New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi is fighting a tough battle in Amethi, his Constituency in Uttar Pradesh since 2004. As early leads came in, Rahul Gandhi was behind the BJP’s Smriti Irani but he caught up later. Rahul Gandhi is also contesting from Wayanad in Kerala, where he has been leading since morning. Amethi,…
2019 is more like 1977 and 1980 than 2014 elections
May 23, 2019New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has firmly established itself as the dominant pole of Indian politics in the 2019 general elections. If the current trends hold, the 2019 verdict will have a close resemblance to the results of the 1977 and 1980 elections in terms of the dominance of one political party in…
Mandya voters denied of TV viewing as cables are cut again
May 23, 2019Mandya: Cable TV viewers in Mandya and surrounding places were denied of watching the counting progress as miscreants had cut the cables belonging to Den Cable Network this morning. It may be recalled that high voltage Mandya Constituency witnessed a tough contest following the contest of actress Sumalatha, wife of late actor-turned- politician M.H. Ambarish…
Chandrababu Naidu to step down as Andhra CM
May 23, 2019New Delhi: Even as YSR Congress Party led by Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy headed for a landslide victory in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu is likely to quit by this evening. Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) was routed both in the Assembly and Lok Sabha Polls, following which Naidu is scheduled…
Sensex, Nifty hit record highs as early trends hint at NDA win
May 23, 2019New Delhi: Indian stock markets moved higher today as NDA led in over 300 seats according to the latest trends. The Nifty hit 12,000 mark for first time while Sensex also jumped nearly 900 points to cross the 40,000 mark. Broader markets were also strong with both BSE midcap and smallcap indices rising over 1.5%….
Saffron surge in Bengal as Left turns Right
May 23, 2019New Delhi: Bengal is looking at a saffron surge as the BJP raced towards an impressive score and was closing the gap fast with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress as votes were counted today. The Trinamool is ahead in 22 of the State’s 42 seats, BJP is ahead in 18. Mamata Banerjee seems set…
Tight Security around counting centre in Mysuru
May 23, 2019Mysore: Even as the counting of votes for the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha seat began at Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management, Valmiki Road, Paduvarahalli (Vinayakanagar) in city at 8 am today, tight security was provided all around the centre to ensure smooth counting. A Mobile Command Centre vehicle, fitted with a high-definition camera, which can…
By-elections for 22 Assembly seats will decide the fate of TN Govt.
May 23, 2019New Delhi: The entire nation awaits the results of the 17th Lok Sabha election today which is centred around the 542 Lok Sabha seats (voting in Vellore Parliamentary Constituency was cancelled on Apr.16 due to massive cash seizure). However, amid the anticipation over the formation of the next Lok Sabha, 46 Assembly Constituencies across 13…
Mysuru-Kodagu: BJP’s Pratap Simha looks upbeat, C.H. Vijayashankar of Congress keeps mum
May 23, 2019Mysore: Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management on Valmiki Road, which is the counting centre for Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency, was abuzz right from 6 am today as the whole place has been turned into a fortress. Apart from the Polling Officials, it was the Congress-JD(S) coalition candidate C.H. Vijayashankar who arrived as early as…
BBMP Corporator Muniswamy turns giant killer by defeating 7-time MP Muniyappa
May 23, 2019Bengaluru: First-time, BJP’s candidate and BBMP Corporator S. Muniswamy defeated Congress-JD(S) candidate and seventh-time sitting MP K.H. Muniyappa by a huge margin of more than one lakh votes at the elections held to Kolar Lok Sabha Constituency. The results will be announced officially this evening. Many voters of the constituency were stunned when BJP…
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