Sasikala elected AIADMK legislature party leader

Meeting of AIADMK lawmakers to start

Nitish lends colour to 'lotus', creates social media buzz

First-time women voters in Goa get teddy bears

<p>Pink teddy bears, may well have a justified a slot on the altar of participatory democracy.According to the state’s top poll official, Kunal, a unique experiment conducted during the February 4 state assembly elections, which involved giving away 600 teddy bears to first-time women voters across Goa, had paid dividends. The snuggly teddy bears were […]</p>

‘Scam’ stands for SP, Congress, Akhilesh, Mayawati: Modi

<p>Targeting the BJP’s political rivals in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that “Scam” is an acronym for Samajwadi Party, Congress, Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati. Addressing an election rally here, Modi said: “Do you know what ‘Scam’ stands for? It is ‘S’ for Samajwadi Party, ‘C’ for Congress, ‘A’ for Akhilesh and […]</p>

After HC raps UP official, BJP tears into SP government

<p>The BJP on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party government following a High Court rap on Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar for a false affidavit. BJP state General Secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak said the latest indictment proved that “all rules in the book have been flouted in the five years of […]</p>

Punjab braves chill, 11% votes in two hours

<p>Braving the winter chill, thousands of voters turned out on Saturday morning to cast their vote for the Punjab assembly elections. Early reports indicated that five to 17 per cent voting was reported from constituencies in various districts. The overall poll percentage (till 10.30 am) was over 11 per cent. Long queues were seen at […]</p>

Goa polls underway, 15% in first 2 hours

<p>Goa recorded 15 per cent voting in the first two hours, since polling began at 7 a.m., on Saturday for the state’s 40 assembly seats, election officials said. “North Goa district experienced 16 per cent voting and South Goa district polled 14 per cent. Overall voting is 15 per cent,” Chief Electoral Officer Kunal told […]</p>

Kejriwal urges Punjab to vote

<p>Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal whose Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is counting on the voters of Punjab, on Saturday urged the people in the state to go out and vote. Punjab began voting for all 117 assembly constituencies in the state at 8 a.m. Kejriwal in his tweets in Hindi and Gurumukhi urged the people […]</p>

Mulayam to campaign for brother Shivpal first

<p>Former Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and now its mentor Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday announced he will campaign for his younger brother Shivpal Singh Yadav first. After that, he would go to seek votes for the candidates named by his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister told […]</p>