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08 Oct 2024
Jammu And KashmirJ&K: JKPC's Sajad Lone leading in Handwara, trailing from Kupwara
Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference (JKPC) chief Sajjad Lone is leading from the Handwara constituency with 5,298 votes, followed by Chowdry Mohammad Ramzan of the National Conference (NC).
08 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)J&K: BJP leader names possible nominees to new assembly
Ahead of the declaration of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Assembly election results, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Vice-President Sofi Yousuf had announced the names of five probable nominees for the assembly.
08 Oct 2024
Farooq Abdullah'Why not...': Farooq Abdullah on post-poll alliance with PDP
The National Conference (NC) is willing to form a strategic post-poll alliance with the People's Democratic Party (PDP), NC leader and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Monday.
08 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)J&K election results: Iltija Mufti trails from Bijbehara seat
Iltija Mufti, the daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, is trailing from the Bijbehara assembly seat by over 1,800 votes.
08 Oct 2024
AmbalaHaryana election results: Anil Vij leading from Ambala Cantt seat
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Anil Vij is leading from Ambala Cantt seat in Haryana.
08 Oct 2024
HaryanaHaryana election results: Vinesh Phogat leads from Julana
Early trends in the Haryana Assembly election indicate that Congress candidate and Olympic wrestler Vinesh Phogat is leading from the Julana seat.
08 Oct 2024
Article 370J&K polls: Omar Abdullah leads from Ganderbal in early trends
As early trends started trickling in for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, National Conference (NC) vice president and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was leading from the Ganderbal constituency in Central Kashmir.
08 Oct 2024
Lok Sabha ElectionsMaharashtra: Congress seeks seat distribution based on Lok Sabha results
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)—an alliance of the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and the Nationalist Congress Party (SP)—is in talks over seat-sharing for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections.
08 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)BJP retains Haryana, Congress-NC to form government in J&K
Reversing exit poll predictions, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged the winner once again in the Haryana Assembly election.
08 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Haryana elections: Bhupinder Singh Hooda leading from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi
Congress leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is leading from the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seatin the 2024 Haryana Assembly elections, early trends show.
08 Oct 2024
JammuJ&K: LG's power to nominate 5 MLAs sparks massive row
The power of the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Jammu and Kashmir to nominate five members to the assembly has sparked a major controversy in the Union Territory.
07 Oct 2024
Article 370ECI begins counting of votes for Haryana, J&K election
The counting of votes for the recently concluded assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir began on Tuesday.
07 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Hooda, Selja, Surjewala—who'll be CM if exit polls are correct
Exit poll results from the Haryana Assembly elections indicate a clear advantage for the Congress, triggering a flurry of activity ahead of the final results on Tuesday.
07 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Explained: Controversy over Devendra Fadnavis's 'Nehru-Shivaji insult' remark
A political row has erupted between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, just days ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
07 Oct 2024
Chennai'Unmanageable...': What DMK's Kanimozhi said on Chennai air show deaths
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Member of Parliament Kanimozhi Karunanidhi has expressed sorrow over the deaths of five people at an Air Force air show in Chennai.
07 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'State-sponsored murders...': BJP blames Stalin for Chennai air show tragedy
The deaths of five spectators at the Chennai air show have sparked a political feud in Tamil Nadu.
07 Oct 2024
Kiren Rijiju'Don't become Congress's vote bank...': Rijiju's 'warning' to Muslims
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has accused the Congress of creating divisions among Hindus while appeasing Muslims.
06 Oct 2024
Arvind Kejriwal'Will campaign for BJP if...': Kejriwal's dare to PM Modi
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has issued a challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
05 Oct 2024
HaryanaExit polls: Congress to win Haryana, hung House in J&K
Exit polls have predicted a victory for the Congress in the Haryana Assembly elections.
05 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Video: Industrialist-MP Naveen Jindal reaches Haryana polling booth on horse
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Naveen Jindal made a unique entrance at a polling station in Kurukshetra, Haryana, on Saturday.
05 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)How accurate have exit polls been for Haryana, J&K
When voting in Haryana concludes on Saturday evening, all eyes will turn to exit polls, which will be broadcast from 7:00pm onwards.
04 Oct 2024
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Haryana Assembly election 2024: 22% voter turnout recorded till 11:00am
Voting for 90 assembly constituencies in Haryana began at 7:00am on Saturday.
04 Oct 2024
Amit Shah'Congress wants to take youth back to drugs': Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has accused the Congress of wanting to "take youth back to drugs," following a major drug bust in Delhi.
04 Oct 2024
Election Commission of India (ECI)Haryana Assembly elections: When will exit poll results be out
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that the exit poll results for the Haryana Assembly elections will be released after voting concludes on Saturday, October 5.
04 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'Wait and see...': Udhayanidhi on Pawan Kalyan's 'Sanatan Dharm' challenge
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Udhayanidhi Stalin has responded to Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan's recent challenge concerning his controversial "sanatan dharm is like malaria, dengue" remark.
04 Oct 2024
Chandrababu NaiduPawan Kalyan vs DMK over 'Sanatan Dharm like virus' remark
The controversy over the alleged presence of animal fat in the ghee used for making Tirupati laddus intensified after Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan referenced his "Sanatan dharm" pledge, indirectly targeting the DMK's Udhayanidhi Stalin from Tamil Nadu.
04 Oct 2024
Rahul GandhiRahul on 2-day trip to Maharashtra, to unveil Shivaji's statue
Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, is set to begin a two-day visit to Kolhapur in western Maharashtra on Friday.
04 Oct 2024
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Kejriwal to move into new residence in Lutyens's Delhi today
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal is set to move into his new residence at 5 Ferozeshah Road in Lutyens's Delhi on Friday.
03 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Kangana's 'country don't have fathers' remark sparks row
Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut has once again found herself in the midst of controversy.
02 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Siddaramaiah faces backlash after Congress worker removes his shoes
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is facing criticism after a video surfaced online showing a Congress worker removing his shoes during a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on Wednesday.
02 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Prashant Kishor launches Jan Suraaj Party in Bihar
Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor launched his political party, the Jan Suraaj Party, in Patna on Wednesday.
02 Oct 2024
Narendra Modi'Gandagi ko zindagi maan...': Modi on Swachh Bharat's 10 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked the 10th anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission on Wednesday with a scathing critique of previous governments.
01 Oct 2024
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'Asked BJP for 10 seats in Maharashtra polls': Ramdas Athawale
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said on Tuesday that he has asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to give eight to 10 seats to his party, the Republican Party of India (A), in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections.
01 Oct 2024
Atishi'Stopped from meeting Sonam Wangchuk': Atishi
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Tuesday claimed that she was stopped outside the Bawana Police Station and was not allowed to meet Sonam Wangchuk when she was heading to meet the climate activist demanding autonomy for Ladakh.
01 Oct 2024
Narendra Modi'Whose money?': Rahul invokes 'Ambani wedding' to attack Modi
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of creating a financial structure that favors industrialists.
01 Oct 2024
Narendra ModiIf not Prashant Kishor, who'll be leader of his party
Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor has announced that he will not be the leader of his new political outfit, Jan Suraaj.
01 Oct 2024
SiddaramaiahWhat Siddaramaiah said on wife returning land amid MUDA 'scam'
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Tuesday that his wife, BM Parvathi, who chose to return the 14 compensatory land sites received from the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), was a "victim of politics of hate against him."
01 Oct 2024
Rahul GandhiModi's arrogance will be…': Gandhi condemns Wangchuk's detention
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday condemned the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and his supporters by the Delhi Police at the Singhu border, calling it "unacceptable."
01 Oct 2024
Rahul Gandhi'Your family did naach-gaana all their lives...': Yogi attacks Rahul
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his "naach-gaana" comment on the January 22 consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
01 Oct 2024
Ajit PawarWhy Congress launched 'Laapataa Ladies' campaign ahead of Maharashtra polls
Ahead of the Maharashtra elections, the Congress has launched the 'Laapataa Ladies' campaign, named after Kiran Rao's film, to highlight the government's handling of women's safety under Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
