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Punjab Congress President Sunil Jakhar shows victory sign as he celebrates after winning the Gurdaspur parliamentary bypoll, in Gurdaspur on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Congress sweeps Gurdaspur bypoll by huge margin

Mr Jakhar polled 4,99,752 votes while Salaria polled 3,06,553, a poll official said.

16 Oct 2017 2:57 AM IST

Newly elected Allahabad University Students Union President Avanish Kumar Yadav (center) along with suppoters celebrate after Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha won four out of the five posts in Allahabad on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

SP wins 4 out of 5 in Allahabad University polls

SP president Akhilesh Yadav said that the victory would unfold a new chapter in the state.

16 Oct 2017 1:07 AM IST

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan. (Photo: File)

Don't mess with Kerala, CM Vijayan tells BJP

He accused the BJP and the RSS of carrying out a malicious campaign to tarnish the image of the state and damage its...

16 Oct 2017 12:49 AM IST

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury (Photo: PTI)

CPM committee discusses tie-up issue with Congress

This document, which would be adopted at the party Congress, will form the basis of its strategy for the 2019 general...

16 Oct 2017 12:44 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with BJP President Amit Shah at the partys parliamentary board meeting in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

BJP finalises candidates for Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls

Speculation is rife that the BJP can field many news faces this time.

15 Oct 2017 1:46 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Photo: PTI)

Yogi Adityanath gives more than 33 per cent reservation to women

The women mayors from Lucknow, Kanpur and Ghaziabad will belong to the general category.

14 Oct 2017 2:45 AM IST

We want a new India where a poor can take his/her child for treatment and return back happily, Rahul Gandhi said. (Photo: PTI/File)

Aggressive Congress counters BJP's campaign in Amethi

The Congress claims that the BJP is taking credit for as many as 11 projects, which, they allege, were initiated by...

14 Oct 2017 2:43 AM IST

Sitaram Yechury (Photo: G.N. JHA)

CPM meet tomorrow is likely to be stormy

In case of voting, there is a big possibility that the Karat faction will prevail.

13 Oct 2017 4:50 AM IST

Prakash Karat also criticized the initiative of the government for privatization of the public sector like the aviation and even railways, which according to him, is just to help the industrialists.(Photo: PTI)

CPI(M) paving common platform to counter BJP, RSS: Prakash Karat

Karat alleged that the BJP-RSS is trying to destabilize CPI(M) ruled states like Kerala, Tripura, WB in the name of 'red...

12 Oct 2017 7:57 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. (Photo: PTI)

BJP to give political touch to Diwali

The BJP wants to ensure that it reaches out to all sections of society and makes them feel wanted .

12 Oct 2017 6:58 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Photo: PTI)

BJP to use Yogi Adityanath as star campaigner for Guj polls

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath will be campaigning in Gujarat on October 13 and 14, while other ministers will follow...

12 Oct 2017 6:21 AM IST

Yashwant Sinha flays BJP's defence of Jay Shah

The former Union finance minister said the high moral ground the BJP had taken all these years, appears to have been...

12 Oct 2017 2:08 AM IST