Election

Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was leading in nine Lok Sabha seats in Odisha as per initials trends Thursday, officials said. In Aska Lok Sabha seat BJD seat Pramila Bisoyi is leading against her nearest BJP rival Anita Subhadarshini by 852 votes, they...

Kolkata: Union minister Babul Supriyo and sitting Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee and greenhorn Mimi Chakrabory were among those taking the lead from their respective constituencies in West Bengal, according to initial EC trends. However, it is a neck and neck contest between the...

Baripada: Counting of votes got delayed at four centres in Mayurbhanj district. According to reports coming in, counting did not begin even at 9.00am an hour after the scheduled time of 8.00am. The centres which were affected are Baripada, Rairangpur, Karanjia and Udala. The reason...

Lucknow: Counting began amidst tight security in Uttar Pradesh and early trends show a major lead for the BJP BJP. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) L. Venkateshwarlu said that the counting will decide the fate of 979 candidates and the number of EVMs to be counted...

BJD’s masterstroke help retain Paradip seat Paradip: Setting to rest all speculation that had been doing the rounds after the expulsion of top leader Damodar Rout from the party, the BJD has once again emerged victorious in the Paradip Assembly segment. This has worked simply...

Washington: The United States said Wednesday that it is confident in the fairness and integrity of the Indian elections and would work with whoever is the victor. “I would say from the US perspective, we are very confident in the fairness and the integrity of...

Ministers make hay riding on Modi wave New Delhi: Riding the Modi wave, a record number of Union Ministers marched to Lok Sabha, although former bureaucrats and senior cabinet ministers Hardeep Puri and KJ Alphons failed to make it. Among thos who have so far...

Bhubaneswar: The election results to be declared Thursday will decide the fate of 174 Lok Sabha and 1127 Assembly candidates including Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Counting of votes for 21 Lok Sabha and 146 Assembly seats will be declared Thursday. However, election to Patkura Assembly...

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah accused Wednesday the Opposition of ‘disrespecting’ people’s mandate by raising doubts on electronic voting machines (EVM) and said it is ‘tarnishing’ Indian democracy as it is rattled by its ‘likely defeat’ in Lok Sabha elections. Slamming opposition parties, he...

Mumbai: Claiming that the BJP-led NDA will fall short of a simple majority after the Lok Sabha poll results, the Nationalist Congress party (NCP) said Wednesday that its chief Sharad Pawar is playing a key role in the formation of an alternative regime. NCP chief...