The Congress on Wednesday lashed out at the BJP for playing negative politics and said the party would achieve a hat-trick of sitting in the opposition after the 2014 general elections.

If polls are held today, the BJP is likely to emerge as the single-largest party with 137 seats while the Congress is predicted to finish at second position with its tally dropping to 116, according to an opinion poll by Headlines Today-CVoter opinion poll.

Pakistani cricket-turned-politician Imran Khan left hospital on Wednesday after treatment for back injuries suffered in a fall in Lahore.

The model code of conduct has come into force with immediate effect for Mandi by-polls to be held on June 23, Uttarakhand Chief Electoral Officer Narinder Chauhan said.

Congress is likely to emerge winner in the Karnataka Assembly elections while ruling BJP could end up a distant loser, exit polls and predictions by TV channels claimed on Sunday.

Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month's presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, users and experts say.

Amid sporadic violence, nearly 70 percent of 1.1 crore rural voters on Sunday exercised their franchise for Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad elections in Punjab.

Union Labour Minister and senior Congress leader from Karnataka Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday indicated that he was ready to become Chief Minister if he was entrusted with the responsibility by the party leadership.

The Congress victory in Karnataka is a rejection of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ideology, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday.

The political scenario in Rajasthan will be analyzed at meetings that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will hold from Wednesday to chalk out a strategy ahead of Rajasthan assembly polls slated for later this year.