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AIMIM, ISF in the high-stake contest against the BJP fail to make an impression, observers believe that the community voted for TMC to keep the saffron party out

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Joe Biden may have been something like a moderate, once. As a senator, he defended the Hyde Amendment, which protects pro-life taxpayers from footing the bill for something they consider to be murder. Senator Biden also voted for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in 1993. Even as late as 2003, Biden voted  for a bill to prohibit partial-birth and late-term abortion. Biden did indeed work with Republicans to pass legislation. In 1987, Biden condemned Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s scheme to pack the Supreme Court to support the New Deal. Alas, that Joe Biden i...

Lok Ayukta finds Jaleel guilty of nepotism Updated: Updated: It says the Minister has lost moral right to continue in the Cabinet Share Article It says the Minister has lost moral right to continue in the Cabinet The Kerala Lok Ayukta has found Minister for Higher Education and Minority Welfare K.T. Jaleel guilty of “abuse of power, favouritism, nepotism and violation of oath of office”. It ruled Dr. Jaleel had lost the moral right to continue in the council of Ministers. The Lok Ayukta has conveyed its finding to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the competent authority, for appropria...

UDF seeks ouster of Congress leader Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The United Democratic Front (UDF) Thripunithura Assembly constituency committee has sought the ouster of the Congress leader A.B. Sabu, accusing him of sabotaging the prospects of the party and its candidate in a critical situation during the recent Assembly election. In a statement issued here on Thursday, the committee accused Mr. Sabu of trying to defame the UDF candidate from the constituency initially. It was also observed that his statement on the eve of the election created confusion amongst the minority communiti...

Kerala Assembly polls | Polling in 1,530 booths in Pathanamthitta Updated: Updated: 10.54 lakh voters to choose their representatives from 39 Share Article AAA To the booths: Election officials proceeding to polling booths with polling materials from the distribution centre at Mount Bethani Higher Secondary School in Mylapra in Pathanamthitta.   10.54 lakh voters to choose their representatives from 39 With the authorities completing all arrangements, polling in 1,530 booths across the five Assembly segments in the district will begin at 7 a.m on Tuesday. The district has a total elector...