Congress
- Chennai
Congress snaps ties with DMK, supports Vijay’s TVK to form govt in Tamil Nadu
New Delhi: In a significant political development in Tamil Nadu, the Congress party on Wednesday, May 6, broke ranks with its long-time ally DMK and announced support to actor-turned-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri…
- Telangana
Does ‘Jai Shri Ram’ make coins rain from above?: Telangana Minister attacks BJP
Hyderabad: Telangana Minister Konda Surekha on Tuesday, May 5, launched a stinging attack on the BJP, asking what ordinary people in Warangal have gained from the party’s meetings beyond religious slogans and…
- Hate Crime
BJP win in Bengal marked by calls for genocide, renaming historic names
Kolkata: Before the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) even secured its win in the West Bengal Assembly elections and defeated the Trinamool Congress, deep polarisation, communal violence and hate speech against minorities had…
- India
Most of winning Congress candidates in assembly polls Muslims
New Delhi: Most of the Congress candidates who won in the recent assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu were Muslims, sources analysing the poll results said. As per the…
- Featured News
Assembly elections results: Is disintegration of the Opposition imminent?
Is the INDIA coalition facing fragmentation? What is its current status and what are the prospects for the future? Following a successful outcome in the 2024 elections, will the coalition reconvene in…
- India
Bengal: Split in minority votes fuels BJP surge in Muslim-majority districts
Kolkata: In an election that has upended West Bengal’s entrenched political arithmetic, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) sweeping victory has drawn its decisive momentum not merely from traditional strongholds but from unexpected…
- India
Assam elections results: Delimitation key factor for NDA’s landslide win
Guwahati: The delimitation of constituencies to reduce the impact of minority candidates in their earlier strongholds is one among the many factors that led to the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) stupendous performance…
- India
Mandate of 2026 polls: A stronger right, a new south
Historic upsets. Disconcerting and unexpected winners. That’s the 2026 Assembly election results in four states and a Union Territory in a nutshell. Monday, May 4, results mark such a seismic shift in…
- India
Lotus blooming from Gangotri to Gangasagar: PM Modi on BJP’s assembly election win
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, May 4, said the lotus is now blooming from Gangotri to Gangasagar with the BJP’s historic victory in West Bengal and asked all parties…
- Telangana
Next, Telangana: BJP reacts to poll results on social media
Hyderabad: With poll results in Bengal, Assam and Puducherry, pointing towards a decisive Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win, the ruling party has set its “next target” as Telangana. BJP wrote, “Next Telangana,”…
- Elections
Telangana Congress, BJP, celebrate party victories in ongoing Assembly polls
Hyderabad: Leaders from both Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party, On Monday, May 4, celebrated their respective parties’ victories in the Assembly elections being conducted in four states and one Union Territory. Telangana…
- Telangana
Two farmers die at procurement centres in Telangana, BRS alleges ‘murder’
Hyderabad: Two farmers died at procurement centres in Telangana on Sunday, May 3, leading the Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) to hit out at the ruling Congress, accusing them of negligence and…
- Telangana
KTR slams BRS media convener’s arrest, accuses Congress of vendetta politics
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Monday, May 4, accused the ruling Congress of vendetta politics by filing false cases against his party leaders. Speaking to the…
- India
Assembly poll results: Mamata loses stronghold Bhabanipur to Suvendu
Four states and a Union Territory are on the edge of their seats as counting day arrives for one of India’s most consequential regional election cycles. West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala…
- India
Five states, 824 seats, one night to go: India counts down to verdict day
The dust has settled on the polling booths in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry as political titans wait for Monday, May 4, when the winners of the intensely fought…