West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday crushed the opposition and Tamil Nadu's AIADMK proved exit polls wrong by retaining power in assembly elections, the biggest popularity test after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP stormed to power in Assam while the Left made a comeback in Kerala amid a washout in West Bengal....
It's a repeat of history in Kerala, with the incumbent government being again voted out. Unlike Didi in Bengal and Amma in Tamil Nadu, Congress veteran Oommen Chandy could not avoid a rout in God's own country....
The BJP on Thursday was set to form its first government in the northeast, ousting the Congress in Assam after its 15-year uninterrupted rule. BJP chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal promised that the new government would leave no stone unturned to fulfil the expectations of the people of Assam....
On a day the Congress saw power in Assam and Kerala slip out of its hands, a senior party leader on Thursday said the entry into politics of Gandhi family scion Priyanka Gandhi could energise the Congress rank and file....
The Left Front-Congress tie-up continues to be relevant in West Bengal notwithstanding the massive mandate against it, CPI-M state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra said on Thursday. ...
She is feisty and she's back. Jayalalithaa Jayaram, the 'Iron Lady' from Poes Garden, has bucked the trend to beat anti-incumbency and retain power in Tamil Nadu -- a first since 1984. ...
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said the party accepts the verdict of the people and it will introspect into the reasons behind its poor showing in the assembly polls....
In contrasting fortunes, Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee registered a comfortable victory while CPI-M state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra suffered defeat in the assembly polls....
The LDF returned to power in Kerala on Thursday, winning 91 of the 140 seats in an election that saw the Congress routed and the BJP entering the assembly after decades of waiting....
The Congress on Thursday said it "humbly" accepted the verdict in the assembly elections in four states and a union territory and will analyse the reasons for its defeat. ...
