When union steel minister Beni Prasad Verma was booed in Rahul Gandhi`s presence in his constituency in Gonda during the campaign, I asked a senior journalist friend who belongs to the city if he found it surprising. ‘No,’ he said matt
Appreciating the extraordinary roles played by women in different spheres, President Pratibha Patil today said "more works" needs to be done to empower women to make them self sufficient. "Women can play an important role in
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday ruled out any "damage" to the UPA government in the wake of electoral outcomes in which, she said, wrong choice of candidates and weak organisation in UP played a role in the party`s dismal pe
Hours after resigning as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party chief minister Mayawati blamed everybody and everything but her misgovernance for the her defeat in the recently concluded state elections at a press conference in L
In a big relief to state BJP strongman B S Yeddyurappa, Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed an FIR against him in an illegal mining case based on the Lokayukta report that had caused his exit as Chief Minister. A division bench compr
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday asked the Centre to "discourage" frequent visits of Sri Lankan VIPs to the state as the people were "greatly exercised" over the island government`s conduct on the Tamils issu
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday held a meeting of party general secretaries and office bearers to discuss the outcome of the Assembly elections in five states, including Uttar Pradesh, and the reasons behind it. Gandhi met par
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday tendered her resignation to Governor B L Joshi after facing a rout in the assembly elections. The chief minister, apparently to avoid waiting news persons, chose to arrive from the back do
Soon after the bypolls to seven Assembly segments scheduled for this month, ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh faces an uphill task with another round of by-elections necessitated in 17 other constituencies. The present round of bypolls to
Outgoing Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has said the ruling Congress would have done better in the Assembly polls if he had been projected as the party`s face for the top post. The picture in Goa, where BJP is set to form the new Govern
Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh, considered close to outgoing Chief Minister Mayawati, took premature retirement from service with effect from March 9, official sources said here. "The Cabinet Secretary, whose e
The results of assembly elections in five states as expected are largely unexpected. People’s mandate has once again got better of both politics and newsroom punditry. Samajwadi Party moving towards a clear majority in Uttar Pradesh, Akali-B
Congress on Tuesday sought to take some credit for Samajwadi Party`s victory in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, saying Rahul Gandhi had made "immense contribution" to creating atmosphere against the "misrule" of Mayawati whic
Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Tuesday resigned following the humiliating defeat of Congress in the assembly election. Even as counting for two constituencies, Saligao and Taleigao, was still on, Kamat met the Governor here and submi
Crediting the people of Punjab for the SAD-BJP combine`s good show, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday said the development agenda and maintenance of peace in the state during the past five years helped them. The SAD will now de
The expensive giant statues of BSP supremo Mayawati and party symbol elephant in Uttar Pradesh will remain safe with Samajwadi`s star campaigner Akhilesh Yadav saying on Tuesday they will not be pulled down after the change of guard in the state.
Senior Congress MLA Tarvinder Singh Marwah on Tuesday resigned from the post of Parliamentary Secretary to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit following allegations that he got admitted his daughter in a Delhi University college using fake documents.
With his party not faring well in the Uttar Pradesh elections, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said the party leadership will assess the performance and draw conclusions. "The campaign looked very good but I cannot t
Rahul Gandhi, who was the face of Congress campaign in Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday owned responsibility for the party`s dismal performance which he termed as a "very good lesson" for him. Appearing before the medi
Belying predictions, the ruling BJP on Tuesday bagged 18 seats taking a narrow 3 seat lead against Congress as the two parties were locked in an intense see-saw battle in the Uttarakhand assembly polls. However, Chief Minister B C K
