Jharkhand polls: Hemant Soren-led alliance leads on 50 seats, NDA on 29

Ranchi (IANS) Trends from all 81 Assembly seats in Jharkhand indicate that the INDIA Bloc is leading in 50 constituencies, while the NDA is ahead on 29 seats. Independents and others are leading in two constituencies. 

As per the Election Commission's…

NDA sweeps Bihar bypolls

Patna (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Saturday won all four Assembly seats in Bihar by-election. 

In Tarari, BJP candidate Vishal Prasant has won defeating CPI-ML candidate Raju Yadav. Prashant secured 78,755 votes, Yadav garnered…

Congress wins Palakkad Assembly by-election handsomely

Palakkad (Kerala) (IANS) The contest in Kerala's Palakkad Assembly bypoll was described as a triangular fight, but Congress candidate Rahul Mamkootathil on Saturday won by a record margin of over 18,000 votes and it turned out to be more of a…

Meghalaya bypoll: CM's wife and NPP's Mehtab Chandee wins by more than 4,500 votes

Shillong (IANS) The ruling dispensation National People’s Party (NPP) has won the by-election from the Gambegre assembly seat by breaching the Congress bastion. The NPP candidate Mehtab Chandee A. Sangma won the bypoll by a margin of 4,594 votes defeating…

Priyanka Gandhi wins debut election from Wayanad by a margin of over 4 lakh, falls slightly short of Rahul's record

Wayanad (Kerala) (IANS) Right from the day the Congress announced her candidature for the Wayanad Lok Seat bypoll, the only thing the people in Kerala were discussing was whether General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would be able to beat her brother…

Mahayuti's Ladki Bahin Brahmastra demolishes MVA in Maharashtra

Mumbai (IANS) The Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana has proved to be a game changer for the MahaYuti alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP in the Maharashtra Assembly elections.  

Despite the opposition terming it a 'bribe' to the…

Hemant Soren poised to form govt in Jharkhand for second time

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand's ruling alliance, comprising the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), the Congress, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and the CPI-ML, led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, is on course to retain power and for the first time in the…

ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, Hamas leader Deif

The Hague (IANS) The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif.

In a statement,…

Putin warns attacks on Russian territory dragging Ukraine war into global dimension

Moscow (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in a televised address that the Ukraine war has obtained features of a global conflict after attacks by Western missiles on Russia's Kursk and Bryansk regions.

"Since this moment,…

India’s business activity surges to 3-month high in Nov: Report

New Delhi (IANS) India's business activity surged to a three-month high in November, driven by robust growth in the services sector and record job creation, according to the HSBC survey for the month. 

"Services saw a pick-up in growth,…