New Delhi: Congress leaders Thursday looked at positives from the results of assembly polls after the party scored a clear victory in Himachal Pradesh but failed to check Narendra Modi from scoring a hat-trick in Gujarat. Party leaders contended the results showed that people were not angry with the United [...]

Shimla: The Congress party today claimed it has the numbers for a majority in the Himachal Pradesh assembly and form the next government in the state. Himachal Congress president Virbhadra Singh said here Congress president Sonia Gandhi would decide on who would lead the new government. “I have left it to [...]

Shimla: BJP lost out to a resurgent Congress in Himachal with Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal conceding defeat as results ended with Congress triumphant on 36 seats and the outgoing party reduced from a majority of 43 seats to 26 in a house of 68 legislators. “I was entrusted with [...]

Shimla: Himachal Election results are out and congress has won a clear mandate in the hilly state. Congress Party, led by five times CM Virbhadra Singh put up a spirited campaign to emerge victorious by a comfortable margin. Here is a list of new MLA’s who won and by what margin did [...]

Shimla: The Congress today wrested power in Himachal Pradesh by getting a simple majority in the state assembly, with its candidates winning 36 of the 68 seats. Election Commission officials said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 24 seats and was leading on two seats.  Independents, mainly BJP rebels, [...]

Shimla: Former BJP MP Suresh Chandel, who went into hibernation for seven years after the cash-for-query scandal in parliament, was Thursday defeated in the Himachal Pradesh election. Election officials said Chandel was defeated by Bamber Thakur, a young Congress leader, from Bilaspur by 5,141 votes. Chandel was caught in a sting [...]

Shimla: At 84, she is the oldest winner in Himachal Pradesh and has won in the assembly elections for the eighth time. Congress veteran Vidya Stokes won Theog seat with a lead of 4,276 votes over her nearest rival, Rakesh Verma of the BJP. “This was probably my last election. I [...]

Ahmedabad/Shimla: The score was one all in the crucial battle for political stakes Thursday with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Narendra Modi poised for a hat-trick of wins in Gujarat and the Congress wresting power in Himachal Pradesh. In Gujarat, the BJP was headed for a win in 116 seats, just [...]

Ahmedabad:  Chief Minister Narendra Modi was elected to the Gujarat assembly Thursday, retaining Maninagar constituency in Ahmedabad’s outskirts by more than 70,000 votes. Modi defeated Congress’ Shweta Bhatt, wife of suspended police officer Sanjeev Bhatt, officials said. The widely expected victory triggered noisy celebrations by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters. Modi, [...]

Shimla: The Congress forged ahead of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh today as officials counted tens of thousands of votes polled in last month’s state election. After two hours of vote count that began at 8 a.m., the BJP was trailing the Congress. BJP candidates seemed to [...]