Jayalalithaa keeps all options open, waits for May 16
Her bright smile said it all. AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa appeared relaxed and happy as she drove to Poes Garden and faced reporters waiting outside her gate.“I am...
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If NDA has to depend on others, agenda faces risk
A pigeon prepares for flight from a banner applauding BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at a busy intersection in MuBehind the euphoria of exit polls, there is a growing concern in saffron...
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BJP’s ‘core group’ holds first meet
BJP president Rajnath Singh and senior leaders Nitin Gadkari and Arun Jaitley during a meeting with PM candidate and Gujarat chiSaffron icon Narendra Modi is all set to take total control of the...
View ArticleArmy mends LoC fence, on alert as snows melt
With summer approaching and the snow about to melt in the upper reaches, which will open the mountain passes, the Army has put its troops on high alert to scuttle any infiltration attempts by militants...
View ArticleJammu & Kashmir valley shut to protest crackdown on separatists
Major towns in Kashmir Valley were shut on Thursday to protest against the police crackdown on Muslim separatists and their supporting local youth.The call for the strike, which closed marketplaces and...
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SPG’s ring around Modi will double as his threat level highest amongst all...
BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)An internal assessment by the Special Protection Group in association with the Central intelligence agencies has indicated that Narendra Modi,...
View ArticleAn uneasy calm in Kishanbagh
Uneasy calm prevailed in violence-hit areas of Kishanbagh in Hyderabad’s old city where curfew continued to be in force on Thursday even as the state governor ordered a magisterial inquiry into the...
View ArticleMinistry of Home Affairs warns of possible communal flare-ups
At the end of a highly shrill Lok Sabha election campaign, the Union home ministry has warned states of possible law and order disturbances and resultant communal tension in the coming days. The...
View ArticleMonsoon to hit Kerala coast 4 days late this year
The southwest monsoon is likely to set over Kerala on June 5, four days behind schedule, the India meteorological department said here on Thursday. The forecast comes with an error of plus or minus...
View ArticlePrime Minister's 10 year term had many highs
A thorough gentleman politician Manmohan Singh, who for many is a seasoned economist credited with ushering in economic reforms in the 1990s, will become the third longest-serving Prime Minister so far...
View ArticleLeaders may quit key Congress posts if party gets trounced in polls
AICC officials, members of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and the Central Election Committee (CEC) could put in their papers to enable party president Sonia Gandhi to constitute her team in the...
View ArticleBJP, RSS leaders meet to discuss power strategy
Marathon meetings between senior BJP leaders and the RSS top brass continued throughout Thursday, on the eve of the election results, making it clear that it is the Sangh Parivar’s big brother (RSS)...
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Trends likely from 11 am, clear picture by 5 pm: Election Commission
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi (left), AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. (PhoA few hours from now fortunes will fluctuate. If the exit poll...
View ArticleNota gets 58,46,598 hits in its debut poll
In its first ever appearance in the Lok Sabha polls, Nota (None Of The Above) option has become relevant. It has been able to secure more than 1.1 per cent vote across the country, higher than several...
View ArticleApna Dal high on 100% success rate
Apna Dal, a small political outfit founded in 1995 by Dr Sonelal Patel, has sparkled in these elections in Uttar Pradesh with a 100 per cent success rate. The party contested two seats, Mirzapur and...
View ArticleCongress at its worst in UP
The lights went out at the UP Congress headquarters at high noon on Friday when the party was confronted with its worst ever performance in the Lok Sabha elections. The Congress won only two seats —...
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BJP sweep makes Muslim votes irrelevant
The Samajwadi Party office in Lucknow wears a deserted look after the party’s poor showing in the Lok Sabha polls-PTIThe clean sweep by the BJP in Uttar Pradesh has pointed towards the growing...
View ArticleRailway fare hike decision put on hold
The Railways on Friday put on hold its decision to effect passenger and freight fare hike by 14.5 per cent and 6.5 respectively till further notice. Earlier in the day, the Railways had stated that the...
View ArticleWon’t accept this result: Prakash Karat
While the Left’s relevance at the national political centrestage is fast vanishing, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat refuses to either accept the people’s verdict or own moral responsibility for...
View ArticleEast Coast Axis to be the real Opposition
It is going to be east coast corridor of Chennai-Bhubaneswar-Kolkata axis that will play the role of a real Opposition in the 16th Lok Sabha, as the Congress is completely down and out and the BJP for...
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