For 'Shiv Bhakt' Rahul Gandhi, Diwali, the festival of lights could not have been better. Because it seems, that at least in Karnataka, the BJP wave is over. Less than six months after the Congress-JD(S) post-poll alliance dashed BJP’s plans of forming a government in the southern state, the alliance has done even better in the bypolls.

Karnataka bypolls: United opposition is the way forward

A case has been registered against Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate Narayan Tripathi on Tuesday for alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct in the poll-bound state of Madhya Pradesh.

MP Polls: BJP candidate carries coins in metal pot, case registered

The Congress has issued its third list of 13 candidates for the November 28 assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, which mainly comprises new faces. The party has dropped Pandhurna Member of Legislative Assembly or MLA Jatan Uikey and replaced him with Neelesh Uikey.

New faces dominate Congress' third list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh

Congress leader and former Union minister Kapil Sibal has accused the CEO of French aviation company Dassault of trying to hide the truth in the 2016 sale of 36 Rafale planes to India and warned that the company is "falling into its own trap.

Sibal accuses Dassault Aviation's CEO of trying to hide truth in Rafale deal

As the counting of votes in three Lok Sabha and two legislative assembly constituencies gets underway, early trends have suggested that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in Shimoga parliamentary seat and trailing in the rest.

Karnataka bypolls: BJP leading in Shimoga, trailing in rest

In an emphatic endorsement of Karnataka's ruling JD(S)-Congress coalition by the voters, its candidates Tuesday won both the assembly constituencies and two of the three Lok Sabha seats in the bitterly fought by-polls held on Saturday.

Karnataka bypolls: Congress-JD(S) combine wins 4 out of 5 seats

Over 1,200 candidates will fight it out for 90 seats in the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly polls where besides the BJP and the Congress, smaller parties have also thrown their hat in the ring.

1,291 candidates in fray for high-octane Chhattisgarh polls

Karnataka's ruling Congress-JD(S) is set to clinch four of the five seats that went to the polls last weekend. The Congress has won 1 of the 3 Lok Sabha seats being contested, and leads in another.

Karnataka bypolls: Congress-JD(S) combine win 4 out of 5 seats

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Madhya Pradesh's Rajpur assembly constituency, Devi Singh Patel, passed away after suffering a heart attack. The BJP leader breathed his last today at 5 am in a Barwani hospital, three weeks ahead of the Assembly elections in the state.

BJP candidate Devi Singh Patel from Madhya Pradesh's Raipur passes away

Mizoram Assembly Speaker Hiphei would resign from the Congress and join the BJP Monday, a senior leader of the saffron party claimed Sunday. Hiphei, a veteran leader, was elected to the Assembly from the Palak constituency.

BJP leader claims Mizoram speaker will quit Congress and join saffron party

The Uttar Pradesh BJP will soon be appointing about 100 women as 'teen talaq pramukhs' across the state to ensure rehabilitation of the victims and their children, a party leader said Sunday.

BJP to appoint 100 women as 'tripe talaq pramukhs' in UP

The heavy deployment of security and prohibitory orders ahead of the opening of Sabarimala temple has irked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who has said that an "emergency-like" situation is being created in the holy site.

Sabarimala: BJP says heavy police deployment creating 'emergency-like' situation

The BJP Friday launched its "Booth Mahasampark" campaign with the slogan "har booth, BJP majboot" ahead of the Assembly election in Rajasthan due on December 7. During the three-day campaign, party leaders and workers will establish door-to-door contact with the people, a party statement said.

Ahead of Rajasthan polls, BJP launches 'Booth Mahasampark' campaign

BJP Friday released its second list of 28 candidates for the coming Telangana assembly elections. Baddam Bal Reddy and Endala Lakshminarayana, MLAs in the undivided Andhra Pradesh assembly, are among the prominent in the list.

BJP releases second list of candidates for Telangana polls

Protestors squatted on railway tracks, pelted stones at vehicles and burnt tyres on roads in some districts of Assam during a 12-hour state-wide bandh on Saturday, called to protest the gunning down of five men in Tinsukia district.

12-hour bandh affects normal life in some districts of Assam, 700 protesters detained

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Saturday alleged the trend of erecting statues and Raising the issue of Ram temple at Ayodhya were attempts to distract the masses from "failures" of the BJP government at the Centre.

Ram statue, temple attempts to distract masses from Centre's failures: Shashi Tharoor

BJP has fielded Syed Shahezadi, a young Muslim woman, as its candidate from Chandrayangutta constituency in Hyderabad, to take on AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi in the December 7 state assembly election.

Telangana polls: BJP fields Muslim woman candidate against Akbaruddin Owaisi

About 35 per cent voting was recorded Saturday during the first half of polling for the by-polls to three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in Karnataka.

About 35% polling reported till 1pm in Karnataka by-polls

The BJP has alleged that the BJD government has neglected the farm sector forcing many farmers to commit suicide in Odisha. The government is not supporting farmers by providing easy finance and for that reason they take loans from private money lenders at very high rate of interest, BJP state unit chief Basant Panda told reporters here Friday.

BJP blames Odisha government for suicide of farmers

For many years now political parties’ manifestos have been an exercise in preparing a ‘good document’ than identifying the real problems confronting the Indian polity.

Economic and social inequality not a priority for political parties 

After curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar following BJP leader and his brother killing by militants on Thursday, the army was called on to maintain law and order in town, officials said.

Army called out to maintain peace after BJP leader Anil Parihar shot dead in J&K

The RSS raised the pitch for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. In a veiled threat, senior RSS functionary Bhaiyyaji Joshi said that a 1992-like movement can also take place.

RSS' Bhaiyyaji Joshi hints at second Ram temple campaign

RSS declaration on Ram temple was akin to a carefully crafted ballroom dance metamorphosing into a break dance. RSS and BJP for years had maintained that temple was a matter of faith but would patiently wait for the verdict of the Supreme Court on the issue challenging the legitimacy of the land.

Ayodhya 2.0: RSS and BJP go back to basics

The BJP Thursday released its first list of 177 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, fielding Chief Minister Shivraj Chauhan from the Budhni seat. The list was released by the party's secretary election committee and Union minister J P Nadda Friday.

BJP releases first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls

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