Opposition parties alleged large scale “silent rigging” by the state’s ruling party in many of the 1912 polling stations of the constituency. read more

In 2014, the Congress, SAD and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won four seats each while the BJP won one. read more

Sunday will bring down the curtains on one of the most fiercely fought elections in West Bengal, when the final nine seats of the state’s 42, will go to polls in the last phase of the ongoing general elections. read more

The meeting, which will take place two days before the ECI oversees the counting of votes from the marathon general election read more

As part of his Gujarat visit, Shah will spend a day with his family members at their residence in Ahmedabad before returning to Delhi on Sunday, party spokesperson Prashant Vala said. read more

According to a person aware of the developments, Lavasa first wrote to Arora on May 4, pointing out the need for more “transparency” in deciding issues related to model code of conduct violations. read more

Lavasa has reportedly insisted that he will do so only after dissent notes and minority decisions are included in the orders of the commission. read more

Lavasa has insisted that he will do so only after dissent notes and minority decisions are included in the orders of the commission. read more

Having lost his bastion in the 2018 by-polls, Yogi has pulled out all the stops to ensure the win of a political novice Ravi Kishan, who despite the glamour of a Bhojpuri star, will need his big push to upset the caste arithmetic of the alliance. read more

Under fire from the opposition over Thakur’s remarks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday he will never be able to forgive Thakur for insulting Mahatma Gandhi. read more

The calls are from the period when Kumar was Bidhan Nagar commissioner of police and the multi-crore ponzi scam broke out in 2012-13. read more

The end of the campaign, marked by the discourse suddenly veering towards Mahatma Gandhi, his assassin Nathuram Godse and the BJP’s controversial Bhopal candidate Pragya Thakur’s praise of Godse as a patriot, set the stage for the seventh and final phase... read more

Modi’s rallies began with the one in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh on March 28 and, before concluding at Khargone in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, he addressed 15 million people, met at least 10,000 senior BJP leaders, Shah said. These leaders included MPs, MLAs... read more

Ticked off by the BJP for calling Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse a ‘patriot’, Pragya Singh Thakur was asked by the party to apologise and submit an explanation to the disciplinary committee within 10 days . read more

Narendra Modi made his first appearance at a press briefing since he assumed office on May 26, 2014, spoke briefly about the just-ended election campaign and thanked the people for being with him through the ups and downs. But he answered no questio... read more