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HP: BJP loses all 5 seats under Union min Anurag Thakur’s constituency

Following the declaration of results in Himachal Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lost all five seats under Union minister Anurag Thakur’s Parliamentary constituency. The Congress candidate won from Sujanpur, with…
India

Gujarat: AAP, AIMIM split minority votes of Congress; BJP gains

Ahmedabad: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM seem to have dented the Congress’s sway over votes of minorities in Gujarat in the Assembly polls, bringing down the main…

India

Sonia Gandhi turns 76, Cong leaders extend greetings

New Delhi: Congress leaders extended birthday greetings to Sonia Gandhi, who turned 76 on Friday. She was the longest-serving president of the Congress who was recently replaced by Mallikarjun Kharge. “Extending my…
Politics

Congress Himachal MLAs to meet today to decide chief minister

Shimla: After registering a win in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election, Congress MLAs will meet on Friday in Shimla to decide on the chief minister. Himachal Congress Legislature Party meeting will be…
India

Gujarat ‘one-sided’, Himachal and Delhi results ‘harbinger of change’: Cong-NCP

Mumbai: The election outcome in Gujarat is ‘one-sided’ as anticipated, but the poll results in Himachal Pradesh and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are ‘harbingers of political change’, said Maharashtra opposition parties,…
India

BJP credits historic Gujarat win to Modi; Cong attributes HP victory to Priyanka, BJY

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday thanked the people of Gujarat for blessing the politics of development and delivering “phenomenal election results” as the BJP registered a record win in the…
India

Gujarat: Congress working president Jignesh Mevani rewins Vadgam

Jignesh Mevani, the Gujarat Congress’ working president, has reclaimed his Vadgam seat, although his party has had its worst-ever performance in the state. He is one of the state’s most well-known Dalit…

Delhi

Gujarat Congress in-charge Raghu Sharma resigns after party’s defeat in Assembly polls

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress in-charge Raghu Sharma has resigned taking moral responsibility of the party’s defeat in the state Assembly polls, party office-bearers said on Thursday.Sharma had led the so-called ‘silent campaign’ against…
India

Respecting mandate, Himachal CM Thakur to submit resignation

Shimla: Admitting that the Assembly polls was neck and neck between the BJP and the Congress with a victory margin on at least 11 seats less than 1,000 votes, Himachal Pradesh Chief…
Bangalore

BJP govts in Karnataka, Maha deliberately raking up border row: Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru: Even as Belagavi is seemingly limping back to normalcy, former chief minister and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka assembly Siddaramaiah wondered if the controversy has been raked up by the ruling…
India

Gujarat polls: BJP MLA who called Bilkis Bano’s rapists ‘Sanskari’ leads in Godhra

The results of the Gujarat Assembly elections were declared on Thursday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retaining the state as the All India Majlis Ittehad ul Muslimeen and the Aam Aadmi…
India

Fearing poaching, Congress MLAs in HP to be shifted: Sources

New Delhi: After crossing the halfway mark in Himachal Pradesh, the Congress leadership on Thursday deputed senior leaders to keep the flock together amid poaching fears. It also plans to shift the…
India

Gujarat polls: Congress MLA Imran Khedawala leads in Muslim dominated Jamalpur-Khadia seat

Ahmedabad: Imran Khedawala, the sitting Congress MLA from Jamalpur-Khadia seat in Gujarat, took a lead over BJP candidate Bhushan Bhatt while AIMIM nominee Sabir Kabliwala was relegated to the third position, as per…
India

BJP gets 53.33% vote share in Gujarat; AAP eats into Congress with 12%

Gandhinagar: It is a big win for the BJP and the AAP in the Gujarat Assembly elections with the former bagging 53.33 per cent vote share and the latter getting a 12…
Politics

Congress likely to shift elected MLAs out of Gujarat

Gandhinagar: On the eve of counting of votes for the Gujarat Assembly elections, the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress have started preparing for the D-day. While preparations for a grand victory…