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It is for the first time since Congress' tally of 141 seats in 1990 that a party has crossed the 100-seats mark in an Assembly election in Maharashtra.

In a major shift of power, the BJP is all set to form the government in the state after 15 years of the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party rule.

The Congress conceded defeat easily as was always going to be an uphill task for it facing strong anti-incumbency after 10 years in power.

One protester said police had reacted when a front line of demonstrators blocking a key road opened their umbrellas.

BS Yeddyurappa said that BJP and its leaders are on a successful path towards realising Modi's call for Congress free India.

While Congress won just over 40 seats in Maharashtra, it has been reduced to just 15 constituencies in Haryana.

She defeated her two principal rivals, Congress' Abhay Chhajed and NCP's Subhash Jagtap and managed to receive 95, 583 votes.

Both the formations--Congress and NCP and BJP and its oldest saffron alliance Shiv Sena--fought the elections this time on their own, without any alliance.

Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is leading in south Karad in western Maharashtra, over his nearest rival Vilaskaka Undalkar.

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The Cabinet has also decided to re-launch the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme started by the UPA government.

A total of 89.63 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Saturday's repoll, they said.

Reminding Modi of his promise made during Lok Sabha poll campaign about bringing back black money once voted to power, Anna voiced displeasure.

Dressed in a simple pink shirt and a black half Nehru jacket, popular Indian author Chetan Bhagat mopped his brow as he blinked in the harsh lights at the Dogra Auditorium at IIT Delhi.

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