Chandigarh : Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Thursday said he would approach the Congress high command over his cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu’s remarks on the sacrilege issue during electioneering. A day before polling, Sidhu had raised questions on the probe into the desecration of religious texts in 2015. Maintaining […]
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday thanked US President Donald Trump for his wishes on the NDA returning to power, saying the victory represents the aspirations of a nation of 1.3 billion people. “I too am looking forward to working closely with you for closer bilateral ties, […]
Shimla : The ruling BJP Thursday swept the Lok Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh winning all four seats with record margins of about four lakh votes in each constituency, securing 69 per cent of the vote share. The winning candidates included sitting MPs Anurag Thakur (Hamirpur) and Ram Swaroop […]
Ranchi : The BJP-AJSU alliance in Jharkhand won 11 of the 14 seats in the state, while the opposition JMM and the Congress secured one seat each, with the result of the Khunti (ST) Lok Sabha constituency yet to be announced. Former chief minister and BJP candidate Arjun Munda […]
New Delhi : The BJP has won an absolute majority of 272 seats and is leading in another 31 constituencies, according to the Election Commission. Of the results declared for 458 seats past midnight, the BJP was on course to cross the 300-seat mark in the 543-member Lok Sabha. […]
Lucknow ; BJP candidate Smriti Irani defeated Congress president Rahul Gandhi from his bastion of Amethi by a margin of over 55,000 votes, in a major setback for the grand old party. According to the Election Commission website, Irani polled 4,68,514 votes while Gandhi secured 4,13,394 votes. The victory […]
Itanagar : The BJP is set to form the next government in Arunachal Pradesh as it has crossed the magic figure bagging 32 seats so far with results of 43 assembly constituencies being declared by late Thursday night. The state assembly has 60-seats, but elections were held for 57 […]
Gangtok : Opposition Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), led by its firebrand leader Prem Singh Tamang, popularly known as P S Golay, ended Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling’s 25-year rule in the border state after a close contest. Of the state’s 32 seats, Golay’s SKM won 17 seats, leaving the […]
Guwahati ; The BJP has won seven seats and is leading in two others, while the Congress bagged three and the AIUDF one of Assam’s 14 Lok Sabha constituencies as the counting of votes continued well past midnight. The saffron party retained the Jorhat and Dibrugarh constituencies, while wresting […]
Mumbai : The rupee appreciated by 21 paise to 69.81 against the US dollar in opening trade Friday following the BJP’s thumping victory in the Lok Sabha polls. Strong FIIs inflows and higher domestic equity markets also buoyed sentiments for the rupee, forex dealers said. However, rising crude prices […]
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