Politics

BJP ally Shiv Sena on Monday joined the chorus by some opposition parties questioning the reliability of Electronic Voting Machines, with its member in Lok Sabha asking the Centre to ensure that all voters get paper slips as a proof of their voting prefer...

Yogi Adityanath went about implementing the BJP manifesto by banning two slaughterhouses on the very first day of his work.

For Dinesh Sharma, the affable mayor of Lucknow, it was a slow and steady rise to the post of the deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Yogi Adityanath's elevation as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is part of Narendra Modi's vision of a "new India", AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi said on Sunday, taking a jibe at the decision.

Uproarious scenes in Rajya Sabha as Congress MP Digvijaya Singh pushes for discussion on BJP forming the government in Goa despite Congress being the single-largest party.

Asked who would be the next UP CM, Shah said, “Keshav jiska naam tay karenge, uspe mohar laga denge. (We will give our stamp of approval to anyone who’s name Keshav decides on)”

The Samajwadi Party has dismissed allegations that the erstwhile Akhilesh Yadav government had "shielded" its rape accused minister Gayatri Prajapati, arrested after being on the run for nearly a month.

A statistical analysis by News18 shows that votes meant for the SP-Congress alliance went to other parties rather than helping them and thus allowing to sink the alliance at the hustings.

The 84-year-old Krishna had announced his resignation from the Congress on January 29, saying the party was in a "state of confusion" on whether it needs mass leaders or not.

A lot was said about ‘tactical Muslim votes’ just before elections. Being a sizeable 19% of the population and natural counterweight to the BJP, Muslims were wooed as a block by every non-BJP outfit.

In both these states, the Congress has emerged as the single largest party in the assembly elections results of which were declared on March 11.

Terming the BJP's victory in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls as "unprecedented", party chief Amit Shah said the win is a stamp of approval on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's work.

Counting is on for Ramnagar seat, constituency No. 61 of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.

The Congress was leading in four seats on Saturday in early trends of counting of votes for the 117 assembly seats in Punjab.

SAD candidate Bikram Singh Majitha has won the seat in Majitha.

BJP's Rama Shankar Singh has won from the Marihan, constituency No. 399 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly, with 103093 votes.