LONDON: Britain's foreign minister for India Hugo Swire has said India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biggest challenge will be to prove "that he is the prime minister of the whole of India and of people of all faiths". Swire told TOI that Modi's non-secular image since the Gujarat riots in

Despite a concerted effort by "secular" parties to get Muslims to vote en bloc against BJP, the saffron challenger prevailed largely because of what is being called "reverse polarization". In both UP and Bihar, which have a significant population of Muslims, the BJP pulled off big wins. Talking t

NDA Leading Won Total BJP 0 283 283 TDP 0 16 16 SHS 0 19 19 SAD 0 4 4 MNS 0 0 0 AINRC 0 1 1 Apna Dal 0 2 2 DMDK 0 0 0 HJC (BL) 0 0 0 LJP 0 6 6 MDMK 0 0 0 NPF 0 1

NEW DELHI: The 2014 Lok Sabha election results have taken a lot of parties and contestants by surprise on Friday. When many did not expect the Modi-led BJP to touch the magic figure of 272 seats, the failure of many prominent regional parties to even open their accounts came as a huge shock. DMK:

BANGALORE: In the results declared till pre-noon, the BJP had won four seats in Karnataka, was leading in 15 Lok Sabha constituencies followed by the Congress in 7 and the JD(S) in two. The four results declared were from Shimoga, Udupi-Chikmagalur, Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada. Former chi

NEW DELHI: The BJP declared "the start of a new era" in the world's biggest democracy on Friday as the ruling Congress conceded defeat in elections that exposed anger about sickly economic growth and rampant corruption. Preliminary results and media projections at the climax of the marathon six-w

India's main opposition BJP is making hefty gains over the ruling Congress party as hundreds of millions of votes cast during its mammoth nine-phase general election are being counted. The BJP is leading in 250 of 485 seats for which initial indications are available, while the ruling Congress part

New Delhi: The Election Commission is all set to count on Friday some 550 million votes cast in the Lok Sabha polls that are widely expected to return the BJP to power, a top official said on Thursday. “We are fully prepared and geared up for the counting day tomorrow ... There is absolutely no

New Delhi: On the eve of the Lok Sabha election results, Congress leader Rashid Alvi today suggested that all regional secular parties should come together and elect West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the leader to keep BJP out of power. Admitting that it may be difficult for Congress

Renowned activist will always be remembered for his tireless struggle to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Gujarat pogroms and fake encounter killings. Press Release | Bhatkallys.com Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC - www.iamc.com), an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's

HYDERABAD: Two persons were killed today in Kishanbagh area of Old City after communal clashes broke out over alleged burning of a religious flag leading police to open fire to quell the mob. At least seven people, besides a few police personnel, were injured in the incidents but it was not immed

NEW DELHI: With counting for general elections 2014 due to start at 8am on May 16 across 989 counting centres, Election Commission officials said nearly all trends would be in by 11am and the final results known by 3-4pm. The first trends are expected to trickle in as early as 8.30am and by 11am, a

VARANASI: As the sun sets along the Dasaswamedh Ghat and chants of the Ganga aarti rent the air, a restive population waits for its moment in history. While BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is clearly the star of the show, dominating every discussion and quarrel, Benarasis are turn

AFTAB H. KOLA/TIMES OF OMAN Kolkata: Tea producers in the North East, backed by the government, are aggressively venturing into tea tourism projects. Tea tourism has become a rage these days. Lured by the irresistible charm of the perfumed mist and eucalyptus-scented air permeating above the

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that it plans to clamp down on beef exports if it takes power after that general election that ends on Monday, threatening supplies from one of the world's biggest shippers of the meat. Surprisingly in a country where so many view cows a

A day before polling for the high stake contest here, Uttar Pradesh police and election commission officials today conducted search at BJP's regional office in the city and seized campaign material, prompting strong protest from the party. A flying squad of the state police and EC swooped down on

President of the All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations, Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan condemned organisations like Boko Haram in Nigeria and the “Islamic State in Iraq & Syria” (Da’ish) as terrorists and enemies of Islam and Muslims. He said such organ

The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations, condemned the arrest of Kashmir’s renowned scholar and thinker Dr Ghulam Qadir Lone on 2 May by the Dangiwacha police for his alleged appeal to people during an address in a mosque not to participate in elect