Election

Kalpetta (Kerala): Congress president Rahul Gandhi is heading for a record-breaking margin against his nearest rival CPI’s PP Suneer in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency here Thursday, as roads in front of counting centres in this hill town wore a deserted look. As counting progressed,...

Nabarangpur: Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) Prakash Chandra Majhi was declared winner in Jharigam Assembly seat in the tribal-dominated Nabarangpur district, Election Commission sources said. Majhi defeated his close opponent—Congress’s Uldhar Majhi— by a margin of 31,444 votes. Prakash got 77, 535 votes, while Uldhar Majhi...

New Delhi: Certain of clinching all the seven seats in the national capital, the BJP continued to dominate the trends with two of its candidates taking the lead by a margin of over 3.40 lakh votes while the Congress and AAP trailed at the second...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Thursday Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for winning the Assembly elections in the state for the fifth time. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1131503246953013248 “Congratulations to Naveen Babu for yet another victory in Odisha. Wishing him the very best for the next term,”...

Bhopal: BJP’s controversial candidate Pragya Singh Thakur has established a lead of over two lakh votes against Congress’ Digvijay Singh in Bhopal, as the saffron party is ahead on 28 out of 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh and looks to sweep the mandate....

Nabarangpur: Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) Sadashiv Pradhani has emerged winner in the Nabarangpur Assembly seat, EC sources said, after concluding of the last rounds of counting in the tribal-dominated area. Pradhani got the victory after defeating his close opponent BJP’s Gouri Shankar Majhi by a...

Mumbai: The film industry in Mumbai and other parts of the country took to the social media to congratulate the BJP and Narendra Modi after it became apparent that the party and its allies were on their way to achieve a landslide win. Here’s what...

Lucknow: The BJP and its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) continued to march ahead of their rivals, leading in 59 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, according to the Election Commission trends at 1.00pm. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading in Varanasi by...

Jerusalem (Israel): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday became the first world leader to congratulate his counterpart Narendra Modi for scripting an “impressive victory” in the general elections and vowed to strengthen their “great friendship” as well as bilateral ties. Riding on a massive Modi...

New Delhi: Industry leaders Adi Godrej, Anil Agarwal and Uday Kotak said Thursday it was time for transformation of India to achieve its ambition to become a global superpower under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as trends showed BJP-led NDA returning to power...