A day after UPA emerged as a winner in the 15th Lok Sabha elections, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi celebrated the victory with senior Congress leaders at party's 'election war-room' here.

Rahul Gandhi celebrates victory at 'election war-room' office

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The Trinamool Congress, which displayed spectacular performance in West Bengal bagging 19 seats in the Lok Sabha polls, today said it would not bargain for portfolios but wanted a stable government at the Centre.

Trinamool won't bargain for portfolios: Trivedi

Congress leader Digvijay Singh today said his suggestion that the party should contest Lok Sabha polls alone in Uttar Pradesh was considered &quot;not good&quot; by some people, but the party's spectacular performance have proved them wrong.

Digvijay not to join Cong Govt

Knitwear garment exporters today said that they should be exempted from the purview of income tax by the new Government coming up at the Centre for three years, so that it would help to reduce the prices and the 'competitiveness' could be increased.

Exporters seek IT exemption for three years from new govt

Azam Khan resigns as general secretary of Samajwadi Party and also its Parliamentary Board.

NEWSALERT: Azam Khan resigns as SP general secy

Third Front, led by Left parties, will not be holding their scheduled meeting tomorrow, says Forward Bloc leader Debabrata Biswas.

NEWSALERT: Third Front not to hold meeting tomorrow

UP BJP leader Kalraj Mishra today said that Samajwadi Party had lost Muslim votes in the state due to the Kalyan Singh factor while the Dalit votes had also shifted away from the BSP.

Muslim votes shifted from SP, Dalit votes from BSP: BJP

The country may not have the answer for why there are still so few women MPs, but the election odds are clear - women outperformed men in securing victory this election.

Odds of winning election favour women

The inclusion in the UPA's Common Minimum Programme that the Centre would protect territorial integrity of Manipur helped Congress win both the parliamentary seats in the state, political observers said here today.

UPA's CMP helped Congress in Manipur: observers

As the UPA is set to form the next government at the Centre, young Congress MPs today attributed party's victory in the Lok Sabha polls to Rahul Gandhi's leadership and his campaigning on the issues of development.

Congress' victory goes to Rahul Gandhi: young MPs

The MDMK has sought a re-election in Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency, where its leader Vaiko was defeated by Congress, alleging &quot;largescale irregularity&quot; in the polling process.

Vaiko's polling agent seeks re-election in Virudhunagar

The Congress core group met today to discuss the political situation and issues related to government formation following the impressive performance of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the Lok Sabha elections.

Congress core group meets to discuss government formation

BJP in Karnataka has postponed its tomorrow's legislature party meeting to May 21, party sources said today.

BJP postpones its Legislature party meet

&nbsp;After a gruelling campaign marked by acrimony and intra-party dissidence, Congress nominee Suresh Kalmadi managed to retain his seat from Pune with a modest margin of over 25,000 votes.

A bruised Kalmadi romps home, attacks Ajit Pawar

With the UPA winning a decisive mandate without the Left nagging, insurance industry feels that the new government could bring in legislation for raising foreign direct investment cap in the sector to 49 per cent.

Insurers expects liberalisation of sector to be expedited

Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh today indicated that the party would support the UPA but said the nature of support would depend on &quot;what the alliance wants from us&quot;.

Ready to support UPA: SP

Enthused by the decisive verdict to UPA, the stock markets could witness a strong rally of up to 1,000 points with investors particularly rejoicing that the new government would be without the influence of Left parties.

Markets await bull run tomorrow with UPA on board without Left

Dismissed by the Left, the 'celebrity brigade' of Trinamool Congress &mdash; two popular filmstars and a singer-poet &mdash; emerged triumphant in the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal pulling an upset in the Marxist bastion.

Mamata's 'celeb brigade' triumphs in WB

NCP today said the UPA's victory in the Lok Sabha polls was a vindication of the policies adopted by the coalition and expressed support to the Congress in government formation.

UPA win a vindication of its policies, says NCP

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) today steered clear on the issue of inclusion of Samajwadi Party in the next United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

NCP steers clear on inclusion of SP in UPA

&nbsp;As the ruling BJD swept the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Orissa with a landslide victory, many heavyweights belonging to Congress and BJP were made to bite the dust.

Heavyweights swept away by BJD wave in Orissa

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