Chhattisgarh: Bhupesh Baghel sworn in as chief minister, waives loans of over 16 lakh farmers

A special investigation team will look into the 2013 Maoist attack in which prominent state Congress leaders were killed, he said.

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· Dec 17, 2018 · 06:32 pm

Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath takes oath as chief minister

The nine-time Lok Sabha MP succeeds Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which had been in power for 15 years.

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· Dec 17, 2018 · 02:35 pm

Assembly elections: What the data tells us and what this means for Modi in 2019

A round-up of the analysis of the polls that saw three Hindi belt states flip from BJP to Congress.

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· Dec 17, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot sworn in as chief minister, Sachin Pilot as his deputy

Congress President Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and leaders of several Opposition parties attended the swearing-in ceremony.

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· Dec 17, 2018 · 11:50 am

Memes, jokes add salt to BJP’s wounds amid defeat in latest Assembly elections

The saffron party did not win any of the five states whose results were announced on Tuesday.

Soumya Rao

· Dec 12, 2018 · 12:35 pm

Chhattisgarh election results: Congress to hold legislature meet on Wednesday to decide next CM

The frontrunners for the chief minister’s post are Congress Lok Sabha MP Tamradhwaj Sahu, state party chief Bhupesh Baghel and senior party leader TS Singh Deo.

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· Dec 12, 2018 · 12:10 pm

For the first time since 2014, saffron has shrunk on the map of India

Tuesday’s verdict explained in six maps.

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· Dec 12, 2018 · 01:16 am

Even without thinking of 2019, the presence of Congress CMs in North India will be significant

With Congress taking back at least two North Indian states, and a third still in play, the Modi-Shah combine is no longer invincible.

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· Dec 11, 2018 · 03:15 pm

Big losses for the BJP as Congress sees a revival in the Hindi heartland, early trends show

But the Opposition party has done badly in Telangana and Mizoram.

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· Dec 11, 2018 · 11:50 am

Madhya Pradesh polls: Congress and BJP locked in a close race

State Congress chief Kamal Nath has sought an appointment with Governor Anandiben Patel late tonight to stake claim to form the government, reports said.

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· Dec 11, 2018 · 07:29 am

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Congress heads for huge win, CM Raman Singh quits

The Congress has won 44 seats and is leading in 24. The BJP has won in just nine constituencies and is ahead in seven.

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· Dec 11, 2018 · 07:21 am

Telangana polls: BJP hints at support to TRS, says it will ‘have nothing to do with’ Congress, AIMIM

National spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said exit polls that point towards a victory for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi are likely to be correct.

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· Dec 10, 2018 · 03:53 pm