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Election officers wearing face masks. (Representational Image: PTI)

Gujarat bypolls: Ruling BJP ahead in all 8 seats, Congress trails

The gap between the margin of votes polled by candidates of the Congress and the BJP is significant in at least five...

10 Nov 2020 1:32 PM IST

Indore: BJP workers celebrate their partys lead in Madhya Pradesh bypolls, in Indore, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Madhya Pradesh bypolls: BJP wins the bypolls, saves its state...

A total of 355 candidates, including 12 ministers, contested the byelections held on November 3

10 Nov 2020 11:36 AM IST

Election officials count votes at a centre on counting day of Bihar Assembly polls, in Patna, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Bihar polls 2020: NDA and RJD-led Mahagathbandhan locked in electoral...

The NDA is leading in 121 seats while the Grand Alliance is ahead in 114 seats as per trends

10 Nov 2020 11:17 AM IST

Patna: Grand Alliance supporters monitoring strong room through CCTV footage at AN College ahead of the Bihar Assembly results, in Patna, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Bihar set to enter new political generation as state braces for...

Most exit polls have predicted a rout for the ruling JD(U)-BJP combine and a resounding victory for the Mahagathbandhan...

9 Nov 2020 7:20 PM IST

BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia at Raj Bhavan to attend swearing-in ceremony in Bhopal. PTI photo

MP bypolls vote count on Tuesday; Scindia, Nath prestige at stake

The effect of the Jyotiraditya Scindia factor in the changed political scenario will be known once the poll results are...

9 Nov 2020 5:49 PM IST

Voters stand in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections, at Mahua in Vaishali district, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Bihar exit polls: Tejashwi Yadav-led Mahagathbandhan in pole position

The magic number in Bihar Assembly is 122

8 Nov 2020 1:48 AM IST

A security official keeps a vigil as voters stand in queues to cast their votes at a polling station during the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections, in Muzaffarpur district, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. (PTI)

Bihar polls: Nearly 55% turnout in final phase; action shifts to...

In the previous two phases, the voter's turnout was 54.26 and 54.05 per cent respectively.

7 Nov 2020 9:07 PM IST

Amit Shah discharged from AIIMS. (PTI Photo)

Confident of coming to power in West Bengal, won't impose President's...

Shah also accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee of eyeing to create dynastic rule

7 Nov 2020 1:14 PM IST

Bankura: Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses BJP Bengal unit workers, in Bankura district, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Amit Shah sounds poll bugle in West Bengal, eyes 200 seats for BJP in...

Shah said that the BJP will work towards creating a Sonar Bangla' under Prime Minister Narendra Modi

6 Nov 2020 1:25 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during an election meeting, for Bihar Assembly elections, in Katihar, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (PTI Photo)

CM Nitish Kumar triggers political storm in Bihar, says 2020 polls...

A section in NDA feels that the aggressive campaigning against him by Opposition may have prompted Nitish to take a...

5 Nov 2020 10:53 PM IST

The Election Commission has already backed the plea for the lifetime ban on convicted politicians from entering the electoral fray.

Supreme Court seeks Centre's stand on banning convict netas for life

The Supreme Court asks the Centre to spell out its stand on a plea seeking lifetime ban on convicted politicians

5 Nov 2020 10:37 AM IST

Patna: Security personnel and polling officers carry Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to deposit at a strong room after the second phase of Bihar Assembly polls, in Patna, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Fates of Tejashwi, Tej Pratap sealed as Bihar records 53% polling in...

The second phase is crucial for both the NDA as well as the Opposition alliance being led by RJD

3 Nov 2020 9:17 PM IST