Election

Mumbai: As many as 176 newly-elected MLAs in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly are facing criminal charges, as per data released by an advocacy group Saturday. On analysing self-sworn affidavits of 285 of the total 288 MLAs, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) found that 62...

Mumbai: The percentage of voters punching in None of the Above or NOTA option in recently-concluded Maharashtra assembly elections has seen a rise compared to 2014 polls. In the October 24 verdict, the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena managed to retain power but ceded considerable ground—the saffron...

Chandigarh: Manohar Lal Khattar was unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP legislative party in Haryana here Saturday. The announcement was made by Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Prasad, along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Arun Singh, attended the legislative party meeting as...

Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar arrived here from New Delhi Sunday morning to attend the BJP legislative party meeting, which will be held shortly to elect its leader. After reaching here in a helicopter, he drove straight to his official residence, which is...

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Jannayak Janata Party Friday sealed the deal for government formation in Haryana. The announcement was made by BJP President Amit Shah in the presence of JJP chief Dushyant Chautala. "The two parties have decided to form the...

New Delhi: After Sirsa MLA Gopal Kanda offered his support to help the BJP form the government in Haryana, a large number of people took to Twitter to urge the party not to take support from the controversial leader. While some have launched online polls...

New Delhi: Believe it or not, after these Assembly elections, there are more educated MLAs in Haryana than Maharashtra, according to a report by PRS Legislative Research. 57 per cent of the 288 MLAs from Maharashtra have at least a bachelor's degree while the number...

Mumbai: After the Maharashtra Assembly elections got over Monday, more than half a dozen exit poll surveys have predicted a decisive return for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine and a near-total rout for the Opposition Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance. If it happens --...

54.43 per cent exercise their franchise till 5.00pm in Maharashtra polls Mumbai: Altogether 54.53 per cent voters Monday exercised their franchise till 5.00pm in Maharashtra after polling for the 288 Assembly seats began at 7.00am, poll officials said. The Congress-NCP combine is seeking to dislodge...

Mumbai/Thane: The Income Tax (I-T) Department will probe the recovery of Rs 5.34 million in cash from a private residence which was visited under strange circumstances by an undertrial Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) legislator, Ramesh Kadam, officials said here Saturday. Since the seizure falls under...