Election 2019

After Win, Jagan Reddy Meets KCR To Discuss Andhra-Telangana Disputes

Telangana News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday May 26, 2019

Two days after the Andhra Pradesh assembly elections threw up a favourable verdict for YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, he met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday to discuss ways in which they could work together for the benefit of both Telugu states.

Hope Gautam Gambhir, Not His Duplicate, Meets People On Roads, Says AAP

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 25, 2019

The AAP Saturday took a dig at newly-elected East Delhi Lok Sabha lawmaker Gautam Gambhir, saying he should meet people on the dusty roads and not "cheat them" by sending his duplicate as he did during the campaigning period.

In Move To Quit, Rahul Gandhi Finds Support In Sister Priyanka: Sources

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Saturday May 25, 2019

Rahul Gandhi's decision to quit as Congress president may have been unanimously rejected by senior party leaders, but he has found support in his sister Priyanka. She, however, wants him to give the party leadership some time to come up with an alternative course of action.

"Nara": PM Modi's New Slogan To Take India Ahead After Massive Poll Win

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Saturday May 25, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today coined a new slogan "Nara" -- short for "national ambition" and "regional aspiration" -- to describe the political strategy that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) plans to adopt in the wake of its massive victory in the Lok Sabha elections. Nara is also the Hindi word for slogan.

"Don't Want To Continue As Chief Minister," Says Mamata Banerjee: Highlights

India News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Saturday May 25, 2019

Mamata Banerjee, speaking to the media for the first time since the results of the national election, has said that she "does not want to continue as the chief minister" of West Bengal. "The party (Trinamool Congress) has not accepted my decision," she said.

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Stakes Claim To Form Government In Andhra Pradesh

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 25, 2019

YSR Congress President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Saturday met the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan and staked claim to form government in Andhra Pradesh.

Mehbooba Mufti's Loss Leaves J&K Battle To National Conference, BJP

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Saturday May 25, 2019

The results of the national election have shown a mirror to People's Democratic Party and given a clear edge to the National Conference in Kashmir valley and the BJP in Jammu region. But whether the state election will be held in November depends on the centre's policy and the dynamics that will unfold in the next two months.

At 46 Per Cent BJP Gets Highest Ever Vote Share In Jammu and Kashmir

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 25, 2019

The BJP, which bagged three Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, has got its highest ever vote share of 46.4 per cent in the state, more than that of Congress, NC and PDP put together, as per EC data.

BJP Wins 41 Seats In 60-Member Arunachal Pradesh Assembly

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 25, 2019

The BJP has won 41 seats in the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh Assembly after results of all the constituencies were announced, an election official said today.

Election Results 2019: PM Modi To Meet Mother Heeraben Tomorrow, Varanasi Next For Thanksgiving

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Saturday May 25, 2019

With the national election over and the BJP making a big bang comeback, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking it slow after months of energy-sapping campaigning. He tweeted today he will fly to his home state Gujarat tomorrow to meet his mother and finally to Varanasi, from where he won by over 4.7 lakh votes, to thank the "people of this great la...

Election Results 2019: Reeling From BJP Uppercut, Mamata Banerjee Calls Trinamool Meet Today

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Saturday May 25, 2019

Forty-eight hours after the election results that brought Trinamool Congress's tally in the Lok Sabha down from 34 to 22, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet party leaders and all candidates who fought the polls at her home at 3:30 pm today.

CWC Meeting: Will Rahul Gandhi Resign? Congress's What-Went-Wrong Meet Begins

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Saturday May 25, 2019

The top leadership body of the Congress will meet shortly to discuss what went down for the party in the national election after the National Democratic Alliance, powered by the pan-India campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, won over 350 seats in the 542 Lok Sabha constituencies that went to polls.

Anurag Kashyap Tags Rape Threat Against Daughter In Greeting For PM Modi

India News | Edited by Aditya Sharma | Saturday May 25, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been getting congratulatory messages from around the country and the world after the BJP's landslide victory in the 2019 general election. One of them was from his self-proclaimed "dissenter" film director Anurag Kashyap.

In Assam, Nearly 1.8 Lakh Voters Chose "NOTA"

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 24, 2019

Altogether 1,78,353 voters exercised the "None of The Above" option in the Assam Lok Sabha polls, which is 31,296 more than the NOTA figure in the last elections.

Day After Bengal Shocker, Mamata Banerjee Speaks Out With Poetry

India News | Edited By Ria Saini | Friday May 24, 2019

The verdict is out. A day after the BJP's landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, headlined by a stunning performance in West Bengal, where it significantly improved its tally compared to 2014, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata posted a poem on Twitter with a blunt message for the ruling party. The title: "I don't agree".