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Punjab Battle: AAP Upbeat As Akalis, Congress Keep Up Bold Face
Third time lucky, third time unlucky or making it in the first attempt. This sums up the political fortunes of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Congress and the AAP respectively as Punjab prepares to count the votes of 117 assembly seats on Saturday.....
Stop Running 'shop Of Secularism', Owaisi To Congress
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday accused the Congress of running a "shop of secularism" and asked the party to end this....
SP Doesn't Rule Out Aligning With Mayawati
While asserting it will retain power in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday did not rule out joining hands with arch rival Mayawati to prevent Presidents rule in case of a fractured mandate.....
Many Memorable Firsts In 2017 UP Assembly Elections
The long, staggered assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, whose results are to be announced on March 11, would be remembered for innumerable reasons. While, like most similar tests at the hustings, this one too had its share of the avoidable -- be it use of words like KaSaB, gadha (ass) or below the belt jibes against political opponents, there were many firsts in the staggered, seven-phased polls spread over a month of voting.....
Kerala Assembly Disrupted Over Vijayan's Shiv Sena Remarks
The Kerala assembly was disrupted on Friday with the opposition demanding Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan withdraw his statement on Shiv Sena activists accusing them of being hired by the Congress to thrash people.....
Don't Single Out Rahul For Loss: Singhvi
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Saturday said party Vice President Rahul Gandhi should not be singled out for the party's poor showing in Uttar Pradesh.....
Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat Loses From Both Seats
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Saturday lost from both the Haridwar (Rural) and Kichcha seats, as the ruling Congress was handed a humiliating drubbing by the BJP in the hill state. ....
Irom Sharmila Loses To Manipur CM In Thoubal
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh of the Congress party won in Thoubal constituency, defeating rights activist Irom Sharmila, who got fewer than 100 votes.....
Need Strategy Shift To Beat BJP: Omar Abdullah
Political parties need to shift their strategy from criticism to positive alternate if they want to beat the BJP, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday.....
BJP's UP Win Bigger Than 2014: Prasad
The BJP's grand showing in Uttar Pradesh is bigger than its win in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Union Minister of Law Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday.....
