Kolkata: Security around West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence in Kalighat in the city was beefed up Monday afternoon following a directive of the Election Commission after a group of people reached near the place and raised 'Jai Sree Ram' slogans near her home,...
New Delhi: The 'None of the Above' or NOTA option has once again not found favour among voters, the Election Commission data on the result of polls to five assemblies shows. Except for Assam, the NOTA option has not crossed the one per cent mark....
Kolkata: Signalling a potential political churn in West Bengal, long dominated by TMC's Mamata Banerjee, the BJP crossed the halfway mark Monday, leading in 193 assembly seats against the TMC's 94 as counting progressed, according to Election Commission data. With the majority mark of 148...
Guwahati: Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi lost to BJP's Hitendranath Goswami by 23,182 votes in the Jorhat Assembly seat Monday, according to the Election Commission. Gogoi, the sitting MP of Jorhat, polled 46,257 votes, while Goswami secured 69,439 votes, retaining the seat for a third...
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha, Sagarika Ghose, Monday alleged a delay in vote counting in West Bengal, which went to polls in two phases last month. As counting trends put the BJP ahead of the Trinamool in Bengal, Ghose, in...
Yerevan (Armenia): European leaders Monday said US President Donald Trump's snap decision to pull thousands of American troops out of Germany came as a surprise but is a fresh sign that Europe must take care of its own security. The Pentagon announced last week that...
Dubai: The United States kicked off an effort to "guide" stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, as it tries to counter economic disruptions that outlasted the peak of fighting with no peace deal in sight. A day after US President Donald Trump announced...
New Delhi: India's manufacturing sector activity witnessed mild recoveries in growth of new business intakes and production, but rates of increase were the second-weakest in nearly four years. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index rose from 53.9 in March to 54.7 in...
Thiruvananthapuram: Celebrations began at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi and in Thiruvananthapuram on counting day as early trends in the Kerala Assembly elections indicated the party-led United Democratic Front (UDF) ahead in 90 seats as of 11:30 p.m. Congress alone is leading on 57...
Chennai: TVK national spokesperson Felix Gerald Monday expressed confidence that the party would form the government in Tamil Nadu with an absolute majority as initial election trends showed the party 'scaling high'. Speaking to PTI Videos, Gerald stated that the results were expected and claimed...
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