BJP returns to power in Arunachal, secures 37 seats in 60-member assembly
Itanagar: The BJP on Sunday returned to power in Arunachal Pradesh for the third time in a row, as the party won 37 seats in the 60-member assembly and secured majority, Election Commission officials said. Counting of votes is underway for 50 seats for which elections were held in the northeastern state along with Lok […]
SKM retain power in Sikkim; CM says people’s trust, hard work behind landslide victory
Gangtok: Sikkim Chief Minister and SKM supremo Prem Singh Tamang on Sunday gave credit for the party’s landslide victory in the assembly election in the state to the hard work of the SKM cadre and the trust of the people in his government. The SKM returned to power in the Himalayan state for the second […]
Cong, INDIA bloc trying to undermine electoral process, alleges BJP; urges EC to take action
New Delhi: The Congress and other INDIA bloc constituents as well as certain civil society groups are trying to undermine the integrity of India’s electoral process, the BJP alleged on Sunday and urged the Election Commission to prevent any attempts of “violence and unrest” during counting of Lok Sabha poll votes on June 4. The […]
Ensure postal ballots counted first, guidelines followed: INDIA bloc to EC
New Delhi: Leaders from the INDIA opposition bloc urged the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday to ensure that on June 4, the postal ballots are counted and their results declared before the outcome of the EVMs is announced, and stressed that the poll panel should issue clear guidelines on the counting process and ensure that […]
Delhi CM Kejriwal surrenders at Tihar jail
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday surrendered at the Tihar jail here after his interim bail granted by the Supreme Court in the excise policy-linked money laundering case ended on June 1. He was granted the relief for campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections. Before surrendering, Kejriwal paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi […]
Kejriwal to be back in jail on Sunday as court puts off decision on interim bail
New Delhi: With his three-week temporary bail for poll campaign ending, AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be back in Tihar Jail on Sunday as a court here put off till June 5 its order on his plea seeking interim bail on medical grounds. Sources in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said […]
‘Opportunistic INDI Alliance’ failed to strike chord with voters, ‘regressive politics’ rejected: PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday exuded confidence that people have voted in record numbers to re-elect the NDA government and said the “opportunistic INDI Alliance” failed to strike a chord with the voters who rejected their “regressive politics”. As polling ended for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha polls, […]
INDIA leaders meet as countdown to results begin; Kharge says grouping to get 295+ seats
New Delhi: Leaders of several INDIA bloc parties met on Saturday to take stock of the opposition’s preparations leading up to the June 4 counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha elections, and claimed they will get more than 295 seats, enough for them to form the next government. Addressing the media after a […]
BJP will win over 370 LS seats, NDA over 400: Nadda
New Delhi: People have voted for a capable, powerful, developed and self-reliant India and to put aside appeasement, nepotism and corruption, BJP chief JP Nadda said on Saturday, exuding confidence that his party will win more than 370 Lok Sabha seats and the NDA more than 400. His remarks came on a day when polling […]
INDIA bloc parties decide to participate in exit poll debates: Cong spokesperson Pawan Khera
New Delhi: INDIA bloc parties on Saturday announced that they will participate in the exit poll debates on television this evening after the grouping’s top leaders met and deliberated on the issue at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence. The development came a day after the Congress said it has decided not to participate in any […]