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NDA hopes surge, with signals from AIADMK and TRS

With the NDA having nearly 410 MPs and over 1,600 MLAs, the estimated votes the coalition could muster added up to...

14 May 2017 1:56 AM IST

Elections to local bodies like municipal corporations, panchayats are all an inalienable part of the democratic process, playing itself out at the grassroots.

Picking winners: What the trends say

Extended elections in multiple phases allow political parties and formations malleability and ductility.

1 March 2017 4:48 AM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah, party leader Keshav Prasad Maurya and BJP national general secretary Anil Jain during a road show for the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, in Allahabad on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

UP polls: BJP relies on its best in SP-Congress stronghold

A total of 630 candidates, including 50 women, are in the fray for this phase of the election.

22 Feb 2017 2:22 AM IST

Liquor shops can be opened after results are declared on Feb. 23 instead of keeping them shut till 5 pm. (Photo: Mrugesh Bandiwadekar)

Tipplers cheer Bombay High Court booze order

February 20, 21 and 23 to be dry days; liquor can be sold after results are out.

18 Feb 2017 1:02 AM IST

BJP president Amit Shah and BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha. (Photo: PTI/File)

In next rural, LS polls, BJP will emerge as only alternative to TMC:...

'Never before in the history of independent India, Bengal had seen such a corrupt government,' the BJP national...

6 April 2017 2:58 PM IST

The Election Commission has, in its wisdom, given the green signal to the presentation of the Budget with the caveat that it should not contain any proposals specifically intended for the five states going to the polls.

New EVMs to be inoperable' if tampering is attempted: EC

The AAP had alleged that the authorities in Punjab had refused to accept its demand to tally results with a paper trail...

3 April 2017 1:43 AM IST

Newly elect Congress President Rahul Gandhi receives greetings from supporters after taking charge during an event held at the lawns of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Rahul must re-invent Congress' ideology

The Congress returned with worst-ever figures for the Lok Sabha in 2014 a mere 44 seats.

17 Dec 2017 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: AP)

Narendra Modi for focus on backward areas

The aim is to improve basic infrastructure in these areas and efforts are likely to be made to have corporate tie-ups.

10 Jun 2017 12:51 AM IST

The Election Commission has, in its wisdom, given the green signal to the presentation of the Budget with the caveat that it should not contain any proposals specifically intended for the five states going to the polls.

Govt OKs Rs 3,000 crore to EC for VVPAT machines

Efforts are on to ensure all VVPAT units are procured by September 2018.

20 April 2017 2:14 AM IST

12 special courts for 1,581 cases against MPs, MLAs

The petitioner has said a lifetime-ban is required a suggestion the top court agreed with during the last hearing on...

13 Dec 2017 1:42 AM IST

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik (Photo: PTI)

Odisha CM in Catch-22 over President pick

The BJP registered unprecedented success in the recently held rural polls in which it emerged second.

29 April 2017 5:54 AM IST

Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole felicitates newly-elected independent MP Vishal Patil during a meeting with the newly-elected party MPs of the state, at Tilak Bhavan, in Mumbai, Friday, June 7, 2024.

MVA would have won more seats had Congress contested more: Patole

In the MVA seat sharing arrangement, the Sangli seat was given to Shiv Sena UBT, due to which Vishal Patil contested as...

8 Jun 2024 1:01 AM IST