‘Raman effect’: BJP wins 10 of Chhattisgarh’s 11 seatsRAIPUR - After the November assembly polls, the ‘Raman effect’ has done its magic again in the mineral-rich Chhattisgarh with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning 10 out of state’s 11 Lok Sabha seats Saturday. BJP adds to Gujarat tally, key Congress candidates loseGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to improve its Lok Sabha tally from the state Saturday as the Congress suffered a setback in key constituencies. BJP chief Rajnath Singh wins from GhaziabadGHAZIABAD - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Saturday won from the Ghaziabad parliamentary constituency. PM asks parties to forget disputes for secular governmentNEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday called upon all political parties to forget their past disputes and help form a secular government. Left fort collapses in West BengalKOLKATA - West Bengal’s seemingly impregnable red fort collapsed Saturday with the opposition Congress and Trinamool Congress alliance poised to win more than half of the 42 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. The Left Front has come up with its worst performance since 1977. W.Bengal poll verdict is vote against Left: Mamata BanerjeeKOLKATA - Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that the verdict in the 2009 general elections in West Bengal was a vote against the continuance of Left rule. Lalu loses Pataliputra, wins Saran, admits leaving Congress was a mistakePATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday lost the polls in Pataliputra, but managed to defeat the BJP’s candidate Rudy Pratap Singh at Saran. Jaswant Singh, Sushma Swaraj winNEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Jaswant Singh and Sushma Swaraj have won the Darjeeling and Vidisha parliamentary seats respectively. “We’ll try to persuade Rahul Gandhi to join the cabinet” says ManmohanNEW DELHI - Thanking the people of the country for the Congress led UPA’s stupendous performance in the 2009 general elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that he would try to make party general secretary Rahul Gandhi a part of the new cabinet. BJD not to support Congress, BJP govt. at CentreBHUBANESHWAR - Biju Janata Dal (BJD) head and Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after his party’s tremendous position at the polls here on Saturday said he would not support either a Congress or a BJP-led government at the Centre. Chiranjeevi loses from Palacole, wins TirupatiHYDERABAD - Telugu superstar and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) president K. Chiranjeevi lost the assembly elections from one constituency but was elected from the other. Party-hopper Bangarappa loses ShimogaBANGALORE - Party-hopper and former Karnataka chief minister S. Bangarappa of the Congress lost in Shimoga to B.Y. Raghavendra, a Bharatiya Janata Party novice and son of Karnataka’s first BJP chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa by 52,893 votes. Congress remains in the lead in northeastGUWAHATI - The Congress was likely to improve on its tally in the northeast with its candidates ahead of its rivals in 12 of the 24 parliamentary seats, although the party received a setback in Assam Saturday. India Inc upbeat as it sees stable government, push for reformsNEW DELHI - India Inc, too, has given its verdict: It has applauded the people’s mandate that seeks the return of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, hoping for stability in governance and a major push to economic reforms. Rahul Gandhi’s summer of contentNEW DELHI - This is clearly Rahul Gandhi’s summer of content. The self-effacing Nehru-Gandhi scion, who was was once seen as a reluctant politician who shunned the media, is now being credited for his starring role in the resounding victory of the Congress in the 2009 elections and the revival of the party in Uttar Pradesh. Nitish reiterates demand for special status for BiharPATNA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday said the Congress has been given the mandate by people to rule the country and it should not forget the promise of a special status to his state. Congress’ Shahnawaz is sixth time lucky in KeralaTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Congress candidate M.I. Shahnawaz Saturday saw his first win in six elections. He won in style from north Kerala’s newly-constituted Wayanad constituency with 153,490 votes - the highest margin in the state. End of the road for L.K. Advani?NEW DELHI - Age was not on his side. And now it seems people were not either. Verdict 2009 seems to have dashed the prime ministerial hopes of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘iron man’, 81-year-old, L.K. Advani forever. YSR retains Pulivendula, Naidu wins again in KuppamHYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who led Congress party back to power in the state in 2004, was Saturday re-elected to the assembly from Pulivendula constituency in his native Kadapa district. Sharad Pawar backs Manmohan Singh as PMMUMBAI - Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar Saturday endorsed the candidature of Manmohan Singh as the next prime minister. Despite CPI-M’s efforts, Trinamool wins in West Bengal: MamataKOLKATA - Rejoicing at her victory in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Saturday said despite so many brutal killings and the Left’s efforts to stop people from voting, ‘we have won’. Dharam Singh wins from BidarBANGALORE - Former Karnataka chief minister N. Dharam Singh (Congress) won the Bidar seat defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Gurupadappa Nagmarpalli by 37,999 votes. Singh is king! Kingmakers are out…NEW DELHI - Kingmakers are out. There is only one king in this election. And that’s Manmohan Singh, the prime ministerial candidate of the Congress-led UPA (United Progressive Alliance) that won with a decisive margin, belying predictions of a hung parliament. Sachin Pilot wins from AjmerAJMER - Young Congress leader Sachin Pilot Saturday won the Ajmer Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan. Sixth straight victory from Raipur for BJP’s BaisRAIPUR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and former central government minister Ramesh Bais recorded his sixth straight victory from the prestigious Raipur seat in Chhattisgarh Saturday. Paswan loses traditional Hajipur seatPATNA - A disappointed Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan, who lost in his traditional constituency of Hajipur, said Saturday that had people in the constituency voted for development he would not have lost. Did youth give thumbs-up to Congress?NEW DELHI - Twenty-year-old Raeesha Khan had a jubilant ‘It’s thumbs-up Congress!’ as her status message on Google chat Saturday. Following the number game closely on the TV as the poll results kept pouring in from across the country, she, like many young people, said they were glad they voted for the Congress. Ramesh Kumar, Krishna Tirath win in DelhiNEW DELHI - Congress candidates Ramesh Kumar and Krishna Tirath Saturday won from the South Delhi and Northwest Delhi Lok Sabha constituencies respectively. Congress, Trinamool workers euphoric in BengalKOLKATA - Euphoria was writ large on the faces of Congress and Trinamool Congress activists in West Bengal Saturday, as they shouted slogans and celebrated the surprise wins of their parties that fought the Lok Sabha polls together and trounced the Left Front in its bastion. NC-Congress combine sweeps Kashmir pollsSRINAGAR - The National Conference (NC)-Congress combine won five of the six Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha constituencies while an independent was leading in Ladakh. |
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