India Elections 2019

Mumbai: The rupee appreciated by 21 paise to 69.81 against the United States (US) dollar on Friday following the BJP’s thumping victory in the Lok Sabha polls who results were declared on  Thursday.Strong foreign institutional…

New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi conceded a defeat to BJP’s Smriti Irani in Amethi of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. In a press conference, Gandhi accepted the defeat as “verdict of the people of India” and congratulated his opponent and…

New Delhi: With less than 24 hours remaining for vote counting to begin, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar has reportedly reached out to key Opposition leaders Biju Janta Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik and Telangana…

New Delhi: Representatives of 21 opposition parties, including the Congress, will meet Election Commission (EC) officials on Tuesday to address any mismatch between VVPATs and EVM tallies. With all major Exit Poll results touting that BJP…

New Delhi: Election Commissioner, Ashok Lavasa has, since May 4 recused himself from all meetings to discuss MCC issues. He has insisted that he will do so only after dissent notes and minority decisions are included in the orders of the…

New Delhi: Going on a full-on damage control mode, BJP President Amit Shah on Friday asked Pragya Singh Thakur, Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde and Nalin Kumar Kateel for an explanation within 10 days. All three of them had made rash…

New Delhi: A polling agent in Haryana’s Faridabad was arrested after a video of him allegedly trying to influence voters went viral on social media. Faridabad voted in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 12.Election…

New Delhi: Congress MP Sushmita Dev Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Election Commission over the alleged violation of the poll code by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. The matter will be taken…