India's exports in April rise to $30.2 bn, trade deficit surges

New Delhi (IANS) India's merchandise exports in April 2021 was $30.21 billion, higher by 197.03 per cent over $10.17 billion in April 2020.

Exports last month also recorded a 16.03 per cent growth over $26.04 billion in April 2019, said…

Early trends show AIADMK and DMK in close race in TN

Chennai (IANS) It is going to be a close contest between the ruling AIADMK alliance and the opposition DMK alliance in the 2021 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, going by the early trends announced by the Election Commission of India on Sunday.

Early trends show TMC edge over BJP in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) The early trends in the West Bengal assembly polls show that though chief minister Mamata Banerjee is trailing behind BJP's Suvendu Adhikary in Nandigram, ruling Trinamool Congress is having an edge over the BJP.

The initial…

BJP-led NDA heading to retain power in Assam 2nd time in a row

Guwahati (IANS) The ruling BJP-led NDA is heading to retain power in Assam for the second time in a row as the alliance is leading in 68 seats in the 126-member assembly for which three-phase polling ended on April 6.

According to the Election…

Jaishankar rebuts Jairam Ramesh over oxygen 'shortage' in embassies

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday took on the Congress, which had attempted to project that the Central government had collapsed and foreign embassies were reaching out to the opposition for help with their Covid-19…

EC asks political parties to stop poll victory celebrations

New Delhi (IANS) Considering inputs of victory celebrations at some locations during counting of votes for 822 Assembly seats in four states and one Union Territory, the Election Commission on Sunday directed heads of political parties to prohibit…

Change of guard in TN with DMK to form govt after 10 years

Chennai (IANS) Change of guard is all set to happen after 10 years in Tamil Nadu with the DMK-led alliance coasting towards an emphatic victory in the 2021 Assembly polls.

The DMK, led by its President M.K. Stalin, is leading in 121 of the…

Lotus fails to bloom in Kerala, Sreedharan misses train too

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party, which had won one seat in Kerala in the 2016 Assembly polls, would see its account getting closed this time, has come true with the Centre's…

Trinamool gains from stardom, glamour fails BJP

Kolkata (IANS) In a star-studded Assembly election battle in West Bengal, in which both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the principal opponent BJP fielded more than a dozen actors and actresses as candidates, the trends seem to show that while the…

Over 4.5L postal votes in Kerala may delay poll results

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Even though counting of votes for the 140-member Kerala Assembly will begin at sharp 8 a.m on Sunday, the final results could well be delayed till early evening.

The reason for this is the huge number of postal ballots…