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Supreme Court of India (Photo: PTI)

Four new SC judges administered oath of office

The number of judges in Supreme Court stands at 31, the full sanctioned strength of top court.

24 May 2019 11:31 AM IST

Congress leader and son of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Anil Shastri. (Photo: ANI)

Chowkidar chor hai' slogan not accepted by people: Cong leader Anil...

The Congress president on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BJP's bumper win in the general...

24 May 2019 9:04 AM IST

New morning, new determination': Smriti Irani after winning in Amethi

The BJP leader on Friday won the Amethi parliamentary seat with a margin of 55,120 votes. Irani polled a total of...

24 May 2019 8:50 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

BJP's muscular nationalism narrative worked for party

The narrative seems to have worked, giving Mr Modi an unprecedented mandate for second time in a row.

24 May 2019 3:42 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi is being presented a sword by DMK president M.K. Stalin at a public meeting after unveiling a life-size bronze statue of late chief minister and DMK president M. Karunanidhi at YMCA ground in Chennai on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

17th Lok Sabha result, Tamil nadu: DMK sweeps Tamil Nadu, AIADMK...

In the assembly bypolls, the state witnessed a tough contest between the DMK and AIADMK.

23 May 2019 10:04 PM IST

Farooq Abdullah would contest from Srinagar. (Photo: ANI)

NC wins all three Valley seats; BJP retains Jammu, Udhampur and Ladakh

With this, the regional and religious divide has once again become evident in Jammu and Kashmir.

23 May 2019 9:54 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh BJP president Rakesh Singh retained his Jabalpur Lok Sabha seat by defeating Congress nominee Vivek Krishna Tankha. (Photo: Twitter screengrab)

17th Lok Sabha Result, Madhya Pradesh: BJP wins Khargone, Ujjain...

The BJP also retained Khandwa, where its sitting MP Nandkumar Singh Chauhan trounced former Union minister Arun Yadav of...

23 May 2019 9:47 PM IST

Amit Shah said if Naidu had worked this hard in the elections, TDP could have performed better. (Photo: ANI twitter)

After clean sweep in LS polls, Amit Shah hails BJP's win as historic

Shah also tore into the opposition parties and took a jibe at N Chandrababu Naidu whose TDP lost the Assembly polls in...

23 May 2019 9:46 PM IST

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren (Photo: ANI)

Former Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren loses from Dumka

In Jharkhand, BJP and AJSU party fought the elections in alliance for the first time.

23 May 2019 9:45 PM IST

Union Ayush Minister Shripad Naik established a huge margin over Congress Girish Chodankar. (Photo: Twitter I Shripad Naik)

17th Lok Sabha elections; Cong wins South Goa LS seat, BJP leading in...

Congress candidate Francis Sardinha defeated BJP's Narendra Sawaikar in South Goa.

23 May 2019 9:44 PM IST

In the lone result declared so far, former state minister Renuka Singh of the BJP defeated her Congress rival Khel Sai Singh. (Photo: Facebook screengrab)

17th Lok Sabha Result, Chhattisgarh: BJP wins Surguja, leading on...

The state has a total of 11 seats, Congress has a lead on the remaining 2 seats.

23 May 2019 9:37 PM IST

Maharashtra Congress president Ashok Chavan

Nine former Congress chief ministers lose this election

Former chief ministers of Maharashtra, Haryana, Meghalaya, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Arunachal have lost in their...

23 May 2019 9:27 PM IST