Congress headquarter wears deserted look

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Congress headquarter here wore a deserted look Friday as the Lok Sabha election vote-count across the country showed a massive mandate against the party. Most of the top leaders were unavailable in the All India Congress Committee office, barring a couple of spokespersons – Sanjay Jha and Rajeev Shukla. Shukla […]

Modi wave is for real: B-Town hails Narendra Modi

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was set for a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha, the party’s supporters in filmdom like Asha Bhosle and Madhur Bhandarkar wished Narendra Modi and looked forward to seeing him take oath as the country’s new prime minister. The celebs took to Twitter to share […]

BJP wins Baghpat, leads in 274 Lok Sabha seats

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The BJP Friday won the Baghpat Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and was leading in 274 constituencies, the Election Commission said. Information from the poll panel showed BJP candidates on the winning track in 274 of the 534 seats where trends were available from the vote count, indicating it could […]

Majority Sensex companies rally as BJP leads

Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Majority companies in the 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) rallied as the 16th Lok Sabha election vote count showed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in lead to form the next government. Around 11.50 a.m., the Sensex was ruling at 24,760.92 points […]

Trinamool leads in 15 seats in Bengal

Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress was ahead in 15 of the 24 seats latest trends for which were available in the Lok Sabha polls in the state. The Communist Party of India-Marxist, which spearheads the opposition Left Front, was way behind with its candidates ahead in only four seats. The Bharatiya Janata […]

BJP leads in 17 seats across Karnataka

Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Initial trends in Karnataka showed the BJP leading in at least 17 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. “Of the 26 seats for which trends are available, the BJP is ahead in 17, Congress in seven and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in two,” a poll official told IANS. In Bangalore […]

BJP leading on all four seats in Himachal

Shimla, May 16 (IANS) The opposition BJP in Himachal Pradesh Friday led in all four Lok Sabha seats in the first six rounds of vote count. Congress leader and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s wife and sitting MP Pratibha Singh trailed BJP’s Ram Swaroop in Mandi. BJP’s two-time chief minister Shanta Kumar led by over 55,000 votes […]

Ahamed tipped to win Malappuram seat in Kerala

Malappuram (Kerala), May 16 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed appears to be heading for a massive victory in the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. Ahamed has already secured a lead of more than 90,000 votes with close to 55 percent of the votes being counted. Ahamed represents the Indian Union […]

Indian stocks on fire as BJP leads in vote count

Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Indian stocks were virtually on fire, leading a key index to gain as much as 1,019.27 points, or 4.26 percent, as Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party took a big early lead in India’s national election vote count. Around 10.40 a.m., the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange was ruling just […]

Shatrughan Sinha leads, Prakash Jha trails

Patna May 16 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician and sitting BJP MP Satrughan Sinha took lead Friday in Bihar’s Patna Saheb Lok Sabha constituency over Congress’ Kunal Singh, officials said. Sinha, popularly known as ‘Bihari Babu’, is seeking re-election. He is a former union minister and one of the star campaigners of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Filmmaker and Janata […]