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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...

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...

Kolkata: In a see-saw battle, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee regained the lead over BJP challenger Suvendu Adhikari in the high-profile Bhabanipur constituency after the third round of counting Monday. According to Election Commission data, Banerjee was ahead by 898 votes...

Kolkata/Chennai: BJP was forging a possible victory path in West Bengal with leads in 109 seats against the ruling TMC's 63 and surging ahead in Assam while actor-politician Vijay's TVK was set for a stunning debut in Tamil Nadu, ahead in 103 seats, leaving the...

Guwahati: The ruling NDA was leading in 87 seats in Assam while the Congress was ahead in 21 constituencies, according to the Election Commission. The EC has released trends for 114 of the 126 constituencies in the state, with the BJP leading in 71 while...

Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress and the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were in a neck-and-neck battle in West Bengal with the latter slightly ahead after the first two hours of counting of votes. As of 10 a.m., the trends for 176 of 293 Assembly...