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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

Lucknow, Mar 11: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today tendered resignation from the post. Akhilesh Yadav tendered his resignation to Governor Ram Naik after his Samjawadi Party's massive defeat in Assembly polls. Parsekar submitted his resignation to Governor Mridula Sinha as results indicated that BJP would fall well short of halfway mark in

New Delhi, Mar 11: More than 100 candidates have failed to score even 100 votes in the assembly polls across five states, including activist Irom Sharmila who could get just 90 votes and vowed to never contest elections again. Number of such candidates was five or more in some constituencies, including in Allahabad North and Muzaffar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, as also in Uttarakhand's Rajpur and