The DMDK floated by actor-turned-politician A. Vijaykant is expected to lose recognition as a "State Party" as it polled less than six percent votes in the Tamil Nadu assembly election....
Over 17 lakh voters in the five states where assembly elections were held opted for "None of the Above" (NOTA) choice, according to the Election Commission. ...
The government on Friday cleared an ordinance to defer the implementation of NEET, the common entrance test for under-graduate medical courses in India....
The CPI-M on Friday decided to name Pinarayi Vijayan, a member of it politburo, the new chief minister of Kerala following its victory in assembly elections....
Global credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service on Friday said the merger idea mooted by State Bank of India (SBI) of six banks with itself would cost around Rs. 16.6 billion ($250 million) and will have limited impact on its credit metrics. ...
Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury has already arrived for the meeting of the part's state committee and his predecessor Prakash Karat will also join the meeting to decide who will lead the state for the next five years....
After humiliating defeats in Delhi and Bihar, the stunning victory in Assam and improved performance in West Bengal and Kerala have not only come as a major reprieve to Prime Minister Narendra Modi but would also help empower party president Amit Shah, whose capabilities as "poll strategist" had come under scathing attack....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the five assembly election results proved that people have strengthened their faith in the development agenda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)....
Congress lost seats and vote share in both Assam and Kerala, the two states it was in power, while its vote share and seats increased in West Bengal and Puducherry compared to the 2011 results. In Tamil Nadu, it won more seats but got less votes...
The defeat in assembly polls to four major states on Thursday has come as a big disappointment to Congress and a dampener to its ambitions to replace the Narendra Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The results could delay elevation of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and lead to demands within the party for im...
