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President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday the Netherlands was acting like a "banana republic" and should face sanctions for barring Turkish ministers from speaking in Rotterdam, fuelling a row over Ankara's political campaigning abroad.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar met the Goa Governor on Sunday, sending strong signals that may form the government in Goa with support from Independents and non-Congress parties.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley suffered a minor accident while stepping on to a helicopter in Haridwar on Sunday morning. After administering first aid, he was flown back to Delhi.

Defined by its catchy slogan 'UP ko yeh sath pasand hai'‎, the SP-Congress alliance was a deal which emerged not from any actual synthesis between the political workers on the ground, but sheer electoral opportunism conceived at the highest level of the t...

Akhilesh Yadav’s nomination as the chief minister after an emphatic victory by Samajwadi Party in 2012 was somewhat surprising. No one expected patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav to let go off the reins of Lucknow just like that.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call of 'Jai Shri Ram' in a Dusshera platform in Lucknow was followed by the promise of building a Ram museum.

Mayawati gave tickets to 97 Muslim candidates and inducted tainted MLA from Purvanchal Mukhtar Ansari, his brothers Afzal Ansari and Sigbatullah Ansari, and son Abbas. But that could not revive the party's fortunes.

With BJP registering a landslide victory in UP, here is a look at the headlines that you must know.

Sunil Bansal, Amit Shah’s Man Friday, and the back-room strategist widely credited with BJP’s stunning victory in UP speaks to News18’s Sumit Pande immediately after it became clear that the party is sweeping the state. Excerpts:

RGV's comment triggered a storm of protests on Twitter, and even attracted complaints against Varma.

AAP's Rupinder Kaur Ruby has won the seat in Bathinda by getting 51572 votes.

BJP's Atul Garg has won the Ghaziabad seat.

Counting is on for the Bhagwantnagar seat, constituency No. 166 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly.

Elections to 403 seats of Uttar Pradesh were held over 7 phases from February 4 to March 8.

Counting is on for Hardwar (Rural) seat, constituency No. 35 of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.

Vimlesh Paswan of BJP is leading the election for the Bansgaon seat, constituency No. 327 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly, with 70985 votes.