Patna: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha today backed senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha who has openly pitched for declaring Narendra Modi as BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha el

Koklata: RJD leader Lalu Prasad today batted for Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi to be the prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 general elections, and said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra

Slogans were chanted in favour of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi by the BJP workers at a function held by the party’s state council today to formalise election of Mangal Pandey as its Bihar unit chief.

New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Corporate India on Friday lavished praise on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, with industrialist Anil Ambani even calling him a “king among kings” at the bi-annual Vibrant G

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was today well on the road to performing a hat-trick raising the prospects of becoming BJP’s prime ministerial candidate while Congress ousted the saffron party from power in Himachal Pradesh.

The ruling BJP appeared set to perform a hat-trick in Gujarat while trends reversed in favour of the Congress in Himachal Pradesh where it could wrest power from the saffron party. Trends from the counting of votes that began this morning projected Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi capturing power for the third consecutive time.

As Narendra Modi appeared set for a hat-trick in Gujarat, the BJP today parried questions on whether he will be the party's prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections.

An estimated 68-69 per cent of 1.98 crore electors today cast their votes in the second and final phase of Gujarat polls that would decide whether chief minister Narendra Modi would do a hat-trick for BJP or Congress return to power in the state after a gap of 22 years.

An average 55 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 3 pm in the second phase of Gujarat Assembly elections today.

About 38 per cent average polling was recorded across 95 constituencies in Gujarat in the first five hours of the final phase of voting today, which will decide the fate of 820 candidates including chief minister Narendra Modi.