New Delhi, Nov.7 (ANI): By-elections for one Lok Sabha seat and 31 Assembly seats in seven states remained by and large peaceful, as over 60 per cent of voters turned out on ...

Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) About 49 percent of the 4.9 million electors in Saturday's by-elections in Uttar Pradesh turned out to cast their vote in 11 state assembly and one parliamentary constituency. Even ...

Jaipur, Nov 7 (IANS) Around 50 percent polling was reported Saturday in bypolls from Rajasthan's two assembly constituencies of Todabhim and Salumber where the main battle is between the ruling Congress ...

Panaji, Nov 6 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, allegedly at the centre of a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam, could have mining interests to the tune of Rs.400 crore ...

Lahore, Nov.5 (ANI): Criticising Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for tabling a legislation in the State Assembly, which legalises dances, the Jamaat-e-Islami deputy Secretary General Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha has said ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) efforts to resolve the political crisis in Karnataka hit a roadblock Thursday with the dissident Reddy brothers, who are also ministers, ...

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said Thursday that he would meet Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders as well as the dissident Reddy brothers, both of whom ...

By Vishal Gulati Rohru (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 5 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sees its first real opportunity to wrest this pocket borough of union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh ...

New Delhi/Bangalore, Nov 4 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, faced with dissidents' demands for his ouster, arrived in New Delhi late Wednesday for talks with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central ...

Chandigarh, Nov 4 (IANS) Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) president and former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala has decided to give up Ellenabad assembly seat and retain Uchana Kalan from ...

Mumbai, Nov 4 (ANI): The deadlock over government formation in Maharashtra continued on Wednesday even after 13 days of the announcement of results of the 12th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections. State Governor ...

Mumbai, Nov 3(ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday met Maharashtra Governor SC Jamir for discussions over formation of the State Government. Addressing the media after the meeting, Bhujbal ...

Mumbai, Nov 2 (ANI): The crucial Congress-NCP talks over portfolio sharing in Maharashtra did not take place on Sunday, delaying further the government formation in the state. Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan ...

Bhopal, Nov 1 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh's Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) has asked bureaucrats and police officials in the state to submit details of their property, officials said Sunday. Acting on a petition by ...

Panaji, Oct 31 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will finish investigation of charges against former chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manohar Parrikar for financial irregularities, while developing ...

New Delhi, Oct.30 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday, while presenting the monthly report of his Ministry, said that the highlight of October was the State Assembly elections in ...

Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Eknathrao G. Khadse was Friday unanimously elected leader of the legislature party at a meeting of newly-elected legislators here. Subject to the ...

Ranchi, Oct 28 (IANS) The Jharkhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday alleged that Home Minister P. Chidambaram had prior information of the state assembly poll dates which were ...

Hyderabad, Oct 28 (IANS) Activists of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Wednesday courted arrest here to protest a recent Supreme Court order declaring Hyderabad a free zone for police recruitment. TRS president K. ...

Chandigarh, Oct 28 (IANS) Amid heated exchanges with opposition benches, the four-day-old Congress government in Haryana, led by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Wednesday won the vote of confidence in the ...

Chandigarh, Oct 28 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda won the vote of confidence in the state assembly Wednesday afternoon.

Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), Oct 28 (IANS) Prime Manmohan Singh Wednesday said the era of violence was "coming to an end" in Jammu and Kashmir and that the people wanted "peace ...

Aizawl, Oct 28 (IANS) Police in Mizoram have been asked to deport non-domicile Indian citizens staying in the state without valid inner line permits, state Home Minister R. Lalzirliana said here Wednesday. "Indian ...

Jaipur, Oct 27 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat today said that the Bharatiya Janata Party needs a complete overhaul to improve its image and performance at the national level. Bhagwat ...

Mumbai, Oct 26(ANI): Shiv Sena Executive President, Uddhav Thackeray, on Monday said the disappointing defeat in the Maharashtra assembly elections did not mean the end of the road for the party. Addressing ...

Chandigarh, Oct 25 (IANS) Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia Sunday gave one week's time to newly inducted Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to prove his majority on the floor of the assembly. Hooda, ...

Chandigarh, Oct 25 (IANS) The lone Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator in the Haryana assembly, Akram Khan, Sunday extended his support to the Congress government in the state, far from the ...

Chandigarh, Oct 25 (IANS) Bhupinder Singh Hooda was Sunday sworn-in the chief minister of Haryana for a second term. Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia administered the oath of office and secrecy to Hooda at ...

Itanagar, Oct 25 (ANI): Dorjee Khandu has been sworn in as the Chief Minister for another term here on Sunday. Governor J.J. Singh administered the oath of office and secrecy to 54-year-old Khandu ...

By Susheel Parekh Mumbai, Oct.24 (ANI): As Shiv Sena held people of Mumbai responsible for the political debacle it faced in the recently held Maharashtra State Assembly elections, the local public has ...