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With BJP short of majority, Khattar leaves for Delhi to meet senior leaders

After the poll results came out on Thursday, the ruling BJP fell six short of the halfway mark needed to form the next government

Election results: BJP-Sena retains Maharashtra, hung House in Haryana

PM Modi indicated Maharashtra CM and Haryana CM would continue

Haryana Assembly polls: BJP's vote share falls by 22% from LS polls

Latest Election Commission trends said the saffron party had won or was leading in 40 seats. It had won 47 seats in the 2014 Haryana Assembly polls.

UP Assembly bypolls: SP wrests 1 seat from BJP, NDA gets three; BSP bags 1

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in five seats, while the Samajwadi Party (SP) was ahead in Rampur and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Jalalpur

Rajasthan bypoll: Congress wins Mandawa seat, BJP ally RLP retains Khinwsar

The Congress' Rita Chaudhary defeated her nearest rival the BJP's Sushila Sigra in the Mandawa seat in Jhunjhunu by a margin of 33,704 votes

Deepender Hooda alleges BJP 'pressurising' independents for support

The Congress leader said that people's mandate is against Manohar Lal Khattar's government in the state

Elections LIVE: Exit polls give BJP, allies victory in Maharashtra, Haryana

Low to average voter turnout was reported in assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, where the BJP is seeking a second term in power and has predicted an easy victory.

Amit Shah cancels Mumbai trip; BJP-Sena seat sharing deal not yet in place

Maharashtra has 288 Assembly seats, of which the BJP won 122 and the Sena 63 in the 2014 state polls, which they fought separately

Maha Assembly polls: Shah, Uddhav to address rallies in Amravati on Friday

Polling for the 288 Assembly seats in the state will be held on October 21 and counting of votes will take place on October 24

In flood-hit Kolhapur, people willing to keep faith with 'poor man's' Sena

Of the ten assembly seats in the Kolhapur district, spread between Kolhapur and Hatkanagle Lok Sabha seats, the Sena is contesting eight and BJP two

BJP up against diminishing magnetism, patchy finances in Maharashtra polls

Problem of rising stalled projects shoved under the carpet, revenue deficit re-emerges due to welfare schemes. However, the state has tackled joblessness better and kept debt servicing under check

Jharkhand: Five opposition MLAs join BJP ahead of assembly polls

Among the five, Baharagora MLA Kunal Sarangi and Mandu MLA JP Bhai Patel are from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)

Chidambaram's criticism of EC part of 'save Rahul' campaign: BJP

BJP spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao defended the Election Commission's decision of not announcing the Gujarat poll dates with that of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly election

Chidambaram seeks greater autonomy for J&K, slammed by BJP

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram pitched for greater autonomy for the restive Jammu and Kashmir yet again today, drawing stinging criticism from the BJP, with Union minister Smriti Irani calling it "shocking and shameful". "The demand in the Kashmir Valley is to respect the letter and spirit of Article 370, that means they want greater autonomy. My interactions in J&K led me to the conclusion that when they ask for azadi, mostly, I am not saying all... the overwhelming majority, they want autonomy," he told reporters in Gujarat's Rajkot. "Yes, I do," Chidambaram said when he was asked if he still thinks that Jammu and Kashmir should be given greater autonomy. Chidambaram had in July 2016 advocated greater autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir, saying India should restore the "grand bargain" under which Kashmir had acceded by granting a large degree of autonomy to it. He had warned that otherwise the country will have to pay a "heavy price". Reacting sharply, the BJP ...

Chidambaram accuses BJP of playing communal card in Gujarat

Chidambaram's comments come after a poster was released on the social media showing upcoming Gujarat elections as a face-off between "HAJ" and "RAM".

Chidambaram's pakoda jibe backfires; Congress insulting the poor, says BJP

Prime Minister Modi respects poor people who work hard to earn their livelihood: BJP

BJP failed to deliver on its promise of double-digit growth: Chidambaram

The senior Congress leader said there was a sense of crisis in every sector, be it banking, industry, construction or the real estate

Opposition in UP seems to be giving the BJP a walkover ahead of by-polls

Although the opposition have fielded candidates in all the 11 seats in Monday's bypolls, their top guns were missing in action

Bharat Ratna for Savarkar is an essential piece of Hindutva mosaic

In its manifesto for the Maharashtra state legislature elections, the BJP has promised to confer Bharat Ratna, the highest civil award, posthumously, on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

BJP looks to retain power as voting begins in Maharashtra, Haryana

Bypolls are also being held to 51 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 states