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The party was also poised to roar back to power in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand with thumping majority and locked in a close contest for power in two other states – Goa and Manipur.

The election is a three-way race between the BJP, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, led by Mayawati, a four-time former chief minister.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party clinched a landslide victory in India’s most populous state of 220 million people, the Electoral Commission said on its website on Saturday.

The nation’s acting president is calling for unity and calm as the impeached former President Park Geun-hye packs her bags.

In 2012, the BJP tried to cash in on former chief minister BC Khanduri’s clean image but bagged only 31 of the 70 seats putting Congress in the driver’s seat. The BJP won just 53 seats.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday both Britain and the European Union were ready to get on with divorce talks, but gave little away on when she will trigger the formal Brexit procedure.

It’s revisionist history, Soviet style.

The swamp is stunned.

An examination of mining injuries from 1983 to 2006 revealed that the Monday after a time change, workers sustained more injuries compared to the rest of the year. It is in the Spring, we move forward an hour.

BJP SNIFFS AN OPPORTUNITY Here’s how that could be possible in Goa.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker attempted to put a fearless face on Britain’s impending departure.

Sensing his party’s drive for votes in India’s most politically prized state had stalled, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared his schedule and thrust himself into the heart of the battle.

“All ministers will be decided by the party leadership”, he said.

Moon Jae-in, a former opposition party leader who lost to Park in the 2012 election, is the front-runner in opinion surveys.

“The poll panel has said that it has made repeated visit to Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and met the representatives of all parties, including your party”. The poll body also quoted court orders endorsing EVMs and said Mayawati’s demand for probe is legally not...