2019 General Elections

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Many party leaders have asked for 'change in leadership' and 'resignation' of those responsible for the party's worst ever electoral show in the state. (Photo: File | PTI)

Post-LS poll debacle, internal bickering haunts Rajasthan Congress

The Congress party failed to win even a single seat in the state in the Lok Sabha polls. The BJP and its ally won all 25 seats.

27 May 2019 6:14 PM

‘I am 100 per cent sure that whatever the results may be, the BJP is not going to score as high as the exit polls suggest,’ Shashi Tharoor said. (Photo: ANI)

Tharoor calls BJP a 'sinking ship' as it swings into celebratory mode

‘In 2004, exit polls said NDA and Mr Vajpayee will win the election (which did not happen),’ Shashi said, dismissing exit polls.

22 May 2019 2:47 PM

The meeting was attended by ministers including those from the NDA constituents. (Photo: ANI)

Shah congratulates 'Team Modi Sarkar' for 5 years; hosts dinner for NDA allies

Shah also asked the council of ministers to keep the momentum going for a New India under the leadership of Modi.

21 May 2019 8:56 PM

‘There can be no room for speculations that challenge the very basis of our democracy. People's mandate is sacrosanct and has to be above any iota of reasonable doubt,’ President Pranab Mukherjee said. (Photo: Twitter/@RSSorg)

Onus on ensuring institutional integrity lies with EC: Pranab Mukherjee

The former President further said that Indian electorates have never lost confidence in elections.

21 May 2019 5:14 PM

Condemning the attack, NPP president and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma sought the intervention of the Prime Minister's Office and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (Photo: ANI)

NPP candidate and sitting MLA, six others gunned down in Arunachal Pradesh

Tirong Aboh, a sitting MLA from Khonsa West constituency, was seeking a re-election from the seat.

21 May 2019 4:38 PM

‘From the time the machine is manufactured to the time it reaches a particular state, it has fool-proof security with personnel from the states it passes through guarding it,’ Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh said. (Representational Image)

EVMs are absolutely fool proof: Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer

CEO Ranbir Singh also said the EVM is "robust by design" and there is no way the machine can be tampered with.

21 May 2019 3:48 PM

Both BJP and TMC accusing each other of rigging, interfering in polling booths and threatening each other cadres. (Photo: ANI)

5 BJP men attacked by TMC workers in Cooch Behar

Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal were marred with instances of violence, despite the presence of central security forces.

21 May 2019 1:57 PM

'As far as his statement is concerned it is his individual personal opinion so you should ask him. It is not the party's opinion or assessment,' Karnataka Deputy CM G Parameshwara (Photo: PTI | File)

Roshan Baig's personal opinion: Dy CM Parameshwara on 'buffoon' comment

Congress leader Roshan Baig has also said that he feels sorry for his leader, Rahul Gandhi because of all these things.

21 May 2019 1:32 PM

West Bengal has witnessed violence all through the seven phases of the voting. (Photo: ANI)

EC imposes Section 144 in Bhatpura for undefined time-period

This comes soon after Piyush Goyal’s demand for re-polls in areas where violence occurred.

20 May 2019 8:54 PM

‘As per the exit polls, we are winning all the seven seats in Delhi,’ BJP Delhi president Manoj Tiwari said. (Photo: ANI)

BJP upbeat after exit polls predict victory in Delhi; AAP, Cong question its veracity

According to India TV-CNX Exit poll, the Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to repeat the 2014 victory when it had won all seven seats.

20 May 2019 6:02 PM

The counting at 8 am will also commence with postal ballot counting. (Photo: twitter/ANI)

Results of Delhi LS poll may get delayed by 5-6 hrs: Chief Election Officer

He said after the EVM counting is over, the VVPATs will be counted as per the Supreme Court guidelines.

20 May 2019 3:31 PM

‘It will fall on its own,’ said Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Gopal Bhargava in MP. (Photo: PTI)

BJP writes letter to MP governer, asks Kamal Nath govt to prove majority

BJP hsa asked for a special session in the letter to the Governer, stating that there are a lot of issues in the government.

20 May 2019 2:21 PM

‘We have also demanded that the EC to withdraw the false cases made against BJP leaders in West Bengal,’ Piyush Goyal also added. (Photo: ANI)

BJP requests EC to conduct repolling in booths affected by violence in the LS polls

West Bengal went for polls in all the phases of the Lok Sabha elections witnessed violence in every phase.

20 May 2019 2:04 PM

The result of the exit poll projections might have been the agneda behind the meeting held between the two leaders. (Photo: ANI)

Akhilesh, Mayawati meet day after exit poll projections

Exit polls projections have placed BJP at the top in UP and followed by the SP-BSP alliance.

20 May 2019 1:06 PM

Visuals from booth no. 152 and 153 of Dumka parliamentary constituency in Jharkhand.

Polling in seventh phase ends, exit polls to follow

Voting concludes in the seventh poll bringing the election exercise to an end; results of exit polls to be out soon

19 May 2019 7:13 AM

Polling will be held in all 13 seats in Punjab and an equal number of seats in Uttar Pradesh, nine in West Bengal, eight seats each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and the lone seat Chandigarh. (Photo: twitter/ANI)

Stage set for last phase of Lok Sabha polls on Sunday

Over 10.01 crore voters are expected to decide the fate of 918 candidates.

18 May 2019 6:10 PM

‘Rahul Gandhi, in past 5 years, has evolved his style of functioning to connect with grassroot workers,’ Punjab Chief Ministe Amarinder Singh also said. (Photo: ANI)

Cong of 2019 different from 2014; gives more space to regional leaders: Amarinder

‘Regional leaders of the party have been given more say in the affairs of the Congress and its policies for states,’ he also said.

18 May 2019 4:24 PM

R S Bharathi also claimed the flying squad and surveillance teams deputed by the Election Commission are not conducting checks outside the Ottapidaram territorial limits. (Photo: Twitter | @RSBharathiDMK)

AIADMK bypassing security to distribute cash to voters of Ottapidaram: DMK

DMK claimed AIADMK workers were using party district office at Thoothukudi outside territorial limit of constituency.

18 May 2019 3:42 PM

On being asked who will form government at Centre, he said, ‘Let us wait till May 23 when the results will come out. We already committed to supporting Congress president Rahul Gandhi and there is no changes in our stand.’ (Photo: File)

Congress, JDS will win 18-19 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka: Kumaraswamy

Karnataka has a total of 28 Lok Sabha seats, where Congress and JDS are fighting together.

18 May 2019 1:06 PM

On incidents of lynching, Naqvi said though there has been development without discrimination, "some fringe and criminal elements have tried to disrupt the agenda of development." (Photo: PTI/File)

Fabricated stories being created against Modi, Shah: Naqvi

‘This perception of intolerance against us is completely wrong,’ said Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

18 May 2019 12:46 PM

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