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New Delhi, Oct 19: The Congress headquarters in the national capital Sunday wore a deserted look after the drubbing the party received in the assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra. Only a group of workers was around, demanding a bigger role for Prianka Gandhi in the party. No leaders were available at the party headquarters to comment on the poll debacle. Party spokesman Ajay Maken came in

New Delhi, Oct 19: Riding on the Narendra Modi wave, BJP has crossed the century mark in the Assembly polls in Maharashtra, a feat last time achieved by Congress in 1990. Making deep inroads into Congress and NCP bastions, BJP is set to get over 120 seats this time in the 288-member House, a development that could jolt the Shiv Sena, which was its 'elder brother' in the saffron alliance that

Chennai, Oct 19: Ruling AIADMK party general secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J.Jayalalithaa Sunday said her public life is akin to swimming in a river of fire. In a statement issued here a day after she was released from the Bangalore Central Jail on bail, Jayalalithaa said: "My public life is akin to swimming in a river of fire." Jayalalithaa said she knew the kind of difficulties

Chandigarh, Oct 19: The BJP is all set to form the government in Haryana - for the first time on its own. Outgoing Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda accepted defeat as the BJP contested the assembly elections on its own in the state, upset past trends, and will now lead a majority government. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 13 out of the 28 assembly seats results for which were

Mumbai, Oct 19: The BJP took early leads Sunday in Maharashtra as officials counted millions of votes polled in assembly elections. Having dumped long-time ally Shiv Sena ahead of the election, the Bharatiya Janata Party led in 75 of the 288 seats in the state, followed by the Shiv Sena at a distant 37. The Congress was leading in 15 seats and its erstwhile ally, the Nationalist Congress Party

Chandigarh, Oct 19: After a decade-long Congress rule in Haryana, the state may see a change of guard when votes in assembly elections are counted today. Most exit polls have predicted BJP coming to power for the first time on its own. Even in the previous assembly poll five years ago, Congress had fallen short of majority with only 40 seats in the 90-member House (as against 46 seats required for

New Delhi, Oct 18: In much-awaited reform, the government on Saturday deregulated diesel prices, a move that will result in a price cut of Rs 3.37 a litre with effect from midnight tonight. Finance Minister Arun Jaitely said the Cabinet in its meeting today decided to deregulate or free diesel prices. Retail rates will now reflect international movement in oil prices. As a result, rates will be

Chennai, Oct 18: AIADMK general secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday evening returned here after spending 21 days in the Bangalore Central Jail. The special flight carrying Jayalalithaa landed at Chennai airport and when she came out, AIADMK cadres assembled in large numbers shouted 'Long Live Amma'. Jayalalithaa drove straight to her residence in Poes Garden area

Bangalore, Oct 18: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who secured bail from the Supreme Court, was on Saturday released from the central jail after the special court issued order on paying surety. Earlier, the special court here on Saturday issued the order for release of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa from jail here in accordance with the Supreme Court order granting her bail in the

Jammu, Oct 18: Pakistan Army has resorted to unprovoked overnight firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said. Sources said in winter capital Jammu, "Pakistan Army started unprovoked firing at our positions in Hamirpur sector of Poonch district at 8.55 p.m. Friday using automatics and small arms." "Pakistan firing was