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Congress picks Ashok Gehlot as Rajasthan CM, Sachin Pilot as Deputy CM

Gehlot is a two-term chief minister of the state, having served from 1998 to 2003 and 2008 to 2013

Sachin Pilot hints at Cabinet expansion in Rajasthan in near future

On Monday, 23 ministers, including 13 cabinet and 10 state ministers took oath

'Safa' and sound: Sachin Pilot keeps his Congress promise, wears a turban

The 41-year-old leader had pledged in 2014 not to wear the traditional turban till the party returns to power in Rajasthan

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel assigns portfolios, keeps finances, mining

Minister T S Singh Deo has been given panchayat and rural development, health & family welfare, medical education, planning, economics and statistics, 20- point programme and commercial taxes

Bhupesh Baghel takes oath as Chhattisgarh's third chief minister

The two senior leaders also in the fray for the coveted post, T S Singhdeo and Tamradwaj Sahu also took oath as cabinet ministers

Bhupesh Baghel will be Chhattisgarh's new chief minister, says Congress

Baghel, 57, is an OBC leader and the led the party to a two-thirds majority in the mineral-rich state, ousting the Bharatiya Janata Party's government

Bhupesh Baghel likely to be Chhattisgarh CM; Cong to announce name tomorrow

The sources also indicated that unlike Rajasthan, there would be no deputy chief minister

Ashok Gehlot: The magician who could be Rahul's first preference as CM

There is no dearth of Congressmen who think that if the Congress scores a narrow-margin victory in Rajasthan, Gehlot would be Rahul's first preference as chief minister

Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot meet Rahul Gandhi for talks on Rajasthan CM post

Both Gehlot and Pilot were called by the Congress president for an amicable settlement to the issue

CM-elects Kamal Nath, Ashok Gehlot invite Chandrababu Naidu for swearing-in

On December 11, Rahul Gandhi led-Congress emerged as the largest party in Madhya Pradesh winning 114 seats while In Rajasthan, the Congress had bagged 99 out of 199 seats to wrest power from the BJP

23 ministers take oath of office to join Ashok Gehlot govt in Rajasthan

The cabinet ministers include B D Kalla, Shanti Kumar Dhariwal, Parsadi Lal Meena, Master Bhanwar Lal Meghwal, Lal Chand Kataria and Raghu Sharma

Mysterious posters project Ahmed Patel as Gujarat CM

Gujarat is considered to be the BJP's Hindutva lab where other parties are wary of projecting Muslim issues

In Sikkim, SDF, SKM lock horns over Assembly seat reservation

Election to the 32-member Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat will be held in Sikkim on April 11.

BJP, Congress locked in tight battle in Arunachal assembly seat

The state is going to simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls on April 11

Coalition govts did better than Modi's 'one-man show': Chandrababu Naidu

In the 2014 elections, the TDP had won 102 of the 175 assembly seats and 15 of the Lok Sabha seats

BJD fields women candidates on 33% seats; Tathagat Satpathy steps aside

Patnaik also announced names of seven other assembly seats and denied party tickets to five sitting MLAs, including to Bijay Mohanty.

Opposition leaders show unity at Kumaraswamy's swearing-in

H D Kumaraswamy was on Wednesday sworn in as the Karnataka chief minister

Ramgarh bypoll result: Congress wins, touches 100 tally in Rajasthan

Congress candidate Shafia Khan won by a margin of 12,228 votes after polling 83,311 votes

The most important factor for voters is CM candidate, says ADR survey

After CM, voters looked at the candidate's party and the candidate, according to the survey

Here's why Congress' win in Rajasthan battle could cost it the war in 2019

At a time when delivering on promises should be a priority, the party is occupied with settling its own power equations in the state