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Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets BJP President Amit Shah at the party headquarters to celebrate victory in UP and Uttrakhand Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

We will get a bigger mandate in 2019 than in 2014: Amit Shah on UP...

Shah along with other senior party leaders felicitated Modi for the BJP's performance in the five state Assembly polls.

12 March 2017 9:32 PM IST

Former TN Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam

AIADMK's OPS faction constitutes Parliamentary board, elects 13...

The Panneerselvam camp has already challenged before the Election Commission the appointment of Sasikala as General...

12 March 2017 9:20 PM IST

Hundreds of fishermen and families continued their sit-in protest against the slaying of their 20-year-old kin Britjo by the Sri Lanka Navy. (Representational image)

TN: Fishermen to withdraw agitation over killing of colleague by...

The fisherman was shot dead on March 6 allegedly by the Lankan Navy personnel while fishing in a mechanised boat.

12 March 2017 9:07 PM IST

DMK Working President MK Stalin. (Photo: File)

Support DMK in Jayalalithaa's constituency: MK Stalin tells Oppn

Already DMK's allies such as Congress, IUML, MMK and Eswaran-led Kongu Nadu Makkal Desiya Katchi have pledged their...

12 March 2017 8:32 PM IST

BJP MLAs with supporting MLAs meet Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla, staking claim to form the government. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

BJP finds allies in Manipur, reaches magic figure; meets Guv to form...

With the support of NPP, NFP and the LJP, the BJP now has 31 seats in Manipur, and has thus reached the majority mark.

12 March 2017 8:13 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley slips while boarding chopper in Haridwar, unhurt

TV visuals showed Jaitley being attended to by a medic as he sat near the chopper after the mishap, flanked by Ramdev.

12 March 2017 6:39 PM IST

Supporters of BJP celebrate their candidates win in the Assembly elections in Imphal on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Despite lack of majority, BJP may form Manipur govt with allies

The election threw up a hung verdict with neither of the two mainstream parties being able to reach the magic figure of...

12 March 2017 6:05 PM IST

Captain Amarinder Singh after winning majority in Punjab assembly elections.

Amarinder Singh, new Punjab CM, to take oath on March 16

Amarinder Singh said that he will go to Delhi on March 14 to meet Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

12 March 2017 5:44 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses supporters at the party headquarters to celebrate victory in UP and Uttarakhand Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

India now a country of dreams for the youth, of the youth: Modi

Modi addressed supporters in Delhi after the BJP's stupendous victory in the UP Assembly polls, where it won 312 seats.

12 March 2017 5:09 PM IST

Capt. Amarinder Singh, the Punjab Congress president

Modi assured help for development: Amarinder Singh after Punjab win

Winning 77 of the 117 Assembly seats, the Amarinder Singh-led Congress had stormed to power in Punjab riding a strong...

12 March 2017 4:36 PM IST

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav announces the expulsion of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Ram Gopal Yadav from the party for six years, in Lucknow. (Photo: PTI)

Don't blame Akhilesh for SP loss in UP polls: Mulayam Singh

Earlier, Shivpal Yadav asserted that the party would thoroughly analyse the reasons for its dismal show in Uttar...

12 March 2017 4:15 PM IST

Parkash Singh Badal

Parkash Singh Badal resigns after humbling SAD-BJP defeat in Punjab...

The SAD-BJP alliance finished a poor third at the hustings with the combine managing just 18 seats in the 117-member...

12 March 2017 3:57 PM IST