Upbeat Indian industry happy about election resultsNEW DELHI - Indian industry has applauded the people’s mandate that brought the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government back to power. Defiant Achuthanandan refuses to resign over poll debacleTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Just days ahead of Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan completing three years in office, his party - the Communist Party Of India-Marxist (CPI-M) - suffered one of the worst electoral drubbing in the state. But a defiant Achuthanandan has refused to resign. Young MPs likely to find place in new cabinetNEW DELHI - With the electoral verdict clear, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance will next turn its attention to government formation and there is strong likelihood that young parliamentarians will find a place in the council of ministers, said party sources. Karnataka jinx works again (News Analysis)BANGALORE - The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party won 19 of the 28 seats in Karnataka Saturday, one more than its 2004 tally, but there was little to celebrate as the party’s hopes of capturing power in New Delhi came a cropper. The Karnataka jinx, by which the party that wins more seats in the state loses at the centre, worked again. Violence in Chidambaram’s constituency after recountCHENNAI - Violence broke out Saturday near the counting centre in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency from which union Home Minister P. Chidambaram is a candidate, police officials said. Consequently, the result of the balloting was yet to be announced, poll officials added. Manmohan the best man for India: Swraj PaulLONDON - Indian-born industrialist Swraj Paul said Saturday the strong electoral verdict in favour of the Congress was a tribute to Manmohan Singh’s handling of the Indian economy. Pro-LTTE parties routed as Sri Lanka overruns LTTE zoneNEW DELHI/CHENNAI/COLOMBO - In a dramatic coincidence, Tamil Nadu’s political parties sympathetic to the Tamil Tigers were routed in the Lok Sabha elections Saturday as the Sri Lankan military dealt a crippling blow to the rebels, taking control of their last coastal belt. BJP improves Gujarat tally, key Congress candidates lose (Third Lead)GANDHINAGAR - Gujarat’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to improve its Lok Sabha tally from the state Saturday as key Congress candidates including two central ministers were defeated. Chidambaram wins in Sivaganga after re-countingSIVAGANGA - Congress leader and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has won the Sivaganga parliamentary constituency after re-counting. Lalu says not supporting Congress was a mistakeNEW DELHI - Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday admitted that not supporting the Congress was a mistake. Four injured in CPI (M), Trinamool clash in Birbhum DistrictKOLKATA - Four persons were injured and several vehicles were set on fire as CPI(M) cadres clashed with Trinamool workers in Siuri in Birbhum district of West Bengal. Breaking away from Congress ‘biggest mistake’: LaluPATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday admitted that breaking away from the Congress was the ‘biggest mistake’ that resulted in his party’s ‘heavy’ defeat in Bihar. Congress wins lone Mizoram Lok Sabha seat after 13 yearsAIZAWL - The ruling Congress Saturday won the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram defeating an independent candidate supported by the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) and Mizoram Peoples’ Conference (MPC) combine, an official here said. ‘Lady Amitabh’ Vijayashanti elected to Lok SabhaHYDERABAD - Popular Telugu actress M. Vijayashanti of the Telangana Rastra Samiti (TRS) was elected to the Lok Sabha from Medak constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Amar Singh congratulates PM, Sonia on winNEW DELHI - Congratulating Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi for the Congress victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh Saturday said that any future action by his party will be taken after their party’s meeting. Congress headed for massive win in RajasthanJAIPUR - The Congress seemed headed to sweep Rajasthan with the party bagging 13 seats and leading in another seven constituencies by late afternoon Saturday. People of India always make the right choice: SoniaNEW DELHI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday thanked the people for reposing their faith in the party even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invited all parties to support the secular UPA government at the centre. Exit polls were off the mark againNEW DELHI - The exit polls have gone wrong yet again. While all the surveys had predicted an edge for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), they also said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would be a close second. But as results came in Saturday, the gap between the two was expected to be a whopping 100 seats. YSR’s son elected to Lok SabhaHYDERABAD - Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, son of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Saturday won the Kadapa Lok Sabha seat with a huge majority of over 100,000 votes. Himachal chief minister’s son wins Hamirpur seatSHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal’s son and sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur has won the state’s Hamirpur parliamentary constituency, a poll official said Saturday. Ajay Maken, J.P. Agarwal win in DelhiNEW DELHI - Congress candidates Ajay Maken and J.P. Agarwal Saturday won from the New Delhi and northeast Delhi Lok Sabha constituencies, respectively. Congress-DMK win 8 seats in Tamil Nadu, leading on 18CHENNAI - Many of the Congress’ top leaders were trailing in Tamil Nadu though its alliance with the DMK and the VCK had won eight seats and was leading on eighteen. The rival AIADMK front that includes the Left parties, MDMK and PMK was ahead in 12. Manmohan Singh first full-term PM after Nehru to return to officeNEW DELHI - With the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) retaining power in the general elections, Manmohan Singh has achieved the distinction of becoming the first prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to be returned after completing a full term in office. PM invites support for ’secular’ government, Sonia thanks peopleNEW DELHI - With Sonia Gandhi content to stay in the background, a beaming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday invited all parties to support ‘a secular government’. ‘World waiting for India to move on Doha’LONDON - The clear mandate handed to the Congress is good for business, good for trade and good for India, say business leaders involved in promoting business and trade ties between India and Britain. For Mamata, the elections were only a semi-finalKOLKATA - From being the solitary representative of her party in the outgoing Lok Sabha to severely denting the red bastion in West Bengal - for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee it has been an aggression-filled five years that saw her usurping not just the communist slogans but also their once-captive rural vote bank. BJD heading for landslide win in Orissa (Third Lead)BHUBANESWAR - Orissa’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was far ahead of its rivals - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress - as counting of votes for the state’s 21 Lok Sabha and 147 assembly constituencies was underway Saturday. Akali leader who voted for Manmohan government wins on Congress ticketCHANDIGARH - An Akali Dal leader who defied his party whip to vote for the Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government during a confidence motion last July has won the Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha seat in Punjab on a Congress ticket. Drummers play on as political victors rejoiceNEW DELHI - Drummers had a field day in the capital Saturday as the Congress party emerged victorious in the Lok Sabha polls and drumbeats were heard outside the party’s office for hours. They knew it would be a day of big money. BJP wins three seats, leads in five in JharkhandRANCHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won three seats and was leading in five of Jharkhand’s 14 parliamentary constituencies as votes were being counted early Saturday evening. |
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