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Mumbai/ New Delhi: Oct 21: A day after election results were announced, a reunion of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena appeared possible with the regional party publicly expressing its willingness to join the government without any conditions. The BJP also sought to know from Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, a senior Maharashtra leader, if he was interested in becoming the chief

Mumbai, Oct 20: The BJP seems to have been caught in a cleft-stick in Maharashtra, thanks to a fractured mandate in the 13th assembly elections. With no political party securing clear majority in the 288-member assembly, a period of political instability looms ahead in Maharashtra - though the Nationalist Congress Party has taken the lead to prevent such a situation. Despite emerging as the single

Mumbai, Oct 20: A day after BJP emerged as the single largest party in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena today took a swipe at Narendra Modi, saying the "wave" seen during the campaign lost its force even before reaching the shores and expressed doubts over survival of the state amid a hung House. BJP, Congress and NCP benefited from multi-cornered contests in the elections, the Sena said and asked the

Mumbai, Oct 20: For the first time in the history, people of Haryana and Maharashtra states have geared up to witness the rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministers. The party won a majority in Haryana, and in Maharashtra, it has emerged as the single largest party. The party’s gamble of contesting alone in Haryana and snapping ties with its oldest ally, Shiv Sena, in Maharashtra

New Delhi, Oct 20: The BJP on Sunday indicated that its door had not been shut on the estranged ally, Shiv Sena, and constituted a two-member team of observers comprising Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and general secretary J P Nadda, the two leaders whom the Sena seems to prefer at the negotiating table. Led by Rajnath Singh, the team will first hold consultations with the newly elected party

New Delhi, Oct 19: The Congress headquarters in the national capital Sunday wore a deserted look after the drubbing the party received in the assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra. Only a group of workers was around, demanding a bigger role for Prianka Gandhi in the party. No leaders were available at the party headquarters to comment on the poll debacle. Party spokesman Ajay Maken came in

New Delhi, Oct 19: Riding on the Narendra Modi wave, BJP has crossed the century mark in the Assembly polls in Maharashtra, a feat last time achieved by Congress in 1990. Making deep inroads into Congress and NCP bastions, BJP is set to get over 120 seats this time in the 288-member House, a development that could jolt the Shiv Sena, which was its 'elder brother' in the saffron alliance that

Chennai, Oct 19: Ruling AIADMK party general secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J.Jayalalithaa Sunday said her public life is akin to swimming in a river of fire. In a statement issued here a day after she was released from the Bangalore Central Jail on bail, Jayalalithaa said: "My public life is akin to swimming in a river of fire." Jayalalithaa said she knew the kind of difficulties

Chandigarh, Oct 19: The BJP is all set to form the government in Haryana - for the first time on its own. Outgoing Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda accepted defeat as the BJP contested the assembly elections on its own in the state, upset past trends, and will now lead a majority government. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 13 out of the 28 assembly seats results for which were

Mumbai, Oct 19: The BJP took early leads Sunday in Maharashtra as officials counted millions of votes polled in assembly elections. Having dumped long-time ally Shiv Sena ahead of the election, the Bharatiya Janata Party led in 75 of the 288 seats in the state, followed by the Shiv Sena at a distant 37. The Congress was leading in 15 seats and its erstwhile ally, the Nationalist Congress Party