Election Results 2014: BJP Leads in All 7 Seats in Delhi
New Delhi: As the Narendra Modi-led BJP looked set to form India’s next government shortly after the counting of votes began on Friday, the party took an early lead in all seven parliamentary seats in Delhi. The Congress, which won all seven seats in 2009, looked set for an exact reversal of... read more »
Google doodle salutes Indian election
New Delhi – Google doodle saluted the Indian parliamentary election Friday, a day when the vote count was held. Some 550 million votes are being counted at 989 counting centres across the country. The `l’ of Google was an inked index finger. read more »
Narendra Modi posters already flooding the streets of Varanasi
Before the verdict is announced or the counting has even begun for Lok Sabha elections of 2014, posters congratulating Narendra Modi on his win are already seen across streets of Varanasi. Narendra Modi, who is BJP’s prime ministerial candidate contested from the holy city aginst AAP’s... read more »
Election Results 2014: Narendra Modi’s BJP Set to Form Government; Se...
New Delhi: Election Results 2014: Within an hour of the start of counting, the BJP and allies seem set to form the next government under Narendra Modi. The BJP-led NDA is leading in 241 seats. The Congress is lagging far behind; in Amethi, Rahul Gandhi is trailing. If this trend continues, the... read more »
Narendra Modi urges India to embrace competition
Mumbai – The opposition party’s candidate for prime minister, Narendra Modi, laid out a broad economic policy for India on Thursday that encouraged family-owned businesses to... read more »
Sahara chief Subrata Roy arrested, son says as law abiding citizen he surrendered
Lucknow – Sahara chief Subrata Roy was today arrested in Lucknow following Supreme Court’s warrant against him for not appearing in court in a case linked to his alleged... read more »
Thai prime minister faces graft charges as standoff slips out of control
Bangkok – Thailand’s anti-corruption agency is to bring charges of negligence against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday as anti-government protesters demand her... read more »
Government’s big dilemma: who should be next Navy Chief
New Delhi – The government is faced with a big dilemma on who to pick as successor to Admiral DK Joshi who resigned as Navy Chief last evening taking “moral... read more »
More Indian voters favour Narendra Modi than Rahul Gandhi: US-bas...
Washington – More than 60 per cent of Indian voters favour the BJP in the general election, due by May, while less than 20 per cent back the ruling Congress, a major American survey released... read more »
