Election Commission on Wednesday ordered repoll at five booths in West Bengal which went to the polls on May 12 in the fifth and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
Britain`s opposition Labour party that was in power when a diplomatic boycott was imposed on Narendra Modi post 2002 Gujarat riots, has expressed willingness to work with him if he comes to power.
Senior UP Minister and Samajwadi Party`s known Muslim face Azam Khan on Wednesday hit out at both BJP leaders Narendra Modi and Giriraj Singh for the latter’s controversial remarks linking a particular community with terrorism.
With Lok Sabha elections over, the discontentment in Punjab Congress came to the fore as PPCC former General Secretary Arvind Khanna today resigned as MLA from Dhuri Assembly segment of Sangrur parliamentary seat.
All necessary arrangements have been finalised for counting of votes for Jammu and Kashmir`s six parliamentary seats on Friday when the fate of two Union ministers and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president will be known.
With exit polls forecasting NDA staging a comeback to power, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said his party could not be written off and it would fight for "politics of secularism".
Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that top leaders would decide on party patriarch LK Advani`s role in the new government if the NDA comes to power at the Centre.
BJP leader Narendra Modi continues to attract huge bets and has emerged as the top contender for the next prime minister.
Top CPI(M) and CPI leaders would hold separate meetings here on Sunday to assess the outcome of the Lok Sabha election results and finalise their strategy in the emerging political scenario.
The Election Commission (EC) has ordered repolling in five polling stations under Sanis Assembly constituency in Wokha District to be held on May 15, Returning Officer for Lok Sabha elections in Nagaland, Temjen Toy said here on Wednesday.
BJP candidate from Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency, Arun Jaitley on Wednesday took a swipe at the Congress party saying it is merely a crowd around a (Gandhi) family and it should be made a more structured party.
Though a bit anxious and jittery, West Bengal`s celeb candidates are trying their best to catch forty winks with only two days to go for the counting of votes in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
A meeting of Congress spokespersons has been called on Thursday on the eve of the declaration of results of the Lok Sabha elections.
The BJP top brass on Wednesday went into a huddle to discuss the possibility of the party forming the government at the Centre and changes in the organisation ahead of counting of votes on May 16.
While preparations have begun in BJP for Narendra Modi`s elevation as the next Prime Minister, especially after the exit polls indicated a comfortable victory for the party in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress on Wednesday took a dig at its rival by saying it will be seen how good days come in the NDA regime.
As exit polls pointed to the BJP`s victory in General Elections, a leading Chinese daily expressed hope that the new government likely to be headed by Narendra Modi will be "pragmatic" towards China while adopting a tougher line on the border dispute and Tibet.
Chedi Ram, a cobbler, is working from dawn to dusk these days so that he can repay a loan of Rs 10,000 he took to contest the Lok Sabha polls as an Independent from Bihar`s Jhanjharpur constituency.
Amid reports that he is lobbying for a comeback as BJP chief, Nitin Gadkari said there would be no change in the party`s leadership.
Lok Sabha Joint Secretary AK Singh has asked Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer to direct the returning officers to present certificates to winning candidates after poll counting and inform them about facilities and arrangements made for them in New Delhi.
The NCP on Wednesday rubbished reports that it was cosying up to BJP ahead of formation of the next government, a day after its senior leader Praful Patel`s "stable" government remark triggered speculation of a BJP-NCP pact.
An "appropriate decision at an appropriate time" will be taken by the BJP on the role of party veteran LK Advani, former party chief Nitin Gadkari said Wednesday.
The BJP on Wednesday said it is open to any support extended by parties which were not part of a pre-poll alliance even though the combine will get a majority on its own in the Lok Sabha polls.
With the BJP central leadership preparing to give a final shape to the Narendra Modi led Union Cabinet, reports on Wednesday indicted that party veteran LK Advani is not too keen on joining the NDA government and senior leader Sushma Swaraj is seeking a respectable role in the new government.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has called a meeting of top AIADMK leaders on Wednesday to discuss the post poll situation in the wake of exit poll predictions about BJP-led NDA coming to power with a comfortable majority in the recently held Lok Sabha elections.
With exit polls predicting a landslide victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, talks have begun in the main opposition party over future role of its top leaders in the central Cabinet led by Narendra Modi.
Counting of 8.2 million votes in Delhi will be done at seven counting centres where more than 7,000 security personnel drawn from Delhi Police and seven companies of a paramilitary force will be on duty, said a Delhi Election Commission official.
With exit polls suggesting that Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi is likely to become India`s next prime minister, a leading US expert has suggested that the US reach out to him.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who will host a farewell dinner for Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday, has asked the party leaders to defend the Prime Minister even if the party is routed in the Lok Sabha elections.
A proposal by the Burdwan district administration that victory procession will not be taken out after counting for the Lok Sabha elections on May 16 has been agreed to by political parties.
The Bharatiya Janata Party`s Maharashtra executive committee will meet and take stock of the post-election and post-results scenario.
Top BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari met Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar on Wednesday.
Senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Nitin Gadkari will meet the party`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar.
The Supreme Court Tuesday declined to entertain the plea by advocate seeking to put on hold the declaration of Varanasi Lok Sabha seat`s result as BJP candidate and prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi was not a resident of the constituency and was contesting from another place too.
Opposition Congress in Gujarat on Tuesday accused BJP of "misusing" government machinery and spending crores of rupees to win the Lok Sabha elections at any cost.
Five persons were injured in post-poll clash between workers of the ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition CPI(M) at Haroa area of North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, the police said.
Exit polls projections that the NDA would form the next governmment were savoured by BJP but dismissed by Congress and JD(U) which said parties should await the poll results on Friday, citing how such an exercise in 2004 and 2009 went wrong.
BJP`s Uttar Pradesh in-charge Amit Shah today expressed the hope that if the NDA comes to power, its good governance will bring BJP closer to Muslims, who, he said, have maintained a distance from the party.
A senior BJD leader today indicated conditional support by his party to NDA in government formation at the Centre.
Congress will work towards a stable, secular and cohesive government at the Centre, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday but stopped short of giving a clear reply whether the party will support a Third Front in the wake of a fractured electoral mandate.
Jairam Ramesh said his Congress party has been "out-funded" as far as this election was concerned.
President Pranab Mukherjee has held consultations with legal luminaries and constitutional experts on the course to follow if the Lok Sabha elections throw up hung verdict.
A post-election survey released Tuesday said the BJP was set to win a record 253 seats in the Lok Sabha and the Congress just 66, its lowest ever tally.
The Supreme Court has said that any holding back by an elected representative of information on the criminal antecedents and educational qualifications including their assets and liabilities, the spouse and dependent children at the time of filing nomination papers would result in their unseating.
Election officials on Tuesday recommended repoll at five polling stations of Bihar`s Vaishali parliamentary constituency, which went into polls in the sixth and final phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 12.
Exit pollsters "deserve the Nobel prize for miniaturization", Congress said today taking a dig at pollsters who have projected a poor show by the party in Lok Sabha polls.
The Election Commission is yet to decide on repoll in any of the booths in West Bengal which went to the polls on May 12, in the fifth and final phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state.
Omar Abdullah on Tuesday expressed hope that the new government at the Centre would carry forward the dialogue process with Pakistan to address long-pending issues, including Kashmir.
The Election Commission today asked Punjab Chief Minister to be "careful in future" while letting him off the hook for his remarks that while crores of rupees are spent on elections, only little is disclosed and that people should not give funds "openly".
The May 16 result for the next Lok Sabha elections will decide the fate of "primaries", a national-level experiment started by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in January this year.