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Amarinder says Gandhis to blame for ‘shameful defeat’
Amarinder Singh on Monday held the Gandhis totally responsible for the rout of the Congress in the assembly polls, claiming that the party was “comfortably placed” in Punjab before he was unseated as Chief Minister. In a statement a day after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) took stock of...
G-23 sees AAP Punjab sweep ominous for Cong
At a crucial Congress Working Committee meeting, some G-23 leaders on Sunday said they have been seeking corrective measures only to strengthen the party but a few have vilified them as those working at the BJP’s behest, and asserted that this must stop as they remain “lifelong Congressmen”. They...
Akhilesh may continue as MP with eye on 2024
The Samajwadi Party may not have been able to taste electoral success in the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh elections but that has not stopped the party from setting its eyes on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Sources told CNN-News18 that SP president Akhilesh Yadav and veteran Azam Khan are...
India considering rupee trade with Russia
India is working out a mechanism to facilitate trade with Russia using local currencies, with a decision expected as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter. The government is discussing how trade can be settled in rubles and rupees as Indian exporters are awaiting payments...
Russia, Ukraine to resume talks, claim progress
Russia and Ukraine are set to resume Monday after both sides hailed progress at earlier rounds aimed at ending more than two weeks of fighting. Three rounds of talks between the two sides in Belarus had focused mainly on humanitarian issues and led to the limited opening of some...
Sonia stays as chief, Cong reviews poll debacle
Sonia Gandhi will remain the party president, sources said after a mammoth four-and-half-hour meeting this evening amid demands of a change in leadership in view of the party’s crushing defeat in the recently held state polls. The party will hold a “Chintan Shivir” (brainstorming session) soon, sources said after...
After Punjab, AAP eyes Bengal for bigger national role
After sweeping the 2022 Punjab election, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) now wants to make their mark in West Bengal. The party is likely to hold a ‘Padarpan Yatra’ at 4 pm in Kolkata today. Though the AAP had several units in the state capital but some of them...
Owaisi’s AIMIM ensured BJP sweep in at least 7 seats
Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) performance in Uttar Pradesh elections is being considered as a big failure. The party managed to bag just 4.51 lakh or 0.49% of votes in the country’s largest state with 15.02 crore voters. The Hyderabad-based party contested on 95 seats but failed to...
Survey shows satisfaction with Modi helped BJP win UP
Development and government functioning were among the top priorities for voters in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections while the Ram temple and Hindutva did not weigh much in the minds of people while exercising their franchise, a post-poll survey has highlighted. The study said the net satisfaction with the...
Uttarakhand’s ‘jinxed’ CM residence myth continues
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has lost to Congress’ Khatima after leading BJP to a majority in the state. BJP’s win in Uttarakhand has become soar after its chief minister could not secure his seat from his consistency. Political pundits claim that Dhami’s loss has continued to reiterate...
Cong’s big meet today over poll debacle
Congress leaders met at Sonia Gandhi’s home this morning, hours ahead of a meeting of the party’s top decision-making body over its latest state election defeats. Amid fresh questions on leadership, the Congress may advance its internal elections. The massive rout in the five states has revived searing criticism...
Cong loses security deposit in 97% of UP seats
The Congress in Uttar Pradesh lost its security deposit in 387 of the 399 seats it contested in the recently concluded assembly polls. The party won from just two constituencies. Although having contested nearly all seats, Congress got just 2.4% of the total votes, lower than RLD’s 2.9% from...
People voting for development, says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attributed the BJP’s storming back to power in Uttar Pradesh, and also retaining Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa to people voting for development. “Due to the power of democracy, the BJP retained power in states where governments were hardly elected twice in a row,”...
Ticket aspirants line up for AAP in Karnataka
After the Aam Aadmi Party’s spectacular sweep in Punjab, its Karnataka state convener Prithvi Reddy’s mobile phone has not stopped ringing. On an average, he is getting 30 calls in an hour and an overwhelmed Reddy has not been able to answer all of them because dozens of aspirants...
The party may be over for Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a Dalit-centric party that had a Brahmin as its most visible face in the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, has come up with its worst ever performance and not quite unexpectedly either. With Mayawati making a very restricted appearance in the election campaign, it...
Biden warns direct NATO-Russia clash would trigger ‘World War III’
US President Joe Biden on Friday vowed that Russia would pay a “severe price” if it used chemical weapons in Ukraine, while also pledging to avoid provoking Moscow into “World War III.” Biden reacted after Russia accused Ukraine and the United States of developing biological and chemical weapons —...
Mayawati blames UP loss on media, rival
In her first public address after almost getting wiped out in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati today blamed the media and Samajwadi Party (SP) for the party’s loss. While trying to lift the spirit of party workers, she blamed the media and...
Sidhu praises ‘excellent decision’ by Punjab
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in his first interaction with the media after his party received a drubbing from the Aam Aadmi Party said that this is a politics of change. “I congratulate the people of Punjab for this excellent decision of ushering in a new system,” he...
