India

New Delhi, Dec 9: Riding high on its success in the Delhi Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party has made it clear that it will not go for a coalition and is ready for re-election. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said that his party does not believe in coalition politics. "We will not give support to either the Congress or the BJP. We will form the government only when we have the numbers, we don't

Aizawl, Dec 9: The ruling Congress seems set to retain power for the second consecutive term in Mizoram Monday. By 1 p.m., the party won ten seats and was surging ahead in nine constituencies in the vote count for the 40-member assembly. According to Election Department officials, Congress candidates have either won or were leading in 20 seats while the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) won one

Ghaziabad, Dec 9: A day after creating history in Delhi's election, Aam Aadmi Party on Monday maintained that it will not stake claim to form government and will play the role of a constructive opposition. The party also said that it was the responsibility of the BJP, which is the single largest party, to form the government. After a meeting of top party leaders at party chief Arvind Kejriwal's

New Delhi, Dec 8: Newcomer Aam Admi Party today made a stunning debut in electoral politics by winning or leading in 27 of the 70 Assembly seats in Delhi and stopping BJP short of a majority in an election that toppled the three-time Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Following the trends that showed that Congress was facing a rout in the assembly, Dikshit conceded defeat sending her

New Delhi, Dec 8: The results of the Assembly elections to four key heartland States — Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi — to be announced on Sunday will set the stage for the 2014 general election. BJP leaders, cheered by exit polls predicting the party winning three of the four States and emerging as the single largest party in Delhi, are nevertheless keeping their fingers

New Delhi, Dec 7: An estimated 83 million votes polled in four states will be counted Sunday, with the results of the keenly fought elections tipped to cast a shadow on Lok Sabha polls due next year. Exit polls Wednesday at the end of the staggered voting indicate the BJP could retain Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, which it has governed since 2003, and snatch Rajasthan from the Congress. Fingers

New Delhi, Dec 7: With most opinion and exit polls predicting a rout for it in four states, Congress has sought to shift the discourse from Assembly polls to Lok Sabha elections citing past trends to buttress the point that provincial polls do not have a bearing on general elections. "BJP should be cautious in celebrations, even if opinion and exit (O&E) polls are (r) true. We won all these 4

New Delhi, Dec 7: The fate of governments in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh will be known tomorrow when counting of votes takes place in the assembly elections, considered the semi-finals ahead of the Lok Sabha elections next year. In Mizoram, where too election was held, counting will take place on December 9. Voting ranged between over 65 per cent in Delhi and over 81 per cent

Panaji, Dec 7: Tehelka founder and editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal's remand in police custody was extended by four days on Saturday. The extension was given by a local magistrate here after the police insisted on more time to question Tejpal as well as to corroborate the sequence of events leading to the alleged sexual assault. Tejpal has been accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a junior

Bali, Dec 7: In a major victory for India, the WTO on Friday agreed to allow countries to provide subsidy on staple food crops without any threat of punitive action, a concession that salvaged the current round of world trade talks from the brink of collapse. After burning the midnight oil and tough negotiations over the past four days in the face of India’s unrelenting stand on the food security