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Chennai, Mar 13: Congress leader P Chidambaram today denounced the seven-phase election schedule in Uttar Pradesh and alleged that the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi used it to "polarise" voters. One of the reasons for the defeat of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh was the absence of a robust party organisational structure there, he said, a day after stating that Modi had emerged as the "most

Panaji, Mar 13: Despite being a runner-up behind the Congress, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) pulled off a coup on Sunday after its leader Manohar Parrikar was appointed as the Goa Chief Minister by Governor Mridula Sinha. Parrikar, who is currently serving as the Defence Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government at the Centre, will have to prove majority on the floor of the Goa

Imphal, Mar 12: The BJP is within a striking distance of forming a government in Manipur for the first time though it emerged as the second largest party after the Congress, provided it is able to enlist support of three NDA partners. The election threw up a hung verdict with none of the two mainstream parties being able to cross the magic figure of 31 in the 60-member Assembly. The Congress was

New Delhi, Mar 12: A day after the massive poll victories in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appeared to be setting his sights beyond the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as he asked the countrymen to join him in building a ‘new India’ by 2022. He asked the people to take a pledge and express their commitment to building a new India on his Narendra Modi Mobile App. “A new

Chandigarh, Mar 12: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today submitted his resignation to Governor V P Singh Badnore following his party's defeat in the assembly polls. The Punjab cabinet, which met under Badal for the last time, recommended dissolution of the Assembly, paving the way for the constitution of the new legislature. The 89-year-old Akali leader along with deputy chief minister

New Delhi, Mar 12: The CAG today said Air India “actually incurred” an operating loss of Rs 321.4 crore in 2015-16, even the airline maintained it had an operating profit of Rs 105 crore based on generally accepted accounting standards. While making it clear that there was no fudging of numbers, officials at the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said figures reported by the airline are

Panaji/Imphal, Mar 12: Goa and Manipur threw up fractured mandates on Saturday, with Congress and BJP staking claim to form governments in both the states. While Congress won 17 out of Goa's 40 seats, BJP was just behind with 13; it also has the support of an Independent candidate backed by it. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) with three seats, Goa Forward Party (3) and NCP (1) were sitting on

Mar 12: A landslide win in UP and Uttarakhand has taken the ruling alliance closer to getting the President of its choice when incumbent Pranab Mukherjee's tenure ends in July. Though the NDA's vote share in the electoral college will still be short of majority, the gap can easily be narrowed if it can strike a deal with one or two non-UPA parties like Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and AIADMK. The

New Delhi, Mar 12: Starting with his hyper-kinetic Lok Sabha campaign, Narendra Modi has unhesitatingly thrown himself in the line of fire in every ensuing state election, even at the risk of an adverse result being read as a sign of fading charisma. Morale-sapping losses in Delhi and Bihar in 2015 did not slow him down and he bounced back with a big win in Assam and a heartening performance in

Raipur, Mar 12: Describing the Maoist attack on CRPF personnel as a “cowardly act”, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday the sacrifices of jawans will not go in vain. “It is an unfortunate and sad attack on security personnel. I salute their martyrdom,” Rajnath told reporters at the headquarters of the 4th battalion of Chhattisgarh Armed Force in Mana Camp area Saturday evening