The Karnataka Assembly election results are no less than a big jolt for the BJP.
The Congress had on many occasions got another lease of life from south India whenever its fortunes had declined nationally.
With the Congress all set to return to power with a clear mandate in Karnataka, the grand old party seems to be reaping the benefits of its pin-pointed campaign and the five promises it made to the people of the southern state, party leaders said on Saturday.
In a shock to former PM H.D. Deve Gowda's family, his grandson and JD-S candidated Nikhil Kumaraswamy lost the Ramnagar seat to Congress candidate H.A. Iqbal Hussain.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has conceded defeat in the Assembly elections even as the final announcement of the election results was awaited on Saturday.
As per the latest trends shown by the Election Commission of India, the Congress was leading in 120 Assembly seats in Karnataka on Saturday, one seat ahead of the magic figure of 113.
The Lokayukta Police in Madhya Pradesh carried out a raid at the house of a woman assistant engineer in connection with a disproportionate assets case, and found various items, including a TV set costing Rs 30 lakh, over 50 foreign breed dogs and 10 luxury cars.
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Karnataka is heading for a hung assembly, five of six exit polls have predicted, and the majority of them predicted a slight edge for the Congress.
The final opinion poll for the Karnataka Assembly elections conducted by C-Voter for ABP News indicates that the Congress is still in the pole position though the BJP seems to have closed the earlier gap in the last leg of campaigning.
Barely six hours after his move to step down as party chief kicked up a dust storm, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday agreed to do a 'rethink' and announce his final decision in the next few days, his nephew Ajit Pawar said here.
Union Minister for Culture and Tourism G Kishan Reddy was admitted to the AIIMS in New Delhi on Sunday, sources said.
The race for the strongest Prime Minister candidate for the upcoming 2024 general election is already heating up, with a recent survey shedding light on the current scenario.
The killing of Atiq Ahmed, a former mafia don turned politician, is considered one of Uttar Pradesh's most shocking incidents in recent years due to the immense power he wielded, especially in the eastern region of the state, even from prison.
He was born in 1962 in a family with a modest background. His father drove a tonga for a living.
Atiq Ahmed, who famously declared Hum Toh Mitti Mein Mil Gaye after the death of his son Asad Ahmed in a police encounter, has now met the same fate along with his brother Ashraf.