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NEW DELHI: Eighteen BJP leaders in Arunachal Pradesh, including two ministers and six lawmakers, have resigned in a major setback for the party, barely days before the state votes for assembly polls along with the national election on April 11. The leaders, upset over being denied a chance to contest the polls,

PANAJI:  The BJP’s Pramod Sawant is set to be the new Chief Minister of Goa with an unprecedented two deputies – one from each alliance partner – signaling a resolution after tough negotiations alongside national mourning for Manohar Parrikar, who died on Sunday. The swearing-in may take place later tonight, just hours

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Friday finalised the seat-sharing deal with Apna Dal (Sonelal) for the national elections, weeks after the ally threatened to quit the National Democratic Alliance. BJP National President said the Apna Dal (Sonelal) will contest in two parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh. Apna Dal-S leader and Union Minister

GUWAHATI: Two months after severing ties with the ruling BJP in Assam over the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, a regional party in the state, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), has returned to the alliance ahead of the national election. In a late night development, the two parties decided to form an alliance,

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force strike at the Jaish-e Mohammad terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot will now be officially a part of the BJP campaign, sources said today. Amid a huge nationalistic fervour after the air strikes, the BJP has recalibrated its campaign strategy, centering it on nationalism. All of this

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday sparked controversy after he referred the dastardly Pulwama terror attack as an accident. In a series of tweets, he questioned the Narendra Modi government whether the airstrikes, as reported by the foreign media, were false. Addressing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress veteran

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to “struggle” for winining a simple majority in the upcoming general election and the opposition Congress party has a “fair chance” at forming government with support from regional party allies, according to Fitch Solutions Macro Research. Neither of the country’s any national parties is likely to

NEW DELHI: The BJP today closed the deal on its alliance with Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK for the national election. “I am extremely delighted that the AIADMK and the BJP have concluded very fruitful discussions and agreed to contest the parliamentary elections both in Tamil Nadu and by-elections to 21 seats together

NEW DELHI: The ruling BJP and the Congress scored a victory each today in the last polls before the national election, due by May. The BJP won by-polls in Haryana’s Jind, where the counting of votes was briefly stalled over protests and allegations of EVM or vote machine tampering. The Congress won

NEW DELHI: Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit on Sunday accused the BJP and the AAP of reneging on promises made to the people of the city and said her party would win all the Lok Sabha seats in the national capital in the upcoming polls. People still remember the development Congress governments