UP Election Result and its 7 hallmarks
The Modi-Shah juggernaut is unstoppable.
Mar 11, 2017, 15:10 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee congratulates winners, tells losers not to lose heart
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday congratulated winners in the assembly polls and advised the losers to not lose heart.
Mar 11, 2017, 14:32 PM IST
No question of Rahul stepping down: Digvijaya Singh
Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said there was no question of party Vice President Rahul Gandhi stepping down, in the wake of the poor showing in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
Mar 11, 2017, 12:30 PM IST
Modi hits out at Congress, says party completely sidelined by people in Maharashtra
Citing that how Congress party has been sidelined by the people in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hits out at the former over their downfall in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections 2017 while addressing an election rally in Gonda on Monday.
Feb 24, 2017, 17:09 PM IST
Punjab and Goa Assembly polls 2017: As it happened
The single-phase assembly elections began in Punjab and Goa today.
Feb 04, 2017, 19:36 PM IST
Punjab Polls: Harbhajan Singh casts his vote, calls on public to vote free of ''external pressure''
Seeing the Turbanator among themselves, the crowd went crazy and started asking him for selfies, even the polling officer couldn't resist himself from making the request.
Feb 04, 2017, 13:34 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi urges young voters to turn up in record numbers for Punjab, Goa polls
As Punjab and Goa began voting on Saturday to decide on their next governments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters to turn up in huge numbers and specially asked the youngsters to exercise their voting rights.
Feb 04, 2017, 09:49 AM IST
Punjab, Goa vote today in first assembly elections after demonetisation
Punjab and Goa began voting on Saturday morning in crucial assembly elections that is held in five states. Interestingly, this is the first big electoral test for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after Narendra Modi-led central government's demonetisation policy.
Feb 04, 2017, 09:41 AM IST
Assembly elections 2017: Know the healthcare status of these five poll-bound states
Healthcare is important to political and economic debate because inadequate public healthcare and healthcare expenses push an additional 55 million people back into poverty in India every year, according to a 2015 Lancet paper.
Jan 27, 2017, 13:15 PM IST
Assembly polls: Desist from seeking votes in name of religion and caste, EC tells political parties
EC on Tuesday directed political parties to desist from seeking votes in the name of religion and caste.
Jan 24, 2017, 20:54 PM IST
BJP, Congress on collision course after SC says no populist schemes for poll-bound states in Union Budget
A fresh war of words has erupted between the ruling BJP and the main opposition party – Congress – after the Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking postponement of the Union Budget presentation scheduled ahead of the crucial assembly polls in five states.
Jan 24, 2017, 10:13 AM IST
Assembly polls: We have to root out evil souls from Punjab, says Navjot Singh Sidhu
Cricketer-turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who joined Congress just two days back, today said that "evil souls" need to be "rooted out" from Punjab so that rights of people in the state are protected.
Jan 17, 2017, 20:41 PM IST
Goa polls 2017: BJP announces names of seven more candidates
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today announced the names of seven more candidates for the upcoming Goa Legislative Assembly elections, thus declaring 36 nominees so far for the 40-member House.
Jan 16, 2017, 17:04 PM IST
Remove hoardings, posters of political leaders from poll-bound states before elections, says EC
In the wake of assembly elections in five states, the Election Commission on Tuesday asked the poll machinery in the poll-bound states to either remove or cover suitably photographs of political leaders on all hoardings and advertisements that seek to project the achievements of any living political functionary or political party.
Jan 10, 2017, 20:08 PM IST
UP polls 2017: BSP announces final list of candidates
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday announced its final list of candidates for 101 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh.
Jan 08, 2017, 15:28 PM IST
SC to set up larger bench to decide whether tainted politicians can be allowed to contest polls
"We must clarify this matter so that people know the law by next election," a bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said.
Jan 05, 2017, 17:49 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls: 1,12,746 new voters included in voter list
19,12,228 people including 8,72,039 women and 163 voters from third gender would exercise their franchise in coming up assembly polls, expected early next year.
Dec 24, 2016, 13:02 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi hails BJP's victory in polls after note ban, says 'it shows people won't tolerate corruption'
"Over the last few days, we have seen the results of various polls -- parliamentary, assembly and civic polls -- across India," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a series of tweets.
Ram Museum has no links with UP polls: Sanjeev Baliyan
Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Baliyan on Tuesday said that he has no clue as to why is the Samajwadi Party politicising the Ram Museum issue.
Oct 18, 2016, 16:09 PM IST
PM Modi's emergence helped some who lost assembly polls become MPs: Uma Bharti
Favourable circumstances, relevant issues and emergence of Narendra Modi helped several leaders, who even lost their deposits while contesting assembly polls, win the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Union minister Uma Bharti on Monday said.
Oct 10, 2016, 23:03 PM IST
