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Decimating Cong, Modi leads BJP to power 5/17/2014 12:40:37 AM Agencies NEW DELHI, May 16: The BJP and its allies are set to form the next government under Narendra Modi, who is headed to the Prime Minister's residence at 7 Race Course Road. They now have a runaway lead with 328 seats and do not need any support to run a stable government. The Congress has been wiped out and has admitted defeat. Recording its best ever performance in its 34-year existence, the BJP on its own was leading in 328seats, much more than the required half-way mark in the 543-member House, while its allies were ahead in 49 seats. This will be the first time after 30 years that a single party is securing a majority on its own after the massive number of 419 seats Rajiv Gandhi got in 1984 in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination. Set to take over the Prime Minister next week, Modi tweeted "India has won, good days are coming". The BJP under Atal Bihari Vajpayee had scored an individual tally of 182 seats, both in 1998 and 1999. On the other hand, the ruling Congress was struggling with leads only in 52 seats while its allies NCP (5), IUML (2), ...   READ MORE

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BJP debutantes create history in J&K 5/17/2014 12:40:29 AM Early Times Report Jammu, May 16: Riding high on the pro-Modi wave and anti-incumbency wave against the alliance Govt headed by Omar Abdullah electorate in Jammu and Kashmir stunned leaders of the ruling alliance and pollsters by handing over decisive mandate in favour of BJP candidates in Jammu region, both debutantes in the Parliament. Adding to highest ever tally of party at national level, BJP swept the polls in Jammu and Ladakh bagging three seats in the state, two in Jammu region and one in Ladkah. In Jammu-Poonch, BJP's MLA Jugal Kishore Sharma, who got the State's maximum of 6,19,995 votes, defeated Congress party's incumbent Madan Lal Sharma with a huge margin of 2,56,950 vo...   READ MORE   Azad eats humble pie, Singh emerges 'giant killer' Deceived by party men in Kathua 5/17/2014 12:40:22 AM Kunal Shrivatsa/Avinash Azad KATHUA, May16: At the receiving end in the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha elections in every part of the country, the Congress in J&K replicated the trends in the state as it gave its worst ever performance here. The severity of the crushing defeat could be gauged from the fact that one of tallest leaders of the grand old party of the country, Union Minister and former Chief Minister of J&K, Ghulam Nabi Azad contesting from Udhampur-Doda parliamentary constituency, received biggest ever jolt in his forty year long political career when he was humbled at the hustings by none other than a little known politician, Dr Jitendra Singh of the Bharatiya Janta Party (...   READ MORE   India hit by Modi Tsunami in Parliamentary polls 5/17/2014 12:39:51 AM Early Times Report Jammu, May 16: All those who had opposed the exit polls seem to have gone into hibernation. All those who had ridiculed the correctness of the opinion and the exit polls have gone under the quilt. And the exit polls, carried out by various agencies including some electronic channels, have been nearer the exact figure that has been given by the Election Commission. All these exit and opinion polls had predicted a big win for the BJP and a bigger win for the NDA. If the poll trends are any guide the NDA may touch the magic figure of 300 when during the time Atal Behari Vajpayee, led the BJP, the saffron brigade had won 182 seats in 1999 to form the Government. Wheth...   READ MORE   Omar concedes whitewash 5/17/2014 12:37:39 AM Javaid Naikoo SRINAGAR, May 16: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today conceded defeat on all six seats of Jammu and Kashmir which NC was contesting in alliance with Congress. "I accept the defeat with great humility," Omar Abdullah said. While blaming policies of party to handle issues confronting people of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar said that it is voters who speak at the end of the day and added that PDP very astutely analyzed the problems people were facing at local level while on the contrary NC was focusing on national issues. Expressing shock over the whitewash Omar said that he was not expecting such one sided results . "I congratulate PDP and BJP and hope that they represent wishes...   READ MORE   NC defeated, people rejoice fall of Abdullahs 5/17/2014 12:22:14 AM Shakeel A Khan SRINAGAR, May 16: Pal of gloom has descended on ruling National Conference as all the three seats of the valley have gone to opposition People's Democratic Party hinting at strong anti incumbency against the ruling alliance. Kashmiries are upbeat with this turn around and they believe that the hostage drama of the NC is over as people have successfully voted for the change. People across the valley were seen absorbed in their television sets in anticipation of defeat of Farooq Abdullah from Srinagar parliamentary constituency. "The NC leaders have taken the people for granted. These leaders are misled and they live in the fools' paradise. Today's verdict is the writ...   READ MORE

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