Election

Bhubaneswar: Naveen Patnaik, who won the state elections with a resounding margin, took oath as the Chief Minister for a fifth consecutive term Wednesday. A 20-member Council of Ministers also took oath along with Patnaik at the Idco Exhibition Grounds here. The Chief Minister-designate was...

Bengaluru: Nearly a week after facing rout in the Lok Sabha elections, the Karnataka Congress legislators (MLAs) are meeting here Wednesday to ensure the continuation of their year-old coalition government with the Janata Dal (Secular) as its ally, a party official said Tuesday. "The Congress...

New Delhi: Three West Bengal MLAs, including BJP leader Mukul Roy’s son Subhrangshu Roy, and over 50 municipal councillors, most of them from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), joined the saffron party Tuesday as it works to consolidate its position in the state following its impressive show...

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices started rising soon after the last phase of the general election concluded, and have increased by 70-80 paisa per litre in the past nine days. Prices have been on the rise since May 20, a day after the final...

Begusarai (Bihar): In a suspected case of hate crime, an inebriated man here asked a street vendor his name and then shot him in the back on learning that he is a Muslim, police said, Monday.   The suspect, Rajiv Yadav, also asked the man, Mohammed...

Lucknow: The BJP’s massive win in Uttar Pradesh has paved the way for the first reshuffle of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s council of ministers to fill the vacancies. The ministerial berths have fallen vacant as three have won in the Lok Sabha polls while one...

Varanasi: Chemistry has triumphed over poll arithmetic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here Monday as he profusely thanked the Varanasi voters for electing him by a huge margin in the Lok Sabha elections. “Political analysts will have to accept that beyond poll arithmetic there is...

Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi Monday hit out at yoga guru Baba Ramdev over his comments that the country is not ready to deal with its population explosion and for suggesting measures like limiting voting rights to two children only. "There is no law preventing...

Baripada: After the ruling party’s severe reversals in the recent Assembly and Parliamentary polls in Mayurbhanj district, political circles are agog about who will take up the mantle of leadership to revive the party. There are nine Assembly seats in the district. Of these, the...

New Delhi: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi has written a letter to the voters of Rae Bareli thanking them for their support to her in the Lok Sabha elections. Gandhi, in her letter written May 24 and released here Sunday, said that her life is like...