Forty-eight hours after the election results that brought Trinamool Congress's tally in the Lok Sabha down from 34 to 22, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is to meet party leaders and all candidates who fought the polls at her home.

The number of Muslim lawmakers in India’s new parliament has gone up by four compared to the previous House, with 27 candidates from the community emerging victorious in the recent national elections.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Gujarat to seek the blessings of his mother Heeraben after his BJP-led National Democratic Alliance returned to power with a massive majority in the parliamentary elections.

A record number of women are set to enter India’s parliament after a marathon election that returned Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power, initial results showed yesterday.

The Congress has drawn a blank in 18 states and Union Territories -- an indicator of its decimation in the Lok Sabha polls.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tenders his resignation as per protocol to President Ram Nath Kovind after the Union Cabinet passed a resolution to dissolve the 16th Lok Sabha.

At least 19 students were killed in a massive fire which broke out at a coaching centre located in a multi-storeyed building in Gujarat's Surat city today, officials say.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi is likely to tender his resignation to the party after a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha election, sources say.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has expressed hope that the process of solving the unresolved bilateral issues including Teesta water sharing with India will be expedited through victory of Narendra Modi.

TV actress-turned-politician Bharatiya Janata Party leader Smriti Irani tweets a message of gratitude for the people of Amethi, the parliamentary constituency where she pulled off the giant feat of defeating Congress President Rahul Gandhi.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to return to power with historic mandate, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sweeping over 300 seats on its own. Modi is set to become only the third Prime Minister in India and the first non-Congress leader to be elected for a second consecutive time after completing a five-year term.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulates India's Narendra Modi for a triumphant victory that returned him to power in New Delhi after an election fought in the shadow of renewed confrontation between the nuclear-armed enemies.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi concedes defeat in the Lok Sabha elections 2019 but says that he will continue his ideological fight against the BJP.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls Indian Premier Narendra Modi and extended heartiest congratulations to him on his party’s landslide victory in the Indian general elections.

As trends pointed to a massive victory for BJP-led NDA in Lok Sabha elections 2019, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweets her congratulations to the winners while adding that her party will share its view only after the VVPATs are matched.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi was today involved in a see-saw battle in Amethi, the parliamentary constituency and bastion of the Gandhi dynasty, in Uttar Pradesh with early leads showing him trailing behind his BJP challenger Smriti Irani for some moment.

Preparations for a grand celebration are in full swing among India’s Bharatiya Janata Party workers and supporters after the party and its allies are heading for a victory for the second successive term.

The BJP, confident of winning the national election and returning to power with a huge majority, has asked some 20,000 workers to come to the party headquarters in Delhi this evening, reports Indian news portal NDTV.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has won the general election, a senior party leader said today.

Hours before the counting of votes are to start declaring the verdict of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appeared to have taken refuge in music to cool her nerves. She took to keyboard and played a Rabindra Sangeet tune, as seen in a video posted on Facebook from her official handle.