency staff beat up customer in UP

    14 detained after LPG agency staff beat up customer in UP

    18 March 2026 3:56 PM IST
    Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joins BJP

    Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joins BJP after quitting Congress ahead of Assembly polls

    18 March 2026 1:56 PM IST
    Vijay attacks DMK and ADMK

    Vijay was offered CM post, declined, says TVK leader Aadhav Arjuna

    18 March 2026 1:20 PM IST
    Sahitya Akademi winner S Tamilselvan

    Creative freedom is under threat in this country: Sahitya Akademi winner S Tamilselvan

    18 March 2026 1:04 PM IST
    Delhi air pollution

    GRAP lifted in Delhi: Is air pollution problem under control?

    18 March 2026 11:54 AM IST
    Delhi fire

    Seven, including two children of a family, were killed after building blaze in Delhi

    18 March 2026 11:27 AM IST
    Indore house fire

    Indore: EV charging point blast triggers house fire, kills seven

    18 March 2026 10:31 AM IST
    American ‘mercenary’, 6 Ukrainians in NIA custody; what were they doing in Mizoram?

    American ‘mercenary’, 6 Ukrainians in NIA custody; what were they doing in Mizoram?

    18 March 2026 9:43 AM IST
    Has EC’s Bengal reshuffle crossed the line? | Jawhar Sircar interview

    Has EC’s Bengal reshuffle crossed the line? | Jawhar Sircar interview

    18 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    Bajaj Auto

    Bajaj's EV manufacturing plant: Karnataka frontrunner after rift with Maharashtra

    18 March 2026 6:20 AM IST
    LPG cylinders

    4 held for black marketing of cooking gas in Karnataka, 105 LPG cylinders seized

    17 March 2026 9:50 PM IST
    Senthil Balaji

    Karur stampede: CBI grills Senthil Balaji for 6 hours amid DMK-Vijay war

    17 March 2026 9:18 PM IST
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