Politics

There are perils lurking in every corner when you enter a crucial poll without a face, even if the party be Narendra Modi’s BJP. For one, there are different claimants for the top post, then the caste satraps snapping at your heels. But for Chief Architec...

Navjot Singh Sindhu, the celebrity and a former cricketer, switched to Congress from BJP before the election.

Sanjiv Kumar of BJP has won the Obra seat, constituency No. 402 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly, with 78058 votes.

The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh had in 2012 won 224 of these seats spread across 75 districts. It has tied-up with Congress this time in the contest against BJP and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

Ramesh Chandra Mishra of BJP has been elected for the Badlapur seat, constituency No. 364 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly, by securing 60237 votes.

Counting is on for the Chhibramau seat, constituency No. 172 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly.

BJP's candidate Yogesh Dhama has won the Baghpat constituency.

Swami Prasad Maurya of BJP has been elected for the Padrauna (Kushinagar) seat, constituency No. 330 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly.

BJP chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday lost to Congress candidate Dayanand Sopte from the Mandrem constituency by nearly 4000 votes in the Goa 2017 state assembly elections.

Counting is on for Sahaspur seat, constituency No. 17 of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.

NCP MLA from Caimpiyarganj, the son of former CM Veer Bahadur Singh, has won from Caimpiyarganj, constituency No. 361 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly.

Counting is on for the Allahabad North seat, constituency No. 262 of Uttar Pradesh legislative Assembly.

Counting of votes polled during the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections at 75 centres across the state today is underway.

Elections, in many ways, are also akin to jostling between social blocks seeking their share in resources up for grab.

The newly elected corporators of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) would elect mayor of the city on Wednesday.

Breaking her silence for the first time, Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav's second wife Sadhna Gupta said it is wrong to blame her for family dispute which happened a month ago.