New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's absence at a dinner hosted in honour of outgoing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has evoked sharp reactions from Opposition parties, which accused him of “insulting” the PM, but Congress downplayed it

Lucknow: Nearly 90 million votes polled for the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh will be counted Friday at 76 centres spread across the state, an official said Thursday.The counting process, which begins at

New Delhi: Votes polled in the nine-phased Lok Sabha elections will be counted tomorrow to decide who will form the next government.Election Commission said the counting exercise to be held at 989 counting centres is

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday hosted a farewell dinner in honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and lauded his contribution to the country.A leader who attended the dinner said there were emotional moments

Indore: Republican Party of India (RPI) chief Ramdas Athawale today said BJP-led NDA, of which his party is a constituent, would win 300 Lok Sabha seats and come to power at the Centre.Talking to reporters

Indore: The May 16 result for the next Lok Sabha elections will decide the fate of “primaries”, a national-level experiment started by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in January this year.During its internal elections under the

New Delhi: With exit polls painting a grim prospect for Congress, Union minister Kamal Nath today rejected suggestions that a likely poor show in the elections will be a reflection on Rahul Gandhi's leadership, saying

New Delhi: As the nation waits with bated breath for the results of the just concluded mammoth nine-stage election, one clear winner is already on display. And that is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and

New Delhi: The Election Commission today granted Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi three more days to respond to its show cause notice for his alleged remarks that if BJP comes to power, 22,000 people will be

New Delhi:  Braving a scorching sun at places, millions of men and women voted Monday in the last lot of 41 Lok Sabha constituencies including Varanasi where BJP's prime ministerial aspirant Narendra Modi faces a

New Delhi: Hitting out at dynasty politics, BJP today said continuation of such leadership is counter-productive for a political party in a democratic set-up.“I have always believed that indefinite continuation of a dynasty as a

New Delhi: The marathon Lok Sabha elections, one of the most bitterly fought in recent memory, will come to a close tomorrow when polling will be held in 41 constituencies in three states where stakes

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Saturday said there was no violation by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi when he entered a polling booth in Amethi constituency during balloting May 7.The poll panel released an inquiry

New Delhi: BJP candidate Smriti Irani, who is pitted against Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, has appealed to the Election Commission for appointing a special observer to ensure free and fair counting in the constituency.  In

New Delhi: Congress today dared the BJP to challenge the clean chit given to Rahul Gandhi by the Election Commission on the allegation that he had violated secrecy of voting by entering the EVM enclosure

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's remarks have been “torn out of context” and “wrongly reported”, Congress said today, a day after Election Commission sought an explanation from the party Vice President for reportedly saying that 22,000

New Delhi: Campaigning in the bitterly fought marathon elections for the 16th Lok Sabha spread over five weeks drew to a close today as top leaders sought to muster a final show of strength in

Varanasi: Elated by Rahul Gandhi's impressive roadshow here, Congress today claimed “100 per cent” success for its nominee Ajai Rai and dismissed suggestions that it is fighting for a “silver medal” in Varanasi polls.“100 per

Chandauli (UP): Taking Narendra Modi head on, Rahul Gandhi today said the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate does not understand the strength of India and its people and accused his party of following a politics that

New Delhi: The Election Commission today gave a clean chit to Rahul Gandhi on the allegation that he had violated secrecy of voting by entering the enclosure of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in one