Up Election Results 2017

DUSU Election Result 2017 LIVE: NSUI Wins President Post, ABVP Gets Secretary

Delhi News | Wednesday September 13, 2017

The counting of votes for the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections began today at a community hall near Kingsway Camp in New Delhi amid tight security. The main contestants for the DUSU presidential post were ABVP's Rajat Choudhary, NSUI's Rocky Tusheed, AISA's Parul Chauha, independent candidates Raja Choudury and Alka. There were 126 ...

All You Need To Know About UK General Election 2017

World News | Edited By Bhanu Priya Vyas | Thursday June 8, 2017

Britain goes to polls today after the country's Prime Minister Theresa May announced general elections on April 18. The national election is the election for the House of Commons or the lower house of parliament much like India's Lok Sabha. Voters are asked to elect a member of parliament for their local constituency, which on average have about 72...

MCD Elections 2017: Fighting PM Narendra Modi Tough After UP, 'Even For Arvind Kejriwal', AAP Assesses

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday April 27, 2017

Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appears to be struggling with an all-time low in popularity ratings, has called all his lawmakers home for a meeting a day after the party's latest election loss.

MCD Election Results 2017: A Trademark PM Modi Tactic, Used To Win Delhi, Could Repeat In Gujarat

India News | Written by Akhilesh Sharma | Wednesday April 26, 2017

The BJP's standout strategy for the Delhi civic polls was the decision to drop almost all sitting councilors and field fresh faces. It did this to skirt an anti-incumbency sentiment amid allegations of corruption and non-performance in the three corporations, which it has dominated for years. The party's campaign stressed that it was bringing in fr...

MCD Election Results 2017: 7 Things The BJP Did To Win Delhi Again

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Wednesday April 26, 2017

The BJP's massive win in the Delhi civic elections today is the result of a strategy prepared with surgical precision and on the scale of a state election. The party needed to re-establish control in the national capital after winning only three seats in the Delhi assembly elections two years ago, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Par...

AAP Is Not A Sore Loser. But Delhi Result Doesn't Add Up

Opinion | Ashutosh | Friday April 28, 2017

No, we are not in denial. We are walking a path which is unconventional, unorthodox, not routine.

By-Election Results 2017: BJP Wins 5 Of 10 Assembly Seats In By-Elections - 10 Points

India News | Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Thursday April 13, 2017

The BJP has won five of 10 assembly seats in eight states for which by-elections were held, retaining three and gaining two from other parties, including Delhi's Rajouri Garden, where last time's winner Aam Aadmi Party has lost its deposit ahead of key civic elections. The Congress has won three, two in Karnataka and one in Madhya Pradesh, all seat...

Rupee Set For Best March Quarter Since 1975 As Foreigners Pour $12 Billion

Kartik Goyal and Subhadip Sircar, Bloomberg | Friday March 31, 2017

The rupee climbed 0.2 percent to 64.8175 per dollar in Mumbai Friday, taking its gain this month to 2.9 percent. The three-month advance is the biggest for any quarter since the period ended September 2012.

90 Minutes With An Anti-Romeo Squad In Yogi Adityanath's Uttar Pradesh

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Friday March 24, 2017

In the heart of Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow, at the busy and upscale Hazratganj market, an anti-Romeo squad - a team of about 30 policemen - swings into action at around 4 pm.

Uttar Pradesh Farm Loan Waiver: Rs 27,420 Crore Hit Seen On Banks, Says SBI Research

Press Trust of India | Monday March 20, 2017

The Bharatiya Janata Party had in its UP election manifesto promised to waive farmers' loans if elected to power. The party and its allies won a whopping 325 seats in the 403-member house.

What Mani Shankar Aiyar Got Wrong In His Congress Analysis

Opinion | Srikant Jena | Friday March 17, 2017

The events in UP have paved the way for those who believe in Gandhi, Lohia and Ambedkar to come together. We might have lost the battle in UP, but the war will be won in 2019.

Nifty Set To Scale New Highs, May Open Above 9,200

Friday March 17, 2017

After the Federal Reserve signalled that there will not be pick-up in pace of tightening interest rates going ahead in the US also boosted sentiment in Indian equities and the rupee.

BJP Has Won Uttar Pradesh, But Is Short Of Options For Chief Minister

Blog | Rahul Shrivastava | Friday March 17, 2017

The BJP moved with tyre-burning speed to clinch numbers and power in Goa and Manipur, where the verdict wasn't purely in its favour. One Chief Minister has already won a trust vote, another will get there soon.

Unnamed Congress Stalwarts Blamed By Party, But Rahul Gandhi Exempt

India News | Reported by Nidhi Razdan, Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Wednesday March 15, 2017

After the unmitigated collapse in Uttar Pradesh, Congress leaders appear to have agreed upon two matters: that the party is in unprecedented crisis and that Rahul Gandhi's run as boss should not be truncated.

Tainted Lawmakers Decrease; 80 Per Cent Multi-Millionaires In New UP Assembly

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday March 14, 2017

For those worried about electing criminals into the posts of public representatives, the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections provide some solace: In the new 403-member house, lawmakers with criminal antecedents have gone down to 36.

In Ups And Downs, UP Is 'A Little Down': Rahul Gandhi On Winning 7 Seats

India News | Reported By Sunil Prabhu, Edited By Bhanu Priya Vyas | Tuesday March 14, 2017

After his party won just seven of a total of 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi, who starred in the campaign and directed strategy along with sister Priyanka, described the result "as a little down".

Midnight Meetings, Quick Action: How Nitin Gadkari Swung It For BJP In Goa

India News | Reported by Nidhi Razdan, Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Tuesday March 14, 2017

While single largest party the Congress bickered over who should be Goa chief minister, the BJP, with four seats less than the rival was busy contacting smaller parties and securing their support. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, the BJP leader in charge of Goa, met leaders of regional parties and Independent legislators in a five-star hotel and had s...

PM Narendra Modi 'Favourite' To Win 2019 Lok Sabha Elections: US Experts

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 14, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as a clear favourite for the 2019 general elections after the BJP's landslide victory in the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, top US experts on India have said. While one of the experts noted that the electoral results of the recently concluded Assembly polls in five states show that the ...

Nifty Soars To Record High, Rupee Strengthens To 65 Level Against Dollar

Tuesday March 14, 2017

Cheering the BJP's landslide win in Uttar Pradesh, the Nifty soared to new all-time highs on Tuesday. The Sensex rose as much as 600 points to 29,561.93.

Uttarakhand Top Job Contenders: Heavyweights, Turncoats And The Dark Horse

India News | Written by Nikhil Pandhi | Tuesday March 14, 2017

Uttarakhand voters have spoken their mind, giving the BJP eight out of every ten assembly seats that went up for polls. Now it is the BJP leadership's turn, to pick one out of the state's long list of aspirants that includes turncoats, heavy-weights including former chief ministers and low-profile leaders - encouraged by the party's choices in Maha...

Indian Stock, Bonds, Forex Markets Closed For Holi

Thomson Reuters | Monday March 13, 2017

The rupee strengthened to 66.60/66.61 per dollar, the highest since November 9, from its previous close of 6.7125/66.7225.

Rupee Non-Deliverable Forwards Rise After PM Modi's Win In Uttar Pradesh

Thomson Reuters | Monday March 13, 2017

PM Modi's victory in Uttar Pradesh strengthens his claim to a second term in national elections in 2019.

UP Rejects Minority Appeasement, Fake Secularism

Opinion | Mohandas Pai | Monday March 13, 2017

The massive victory of the BJP in UP has many lessons for India's political parties. A great majority of the voters are below the age of 40 and their world view is largely shaped by the heady growth in GDP of 8.4% in $ terms per annum over 25 years. They want growth, development and jobs, not caste politics, Mulayam and Lalu's brand of crony social...

How BJP's UP Win Will Impact Presidential Election. Numbers Explained

India News | Written by Sandeep Phukan | Monday March 13, 2017

The BJP's electoral tsunami in Uttar Pradesh will not just dramatically change the party's numbers in the assembly but will have an immediate impact on the next Presidential elections in July when President Pranab Mukherjee completes his term.

PM Narendra Modi Most Dominant Leader, Acknowledges Congress' P Chidambaram

India News | Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Monday March 13, 2017

One of the government's most outspoken critics, Congress leader P Chidambaram today acknowledged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "is the most dominant political leader" in the country.

JNU VC Credits BJP Assembly Election Victory To Development, Trolled On

Education | Edited by Shihabudeen Kunju S | Sunday March 12, 2017

Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor Jagadesh Kumar was at the centre of trolls on social media yesterday over his tweet crediting Bhartiya Janta Party's victory in Uttar Pradesh to "development" and "inclusivity".

Next UP Chief Minister? Intelligence Bureau Checks Done

Blog | Rahul Shrivastava | Sunday March 12, 2017

The resounding win in UP is not a full stop in the BJP's political effort in the crucial state but just a comma. If the party has risen to the top from spot 3 by winning over diverse caste groups to lay the foundation for the general election in 2019, the real test starts now.

Election Results 2017: BJP Reception For PM Narendra Modi In Evening - And Uttar Pradesh Decision

India News | Written by Rahul Shrivastava | Sunday March 12, 2017

The BJP is planning a big splash to celebrate its resounding wins in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Today before the scheduled parliamentary board meeting at 6 in the evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not simply drive down to the party headquarters in in Delhi but instead hold a short one km roadshow like he did in parliamentary constituen...

After BJP's Big Win, Grand Reception For PM, Key Meet To Pick Chief Ministers

India News | Edited By Parmeshwar Bawa | Sunday March 12, 2017

A day after the BJP's big win in assembly elections, a grand reception will be held today for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the party's Delhi office that will be followed by a meeting of the party's parliamentary board to discuss the probable names for the post of Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, where it has won a comfortable maj...

UP Election Results 2017: Sweet Success For BJP In Rahul Gandhi's Amethi, Missing Minister Loses

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Arun Nair | Sunday March 12, 2017

In its mammoth Uttar Pradesh victory, the BJP is particularly savouring its success in Amethi and Rae Bareli, the parliamentary constituencies of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and his mother and boss, Sonia Gandhi.