Counting of votes for the bypoll to the Chengannur Assembly seat in Kerala is underway on Thursday with CPI-M candidate, Saji Cherian, taking a comfortable lead of over 4,000 votes after counting started for the third round.
Counting was underway for Punjab's Shahkot Assembly seat byelection on Thursday with the ruling Congress candidate leading by over 2,000 votes.
Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Pandurang Phundkar died on Thursday following a massive heart attack here, a BJP official said.
A very intense discussion is going on in the corridors of politics on whether defeating the communal BJP is possible during the most crucial 2019 Lok Sabha elections. A close look may reveal defeating BJP is not even any easier. At the same time, it is not a herculean challenge too. BJP has not fulfilled many promises it had made to the public in the run up to the elections. People have suffered through GST and demonetization processes. But at the outset, Modi’s charm has not waned with time or challenges. People still place their trust on him.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here from Indonesia on Thursday on the second leg of his three-nation tour of Southeast Asia.
Due to tug of war between the two coalition partners- JDS and Congress over sharing the portfolio even after one week of forming the government, the cabinet expansion process has been postponed to June first week.
The BJP has announced the list of five candidates for the 11 seats of Council election to be filled from the Assembly, on June 11.
Mohammad Kaif Mulla, student of St. Xavier's High School has topped the state in the SSLC examination with 625 marks out of 625.
The counting of votes of the RR Nagar assembly constituency election which was postponed due to election ID cards scam would be held on Thursday from 8 am and the result could be announced by afternoon.
Actor Ranbir Kapoor, who isn't on any social media platform unlike other actors of his generation, says he is fine with being away from it.
