PARTY WON LEADING TOTAL BJP+ 123 123 SHIV SENA 63 63 CONGRESS 42 42 NCP 41 41 OTHERS 19 19 Mumbai,  Falling short of a majority, BJP is emerging as the largest party in Maharashtra assembly and Shiv Sena is finishing second, triggering conciliatory noises from the two former allies overRead More

New Delhi,  With trends projecting a defeat for Congress in both Maharashtra and Haryana, a group of party workers gathered outside the AICC office here demanding that Priyanka Gandhi join active politics. This is not the first time that such a demand has been made but it has repeatedly been snubbedRead More

Mumbai,  In a surprise development, the NCP on Sunday offered outside support to BJP to form a government in Maharashtra “in the interest of stability and development” of the state. “The people of Maharashtra have not given mandate to any single party. No party is in a position to form aRead More

Mumbai, Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan on Sunday blamed the state leadership for the drubbing received by Congress in the Assembly polls and dismissed the notion of any ‘Modi wave’. “BJP has not won because there was some Modi wave here. It all boils down to the anti-incumbency factor. HadRead More

New Delhi, A day after the government told the Supreme Court it can’t yet disclose the names of people who have allegedly stashed their ill-gotten money in tax havens abroad, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said the stand was in keeping with the due process of law. “The National Democratic AllianceRead More

NEW DELHI: Counting of votes for the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, seen as the first major test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity after the Lok Sabha polls, will be held on Sunday. The vote counting for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly and 90-member Haryana Assembly will start atRead More

BANGALORE: The Special Court here today issued the order for release of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa from jail here in accordance with the Supreme Court order granting her bail in the disproportionate assets case.      The release order by Special Judge John Michael D’Cunha came after a bond forRead More

MUMBAI: Criticising the government for telling the Supreme Court that all information on black money stashed abroad can’t be disclosed, activist Anna Hazare today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and threatened to launch an agitation if the ill-gotten wealth was not brought back. “Bringing back black money is anRead More

MUMBAI: On the eve of the counting of votes in the Maharashtra assembly elections Sunday, hectic politicking was underway over the prospects of various parties, possible alliances and speculation over the next chief minister. With the pre-election scenario marked by the unprecedented break-up of the state’s two major alliances –Read More

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has said a public prosecutor plays an important role in the prosecution of criminal cases and was not expected to adopt a causal approach in acceding to a plea for concessions sought by an accused. An apex court bench of justices Ranjana Prakash Desai andRead More