Politics

2018 Assembly election results to draw battle lines ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls

After a month-long campaign, often marked by bitter personal attacks, the people of the five states -- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram -- have sealed the fates of the candidates in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).

Dec 9, 2018

Telangana polls: Final voter turnout at 73.2%; Madhira highest with 91.65%

The office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said on Saturday that the highest turnout of voters was reported in Madhira Assembly constituency at 91.65 per cent.

Dec 9, 2018

'He was dumb as a rock': US President Trump lashes out at ex-state secretary Rex Tillerson

US President Donald Trump on Friday called former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson "dumb as a rock" and "lazy as hell" a day after the former diplomat said he had warned the president against doing things that would violate the law.

Dec 9, 2018

ED raids on people linked to Robert Vadra an act of 'blind vendetta': Congress

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi said: "Facing a complete rout in the Assembly elections in the five states, the Modi government is back to its dirty tricks and malicious tactics."

Dec 8, 2018

TDP to contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections, field candidates for assembly polls in Odisha

TDP's Odisha in-charge Rajesh Putra told reporters in Koraput that the TDP will field candidates in 52 Assembly constituencies and five Lok Sabha seats in Odisha.

Dec 8, 2018

Exit Polls: Congress to wrest power from BJP in Rajasthan; close fight in Madhya Pradesh

State assembly elections were held in the states of Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram.

Dec 7, 2018

AIMIM confident of winning all contested seats: Owaisi

The AIMIM has fielded candidates in eight assembly segments in Hyderabad out of the total 119 seats in the state. It is supporting TRS in other segments.

Dec 7, 2018

Who is Krishnamurthy Subramanian, India's newest Chief Economic Advisor

Subramanian will be taking over from Arvind Subramanian who stepped down from his post in June 2018.

Dec 7, 2018

Union minister Nitin Gadkari faints during function; BJP says his condition now 'stable'

The incident occurred when he was standing with other dignitaries for the National Anthem at the convocation function of the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV) Agricultural University.

Dec 7, 2018

CBI vs CBI: Verma cites 'highly incriminating evidence' against Asthana in bribery case

By filing the affidavit, Verma has denied all charges levelled against him by Asthana and called it the imagination of the petitioner.

Dec 7, 2018

Rajasthan elections LIVE: Vehicles set ablaze in clash between 2 groups; voting stalled for 30 minutes in Fatehpur

The counting of the votes will take place on December 11 along with four other states which went for polling recently.

Dec 7, 2018

Telangana elections LIVE updates: Polling underway; over 49% voter turnout recorded till 1 PM

The Election Commission has set up over 32, 815 polling stations across the state to accommodate a total of 280,747,22 people out of which 1,41,56,182 are men and 1,39,05,811 are women.

Dec 7, 2018

Uttar Pradesh: BJP MP Savitribai Phule resigns from party, 'Country needs a constitution not a temple'

Savitribai Phule said she will launch an agitation to champion the cause of Dalits from December 23.

Dec 6, 2018

Stage set for polling in Telangana with 2.8 crore registered voters

Political fortunes of 1,821 candidates will be decided in 119 constituencies in the first full-fledged election in India's youngest state.

Dec 6, 2018

Rahul Gandhi assures Congress will put student issues on national agenda

Observing that many from the student community face an "uphill task", Gandhi assured them of direct access to opportunities and vowed to end corruption in the system.

Dec 6, 2018