Politics

Riding high on anti-incumbency, the People's Democratic Party of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed won in 28 seats to emerge as

Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and heavyweight BJP leader Arjun Munda lost from the Kharsawan (ST) constituency.

Counting centres have been set-up at all district headquarters in the state and the process will begin at 8 AM.

Speculation is rife that the BJP stalwart may get the Bharat Ratna on his birthday which falls on December 25.

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a bill to legalize e-rickshaws by bringing them under the ambit of the Motor Vehicles Act.

According to sources, the PM is unlikely to speak as even a statement from him does not guarantee that the opposition will let the house function.

Jaitley said he has been holding that "some isolations are majestic" when people come out in support of a political party (BJP) than other parties.

Political experts believe that anti-incumbency sentiments are at a record high in the state, but it would not matter if the voter turnout is not high.

With the NC-Congress combine failing to even open their accounts in the state, the writing on the wall was very clear.

A close aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Mitra will be interrogated on the position he held in Saradha Group and his relationship with the prime accused Sudipto Sen.

The MP from Unnao said, "Godse was an aggrieved person. He may have done something by mistake but was no an anti- national. He was a patriot."

Patil was supported by Congress and NCP members, who demanded to know when the LoP shall be named.

Sonia will not celebrate her birthday in view of terror and Naxal attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and Chhattisgarh respectively.

Thirty paramilitary forces companies have been deployed in and around the Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Srinagar.

In their election campaigns, both central and state BJP leaders had blamed the Congress for Jharkhand's non-development and for its support to former chief minister Madhu Koda that led to "corruption" in the state.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said Pakistan should understand once and forever that boundaries between nations cannot be rewritten now.