Celebrating Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh (UP) Assembly elections 2017, domestic equity markets registered notable gains in the late morning trade on Tuesday with banking stocks leading the rally. The Banking index at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) was trading at 24,175, up 549 points or 2.32 per cent. All the …
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March 14, 2017Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Monday took on the BJP for wooing smaller parties and independents to form the government and keep the Congress, the single largest party, away from power in Goa. "Money power has won over people's power. I apologise to the people of Goa as we couldn't muster the support to form …
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March 13, 2017The ‘unprecedented’ verdict in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, where the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to form the next government along with its allies after a long gap has put the party firmly in pole position for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The virtual decimation of parties' caste and religious bastions, which stood them …
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March 11, 2017The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday created history with a thumping two-third majority in Uttar Pradesh and bagged Uttarakhand too while being neck and neck in competition with Congress in Goa and Manipur in the country's biggest mandate since the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. And, the grand old party-Congress returned to power in Punjab after …
March 11, 2017West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday congratulated winners in the assembly polls and advised the losers to not lose heart. "Congratulations to winners in different states. Congratulations to the voters for making their choice. To the losers, don't lose heart. In a democracy, we must respect each other because some will win, some …
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March 11, 2017In a massive fillip for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), major exit polls have put the party in the driving seat in four of the five states where assembly elections were held between February 4 and March 8. As per the polls, the BJP is set to win Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and retain Goa, …
March 9, 2017In a massive fillip for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), major exit polls have put the party in the driving seat in four of the five states where assembly elections were held between February 4 and March 8. As per the polls, the BJP is set to win Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and retain Goa, …
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