Election

New Delhi: Amid rumblings within the party after a disastrous performance in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is said to have accused three senior leaders of placing their respective sons above the party. His sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has alleged the entire...

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal Sunday invited Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik to form the next government in the state. This follows Patnaik’s meeting with Lal at Raj Bhavan where the BJD supremo staked claim to form government in the state for the...

Jajpur: The newly elected MLA from Bari Assembly seat, Sunanda Das, became the fourth woman to be elected as an MLA from Jajpur district. Sarmistha Sethy is the second woman to be elected as MP from Jajpur Lok Sabha seat. Both Sunanda and Sarmistha represent...

Bhadrak: The BJD swept the Assembly and parliamentary polls in Bhadrak, but three new candidates of the ruling party tasted electoral success in their debut attempts. They are Manjulata Mandal elected as MP from Bhadrak Lok Sabha seat; Sanjib Mallick elected as MLA from Bhadrak...

Baripada: Mayurbhanj saw seven new leaders being elected to the Assembly with the BJP making inroads into this BJD bastion. BJP’s Biseswar Tudu was elected as MP. He is a new face and an electrical engineer. Leaving his job, he plunged into politics and was...

Baripada: The results of the Assembly and parliamentary elections in Mayurbhanj have stunned political quarters and the BJD. However, the results have come as a shot in the arm for the BJP after it won in six Assembly seats under this parliamentary segment. Significantly, rich...

New Delhi:  Posts containing fake news continued to flourish on social media platforms after the end of the Lok Sabha elections that saw the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returning to power with a massive win. Celebrations followed the results that pave the way...

Jaipur:  In Rajasthan, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has shown its value to the BJP by turning the tables on the Congress in the Lok Sabha election even at a time when the state is under Congress rule. The RSS has an excellent work record...

New Delhi:  Muslim representation in 17th Lok Sabha has increased by five taking the community's tally to 27 from 22 in the outgoing Lok Sabha with the BJP getting its lone Muslim face as Saumitra Khan, who won from West Bengal against Chief Minister Mamata...

Amethi:  A former village head was allegedly shot dead by two unidentified men in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district, police said Sunday. Additional Superintendent of Police Daya Ram said Surendra Singh (50), the former head of Baraulia village was shot at around 11.30pm Saturday. He was...