Election

Bhubaneswar:  Even though the Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly elections were held simultaneously, people have voted in favour of one party in the Parliamentary poll and for another in the state election in many places -  a key factor behind BJP attaining a respectable tally...

Bhubaneswar: Elections are over. Here we bring you the final list of winners for Odisha Assembly elections 2019.   Const. No. Constituency Winning  Candidate Winning Party Trailing Candidate Trailing Party Margin 1 Padampur BIJAYA RANJAN SINGH BARIHA Biju Janata Dal PRADIP PUROHIT Bharatiya Janata Party...

New Delhi, May 24: As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) increased its presence in Odisha, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Friday thanked people of the state for voting for the saffron party and ensuring second term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The...

Mumbai: How does a father deal with an Instagram user celebrating the BJP’s election win with a rape threat to his daughter, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi while congratulating him on his party’s massive Lok Sabha victory. The troll, whose Instagram...

New Delhi: The number of Muslim MPs in the Lok Sabha has increased to a decade high of 27, up from 23 the last time with a dozen of them winning from Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, AIMIM’s outspoken chief...

Bhubaneswar: Elections are over. Here we bring you the final list of winners from all 21 Lok Sabha constituencies of Odisha.   Const. No. Constituency Winning Candidate Winning Party Trailing Candidate Trailing Party Margin 1 Bargarh Suresh Pujari Bharatiya Janata Party Prasanna Acharya BJD 63939...

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called an emergency meeting of leaders of her party Saturday at her home following the stunning saffron surge in the state in the Lok Sabha polls. “Our party supremo will be meeting...

New Delhi: From Pragya Singh Thakur of the BJP to Azam Khan of the SP, candidates who stoked controversies during the 2019 general election campaign have won from their respective seats. BJP’s Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case, won by a margin...

New Delhi: It was a mixed outing for super rich candidates as five of them emerged victorious and an equal number suffered defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. However, the country's richest candidate Ramesh Kumar Sharma, who fought independently from Bihar, lost his deposit, according...

Islamabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election for a second five-year term drew a mixed response from the media in Pakistan with some calling it an emphatic mandate based on national security while others terming it a global trend of right-wing populists sweeping to victory. Surprisingly...