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. ...
Kerala's former finance minister K.M. Mani turned emotional after he won for a record 13th time the Kerala assembly election from Pala constituency in Kottayam district on Thursday. ...
As the Left Democratic Front (LDF) returned to power in Kerala after a five-year hiatus, five parties that cast their lot with either the LDF or the Congress-led United Democratic Front failed to open their assembly account....
The Odisha government on Thursday directed the administration to stay alert to meet any eventuality with cyclonic storm 'Roanu' likely to cross the coastal areas in the next two days. Taking a review meeting, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed that no government employee will be allowed to take leave on May 20-21 and asked various departments to stay alert....
The toll in torrential rains in Sri Lanka on Thursday rose to 42 as search and rescue operations for survivors continued, especially in the country's central region that was hit by landslides leaving 134 missing. Search operations chief in the central province of Sabaragamuva, Sudantha Ranasinghe, told EFE news on Thursday that there were "no new developments"...
A triumphant West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said a campaign of slander and lies led to the sweeping victory of her Trinamool Congress in the assembly polls....
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. The C...
O. Rajagopal, the 86-year-old political veteran, created history on Thursday by opening the BJP's account in the Kerala assembly when he won the Nemom seat, defeating two-time sitting legislator V. Sivankutty. Speaking to reporters at the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters here, an excited and happy Rajagopal said with his vi...
CPI-M leader Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday that Kerala's next chief minister will be picked by the victorious Left Democratic Front (LDF). ...
