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The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two

Six Congress MLAs, who voted for the BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, and had left Haryana on Wednesday for an undisclosed location, have returned to Shimla.

Confidence in the INDIA bloc took a hit by close of voting after six Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh and seven Samajwadi Party lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh cross-voted in the February 27 Rajya Sabha election.

Ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's resignation from the Congress Monday - within days of two other senior figures quitting - has jeopardised his former party's Rajya Sabha plans.

The Monsoon Session of Parliament will begin today with the election for the 15th President of India.

Rajasthan Congress MLAs and Independent legislators supporting the party on Thursday reached here from Udaipur, where they were lodged in a resort amid fears of horse trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls.

Resort politics is back in full swing as parties herd their flock to deter horse-trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Haryana tomorrow. Results will be declared the same day.

The leaders of the ruling coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi had spoken to former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and appealed for an unopposed election by withdrawing one of their candidates, but BJP did not agree to this.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday claimed no one from the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra has contacted them for support in the upcoming elections to six Rajya Sabha seats from the state.

The Shiv Sena today declared its backing for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming state Assembly election. Calling her the "real Bengal tigress", the Maharashtra-based party's senior leader and Rajya Sabha member, Sanjay Raut, today said it will not be contesting what appears to be a "Didi Vs All" fight this time. The West Ben...

Elections to fill up three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala and the by-election for one seat to the Upper House from Uttar Pradesh would be held on June 25, the Election Commission announced today.

The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two

Six Congress MLAs, who voted for the BJP candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, and had left Haryana on Wednesday for an undisclosed location, have returned to Shimla.

Confidence in the INDIA bloc took a hit by close of voting after six Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh and seven Samajwadi Party lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh cross-voted in the February 27 Rajya Sabha election.

Ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's resignation from the Congress Monday - within days of two other senior figures quitting - has jeopardised his former party's Rajya Sabha plans.

The Monsoon Session of Parliament will begin today with the election for the 15th President of India.

Rajasthan Congress MLAs and Independent legislators supporting the party on Thursday reached here from Udaipur, where they were lodged in a resort amid fears of horse trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls.

Resort politics is back in full swing as parties herd their flock to deter horse-trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Haryana tomorrow. Results will be declared the same day.

The leaders of the ruling coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi had spoken to former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and appealed for an unopposed election by withdrawing one of their candidates, but BJP did not agree to this.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday claimed no one from the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra has contacted them for support in the upcoming elections to six Rajya Sabha seats from the state.

The Shiv Sena today declared its backing for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming state Assembly election. Calling her the "real Bengal tigress", the Maharashtra-based party's senior leader and Rajya Sabha member, Sanjay Raut, today said it will not be contesting what appears to be a "Didi Vs All" fight this time. The West Ben...

Elections to fill up three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala and the by-election for one seat to the Upper House from Uttar Pradesh would be held on June 25, the Election Commission announced today.