State Assembly Elections

As the assembly elections are set to begin soon next month, the 5 states-Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram will vote on different days from November 7 to 30, with votes for the five states being counted on December 3

Jobs for locals, free water and power—it’s raining freebies as poll season begins

Ahead of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur polls, political parties are promising the moon. The question, however, is do such measures pay electoral dividends?

Delimitation Commission, CEC Sushil Chandra to visit Jammu & Kashmir on July 6

The ongoing Delimitation exercise, tasked with redrawing parliamentary and assembly constituencies in the UT, paves the way for holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, which has been under Central rule since June 2018.

Sharad Pawar, the Man of the Match in Maharashtra

The Maratha strongman fought the election on state issues and turned the tables resoundingly on his rivals

BJP clean sweep unlikely to change market trajectory: Edelweiss

Investors are expecting a clean sweep by the BJP in the elections. Sanjiv Bhasin, Executive VP - Markets at IIFL is of the opinion that a BJP clean sweep or not, Nifty will touch a new high in the coming week.

Union Budget will not have an impact on state polls: Gangwar

Aaked about the implementation of Goods and Services Tax, he said the government is working to introduce GST by April this year, but it may take time till October.

Congress' Rajya Sabha MP says party needs cardiac surgery

Rajya Sabha MP Satyavrat Chaturvedi sparked a row on Monday by taking a dig at the party high command over the crushing defeat in the recent elections. He said that the party does not need cosmetic surgery but cardiac surgery to revamp its organisation and deliver wins.

Week ahead: Eyes on auto sales, state poll results, rupee

The investors would continue to focus on the flows, rupee and the monthly sales numbers of the auto stocks.

Congress works on patch up with DMK

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday tried to patch things up with a key ally that said it would quit his cabinet, aiming to avert another crisis for a government shaken by a raft of corruption scandals.