India’s Modi suffers biggest state election loss, boosting opposition
- 11-Dec-2018
NEW DELHI: India’s ruling party was set to lose power in three key states on Tuesday, dealing Prime Minister Narendra Modi his biggest defeat since he took office in 2014 and boosting the opposition ahead of national polls next year. The results in the heartland rural states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh could force […]
Modi declares victory for ruling party in state elections
- 18-Dec-2017
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory Monday (Dec 18) in two state elections, including a closely-fought race in his stronghold of Gujarat where the charismatic leader fronted the campaign. Modi thanked voters in Gujarat, his home state in India’s west, and the northern Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh, for backing the ruling […]
Four killed in homemade bomb blast in India
- 02-May-2016
KOLKATA: Four people were killed when the crude bombs they were making exploded in India's West Bengal, where bitterly fought state elections are underway, a senior police official said Monday.
Merkel urges patience on refugees ahead of crucial state elections
- 13-Feb-2016
MAGDEBURG, GERMANY: Chancellor Angela Merkel pleaded with German voters on Saturday to show patience with her refugee policy as anger builds over a record influx of migrants that could hurt her conservatives in three state elections next month.
India PM’s party confident of victory in testing state polls
- 19-Oct-2014
MUMBAI, INDIA: Vote counting began in two Indian states on Sunday where Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing party was confident of snatching victory, tightening its grip on power after storming to government nationally in May.