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Congress-NCP retains Maharashtra
MUMBAI, OCT. 16. At the end of a day full of tension, hope and disappointment, when the fortunes of two major political alliances swung between the possibility of victory and defeat, the pendulum finally swung in favour of the ...

Chief Ministership will be discussed, says Pawar
NEW DELHI. OCT. 16. Buoyed by the return to power of the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance and particularly by the performance of his party, the NCP leader, Sharad Pawar, suggested that if in the final tally his party secured more ...

SP-RLD wins 8 to get majority in Uttar Pradesh Assembly
NEW DELHI, OCT. 16. The ruling Samajwadi Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal won eight seats to reach an absolute majority in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly as the Congress and the Left Front notched up victories in 38 Assembly by-elections in 14 States. In ...

Australia on the back foot
CHENNAI, OCT. 16. The smile was back on Sourav Ganguly's face; more a smirk than a smile, really, the kind which appears when the Indian captain knows that he is on course to a victory. This time it surfaced after Anil Kumble pushed back Adam ...

THE PETER ROEBUCK COLUMN
Pleasure and pain for Kaif and Patel
Mohammad Kaif and Parthiv Patel experienced mixed fortunes as India continued to claw its way towards victory at Chepauk. As members of the younger brigade they started by batting with the utmost spirit as they took their team towards a ...

Supreme Court rejects plea for regional benches
NEW DELHI, OCT. 16. The Full Court of the Supreme Court has once again turned down the demand for setting up of regional benches of the court in Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai as it would affect the country's unitary character. The Full Court ...

Apang sworn in
ITANAGAR, OCT. 16.Gegong Apang was today sworn in as the 10th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for a record seventh time at a function at the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhawan here. The Opposition BJP boycotted the ...

Congress bags 13 seats in byelections; 7 for BJP
NEW DELHI, OCT. 16. The Congress today posted wins in 13 Assembly constituencies and wrested the Bidar Lok Sabha seat from the BJP, which bagged seven seats, byelections for which were held on Wednesday. The SP-RLD combine got a shot in the arm ...

I am one hundred per cent responsible for the defeat: Mahajan
MUMBAI, OCT. 16. The BJP-Shiv Sena today accepted defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections saying that the electorate did not give it the mandate it expected. "People are God and we cannot blame them for the verdict," said Pramod Mahajan, ...

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