Assembly elections 2018: BJP loses ‘semifinal’ 0-5
New Delhi: A resurgent Congress Tuesday made significant gains in the Assembly elections, dealing a body blow to the BJP in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan and was locked in a cliffhanger in Madhya Pradesh. The reverses for the BJP in the Hindi heartland threw wide open the 2019 Lok Sabha elections...
Read moreRaman Singh resigns as Chhattisgarh CM
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh resigned Tuesday taking moral responsibility for the BJP's stunning defeat in Assembly elections. "I take moral responsibility for the defeat," Raman Singh, who was Chief Minister for 15 years, said as it became clear that the Congress was headed for a thumping victory in the 90-member Assembly. He said he would continue to serve the state while in the opposition ranks. I have submitted my...
Read moreFinal phase of J&K panchayat polls ends peacefully
Srinagar: Voting ended peacefully Tuesday for the ninth and final phase of the panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir amid tight security. No untoward incident was reported from anywhere during the polls that started at 8 a.m. and ended at 2 p.m. An overall 38.8 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the final phase, which was held only in the Kashmir division where 452 polling stations had been set up....
Read moreOPCC hopes for relief for Odisha in Mahanadi issue
Bhubaneswar: With Congress set to form the government in neigbouring Chhattisgarh, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee Tuesday expressed confidence that there could be some relief for the state on the Mahanadi water dispute. Chhattisgarh has been accused of constructing projects on the upstream of Mahanadi river and blocking the flow of water down stream to Odisha. Congress has all along stood by Odisha in the water dispute. The matter is now pending...
Read moreMNF wins Mizoram, Congress’ last Northeast state
Aizawl: Securing an absolute majority in the 40-member Mizoram Assembly, the MNF Tuesday returned to power after a decade, crushing the Congress and ousting it from power in the last Northeastern state it ruled. The Mizo National Front (MNF), which got only five seats in the 2013 Assembly polls, secured 21 seats and was leading in five more while the ruling Congress won only five seats. The Congress had taken power...
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5 state assembly elections
These were not just ordinary elections. Nor can the indications be ignored. With about 65 Lok Sabha seats involved in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh alone, the points to ponder for the future are many. One of the points is that the Congress had won only three seats from these states in the last elections in 2014....
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Shaktikanta Das appointed new RBI Governor
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