BSY unlikely to be reinstated
Jolted by the Karnataka high court verdict giving former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa a clean chit in the illegal mining scam, the BJP top brass has begun efforts to placate him but is in no mood to give in to
Cong blame game after debacle
Within 48 hours of the drubbing the Congress received in Uttar Pradesh, party leaders in the state have started playing the blame game.
Sanjay Singh, Congress MP from Sultanpur, told reporters on Thu
Prakash Singh Badal to take over as Punjab CM
The legislative party of Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday unanimously elected Mr Prakash Singh Badal, patron of Shiromani Akali Dal as their leader paving the way for creating history for his swearing-in
BJP top leaders discuss strategy
On the eve of the results for the crucial Assembly elections in five states, including politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, BJP top brass on Monday met to formalise the party’s strategy to deal with var
Cong racing away in Punjab
The Congress made early gains in Punjab Tuesday as vote count began for 117 assembly seats.
The Congress was leading on three seats while the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal was leading in one seat, offic
2012 Assembly polls analysis: Wake up call for national parties
The people have delivered their verdict and before the 2014 General elections, the message is loud and clear – a wake up call for the national parties.
As the current trend indicates, Samajwadi Part
We used power judiciously: CEC
“Opinion and exit polls should at best be on entertainment channels!,” Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi tweeted on Sunday, taking an apparent dig at the surveys.
The reaction of the CEC, who
Digvijay: Exit polls are fraud
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday trashed the result projections thrown up by exit polls for five states, terming such exercises as ‘fraud’, and predicted ‘astonishing’ gains for the
Power-sharing talks begin in UP circles
Talk of a power-sharing arrangement has begun in the political circles amid exit poll predictions of a hung Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
Though the current mood in the Congress is not to join any body’s g
Sorry about the racist joke: US judge to Obama
A senior US judge has written to President Barack Obama apologising for a racist joke he sent in an email, and has also initiated a judicial complaint procedure against himself.
Richard Cebull, chief