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Naveen Patnaik set to return as Odisha CM but likely to lose national clout to BJP

Naveen Patnaik set to return as Odisha CM but likely to lose national clout to BJP

Jagan’s dream comes true, YSR Congress sweeps Lok Sabha & assembly polls in Andhra

Trends show Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party is leading in 145 assembly seats out of Andhra's 175, and 21 Lok Sabha seats out of 25.

Why Modi has reasons to be anxious as he prepares for a second term in office

Modi’s second term will test his administrative & political acumen more than ever as he will need to fulfil all his big promises now.

AAP headed for wipeout in Delhi, leads in just 1 Punjab seat

Arvind Kejriwal’s ruling AAP is not even the No.2 party on 4 of Delhi’s 7 seats, while in Punjab, only Bhagwant Mann is leading in Sangrur.

Kanhaiya Kumar losing maiden poll battle as caste guides ‘Leningrad’ Begusarai

Former JNU Student Union chief Kanhaiya Kumar was trailing heavily in Bihar's Begusarai constituency as BJP's Giriraj Singh established a lead of over 90,000 votes, as of 11 am.

UP firmly with Modi and BJP as Akhilesh-Mayawati gathbandhan falters

Early trends show the BJP leading on 55 seats, while the SP-BSP-RLD alliance leads on just 23 seats. The BJP and its ally Apna Dal had won 73 seats last time.

BJP gets the better of Mamata in Bengal, leads in 15 seats

It's a huge bonus for the party in the Lok Sabha elections in a state where it has had a negligible presence so far.

Stocks, bonds race away as Modi is set for decisive victory

Optimism that Modi will boost reforms in second term will likely attract more foreign inflows to Asia’s top destination for overseas cash this year.

Rahul Gandhi’s Congress gets thumbs down, unlikely to cross three figures

As early trends came in, Congress president Rahul Gandhi was struggling in his bastion Amethi though he is leading in Wayanad.

BJP on course to better 2014 Lok Sabha tally, surges past majority mark

Leading in 284 seats against Congress's 54, the BJP is looking at its second consecutive landslide win, show early trends.

On Camera

I met Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2005. He told me he was an admirer of MK Gandhi

Shuttle diplomacy at a high level is indicated, along the lines of the famous Kissingerian shuttles following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?