The Rajya Sabha on Monday saw repeated disruptions and was adjourned for the day as Congress members denounced the allegations levelled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against his predecessor Manmohan Singh. As the House met for the day, agitated Congress members trooped to the Chairman's podium shouting slogans against Modi and the BJP after th...
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday said that the trends emerging from vote counting in Gujarat are heartening as the party is showing a much improved performance compared to the last assembly elections. "The Congress is leading on some 75 seats which is good. This is twice better than the last elections. "What if we could not reach the destination,...
The Congress headquarters in Delhi wore a deserted look on Monday after initial celebrations as it became clear that the party was set to lose in both the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections to the BJP. As early trends showed the Congress ahead of the BJP in Gujarat, Congress leaders and workers kept gathering at the party office her...
The BJP was set to wrest power in Himachal Pradesh with its candidates on a victory lap in 36 of the 68 seats in the Assembly elections on Monday. The party has won four of the seven declared seats as counting of ballots progressed. The ruling Congress managed to won only one seat, while one each went to an Independent and the Communist Pa...
Punjab's ruling Congress party has emerged victorious in 20 out of 29 Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats, state election commission (SEC) official said on Monday. Of the total 414 wards, the Congress won in 267 wards, while the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) won in 37, BJP in 15 (alliance partner of SAD), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in just one wa...
The Rajya Sabha was on Monday disrupted soon after it met for the day as Congress members strongly protested the allegations levelled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against his predecessor Manmohan Singh. Agitated Congress members trooped to the Chairman's podium shouting slogans against the Prime Minister and the BJP after their notice ...
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel on Monday said the Gujarat results could have "been different" if the Congress had aligned with his party. "If they (Congress) would have formed an alliance with the NCP, then it would have been fruitful, and things could have been different," Patel told rep...
The ruling BJP was on Monday set to retain power in Gujarat, with its candidates on the victory lap in 104 of the 182 seats as the Congress again settled for the second place but with an improved showing. After surprisingly leading over the Bharatiya Janata Party at one point and sending the stock market crashing, the Congress began to trai...
In a stunning reversal of exit poll predictions, Gujarat's ruling BJP and the main opposition Congress were on Monday locked in a neck and neck fight for power as officials counted millions of votes in the just ended Assembly elections....
The ruling Congress trailed to the BJP on Monday in counting trends from the just ended Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. ...
