Continuing its winning spree, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday swept the municipal elections, bagging 76 out of 108 urban local bodies. In last month’s panchayat polls, the party had won 766 of 852 Zilla Parishad seats in 30 districts. The ruling camp has also pocketed posts of mayor and chairperson in all…Continue Reading
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to return to power in Goa after comfortably beating all the other parties. Out of 40 assembly seats, BJP easily crossed the halfway mark by winning 20 seats, according to the Election Commission portal. Three Independent candidates have also vouched their support to the saffron party.…Continue Reading
Tripura’s ruling BJP pulverised Mamata Banerjee’s TMC and the Left on Sunday, capturing with surprising ease the Agartala Municipal Corporation and 13 other civic bodies where it now has 329 of the 334 seats. PM Narendra Modi thanked the people of Tripura for their “unequivocal support” to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the civic polls,…Continue Reading