After 15 years, Jharkhand elects women MPs
Jharkhand had last elected any woman MP in 2004 from Khuti.
May 23, 2019, 20:33 PM IST
Twitter records 396 million tweets on #LokSabhaElections2019, 3.2 mn alone on results day
Lok Sabha election 2019: Twitter saw more than 396 million tweets, a number which is nearly a 300 per cent rise from the Lok Sabha Election 2014.
May 23, 2019, 20:30 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi says issue of resignation between him and working committee
Party leaders said reports of Gandhi offering to resign were "mischievous and incorrect".
May 23, 2019, 20:29 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi a fine leader, Congress will bounce back: Amarinder Singh
Amarinder Singh said he did not agree with the "brand of nationalism being promoted by the BJP" as every citizen of India was a nationalist and the nation's strength was in its diversity.
May 23, 2019, 20:24 PM IST
Narendra Modi 'mahanayak' of BJP's grand victory: Amit Shah
Hitting out at opposition parties for forming alliances to defeat Modi, he said that BJP was fighting for 50 per cent votes and today the party has garnered over 50 per cent vote share in 17 states including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
May 23, 2019, 20:19 PM IST
Opposition, media couldn't see 'Modi wave', but people did: Jitendra Singh
The BJP leader said people voted for him due to the "major development work" carried in the constituency, saying neither the media nor the Opposition could see it, but the people did.
May 23, 2019, 20:10 PM IST
Chandrababu Naidu at crossroads as TDP faces rout in assembly, Lok Sabha polls
Chandrababu had to drop his PhD programme in economics after he became a minister.
May 23, 2019, 20:00 PM IST
BJP repeats 2014 sweep in Gujarat, pockets all 26 seats; Amit Shah's debut from Gandhinagar a hit
The home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah has once again rejected the Congress.
May 23, 2019, 19:55 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections results 2019: MK Stalin congratulates Narendra Modi
The DMK-led alliance was leading in 37 of the 38 seats in the state that went to the polls.
May 23, 2019, 19:15 PM IST
Narendra Modi's mother greets BJP supporters outside her house
Hiraben, who lives with her younger son Pankaj Modi, came outside the house and greeted the supporters for a couple of minutes before going back inside.
May 23, 2019, 19:06 PM IST
Farooq Abdullah wins Srinagar seat by over 70,000 votes
Abdullah polled 1,06,750 votes, while his nearest rival PDP candidate Aga Syed Mohsin polled 36,700 votes, an election official said.
May 23, 2019, 18:56 PM IST
High command to be apprised of Sidhu''s damaging remarks: Captain Amarinder Singh
Though he refused to comment directly on the possible impact of Sidhu's comments on the Congress performance in Punjab, Amarinder Singh said as a Minister, Sidhu's own performance needed to be reviewed.
May 23, 2019, 18:53 PM IST
Rajnath Singh's thumping victory over Poonam Sinha in Lucknow
The Congress candidate Acharya Pramod Krishna polled 1,78,904 votes.
May 23, 2019, 18:48 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi drops 'Chowkidar' from Twitter profile after Lok Sabha election win, asks others to follow suit
After winning a huge mandate for a second consecutive time, he also said that the word, "Chowkidar", remains an integral part for him.
May 23, 2019, 18:41 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi congratulates Narendra Modi, Smriti Irani for Lok Sabha election win; says he will reply with love
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the landslide win registered by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Party in Lok Sabha election 2019 but added that winners and loser of the electoral battle have two different ideologies and his fight will continue. He also conceded defeat to BJP’s Smriti Irani in his family bastion of Amethi Lok Sabha seat of Uttar Pradesh, and quickly commented that he will continue to respond to attacks on him with love.
May 23, 2019, 18:37 PM IST
NDA's victory miraculous win; people rejected royalties, dynasties: Arun Jaitley
As per the trend, the BJP-led NDA will form the government at the Centre for the second successive term with an absolute majority.
May 23, 2019, 18:32 PM IST
Sikkim: SKM wins 5 Assembly seats, leads in 4; lone Lok Sabha seat
Opposition Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) won five out of 32 Assembly constituencies in Sikkim, while it is leading on four other seats, according to Election Commission trends.
May 23, 2019, 18:32 PM IST
Lok Sabha election 2019 results: DMK+ leads in 36 seats in Tamil Nadu, Congress wins Puducherry
The fight in Tamil Nadu was between the AIADMK-led front comprising the BJP and other regional parties and the DMK-led front consisting of the Congress, CPI, CPI-M and others.
May 23, 2019, 18:29 PM IST
Ravi Kishan sets up a massive lead in Gorakhpur
When the BJP announced Ravi Kishan's name many people had expressed scepticism over his victory, dubbing him an outsider.
May 23, 2019, 18:22 PM IST
Opportunity to work for development: Nitin Gadkari
Gadkari, the BJP candidate from Nagpur, said the development works carried out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi were unparalleled in the last 50 years.
May 23, 2019, 18:13 PM IST
