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- India
BJP using riots as a tool to win polls: Sanjay Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday accused the estranged ally BJP of using communal riots as a “tool” to win polls and instigate communal strife in parts of Maharashtra and…
- India
BJP govt has broken all records of misuse of power in UP Legislative Council polls: Akhilesh
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav alleged on Saturday that the “double-engine” government of the BJP has broken all records of misuse of power in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council polls.…
- Telangana
KCR may call snap polls in Telangana
Hyderabad: The TRS supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has refuted the possibility of the snap poll in the state but some of the party leaders are indicating that the possibility…
- India
Sonia Gandhi appoints five leaders to assess post-poll situation
New Delhi: Six days after the Congress’ near washout in five Assembly elections, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday appointed five senior leaders to assess the post-poll situation in these states. The…
- India
Sonia asks state party chiefs to resign after poll debacle
New Delhi: Heads have started to roll after the poll Debacle in five states as Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has asked state party presidents to put in their papers. The party…
- India
Congress to review UP polls results
New Delhi: The Congress will review on Tuesday its poor performance in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls to understand its shortcomings and chalk out future plans for the politically-crucial state. AICC general…
- Bangalore
Bommai scoffs defection murmurs in Karnataka BJP, rules out early polls
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has ruled out defections from the ruling BJP in the state. “There is no question of any one from BJP defecting to other parties. Neither earlier,…
- Bangalore
Deve Gowda praises PM Modi on poll outcome, but says no to alliance
Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) chief H.D. Deve Gowda on Saturday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BJP’s stupendous performance in the Assembly polls, but said his party won’t forge alliance…
- India
UP polls: 35.51% voter turnout till 1 p.m
New Delhi: A 35.51 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1 p.m on Monday in the seventh and final phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, as per Election Commission data.…
- India
Successful evacuation from Ukraine to have positive impact on polls: Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that the successful evacuation of Indian nationals from war-torn Ukraine will have positive impact on assembly elections. Home Minister was addressing a…
- India
Trinamool wins over 86% wards in Bengal municipal poll
Kolkata: The invincibility of Trinamool Congress was again proved when the ruling party not only won 102 of the 108 municipalities but managed to take control of more than 86 per cent…
- India
Kanniyakumari retains its position as BJP’s stronghold after TN urban polls
Chennai: The southern tip of Tamil Nadu has once again retained its position as the stronghold of the BJP with the saffron party winning 200 seats here out of the 308 in…
- Elections
Hijab issue has been politicised with eye on polls: BJP’s Jamal Siddiqui
New Delhi: Amid ongoing controversy over hijab, BJP minority morcha national president Jamal Siddiqui on Thursday said that the issue has been politicised with an eye on assembly polls. Siddiqui told IANS…
- Elections
UP polls phase 4: Mayawati casts her vote in Lucknow
Lucknow: With the commencement of polling for the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday cast her vote at the Municipal Nursery School polling booth…
- Opinions
BJP poll lingo takes a nosedive after 2nd phase
Kulsum Mustafa Not that it was not done before, but suddenly, after the second phase of Uttar Pradesh’s seven-phase elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election campaign language, and examples cited during…
