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Chennai: Ending nearly six decades of Dravidian dominance in Tamil Nadu politics, actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has emerged as the surprise winner in the 2026 Assembly elections. Contesting its maiden election, the party has not only made a dramatic entry but...

 Kolkata: Incidents of arson and vandalism at offices of the Trinamool Congress were reported across West Bengal Monday as BJP workers celebrated their landslide victory in the state. Police said TMC offices in Kolkata's Tollygunge and Kasba, in Baruipur, Kamarhati, Baranagar in the suburbs, and...

Bhubaneswar/Ahmedabad: After successful roadshows in Hyderabad and Kolkata, Odisha is now set to take its investment momentum to Gujarat, with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi embarking on a three-day visit to the western state Tuesday. Building a strong industrial bridge between east and west, the...

Kolkata: Flex boards, party banners and festoons at Trinamool Congress offices across West Bengal were allegedly defaced and damaged following the BJP's landslide victory in the Assembly polls on Monday, even as the saffron party denied any role in the incidents, officials said Monday. The...

Chennai: Outgoing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin Monday accepted the people’s mandate in the Assembly elections and said the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) would now function as a “constructive and effective Opposition”. In a message posted on social media, the DMK president congratulated the...

Kolkata: In a dramatic, high-stakes contest that mirrored the political theatre of Nandigram five years ago, BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Monday defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her home turf Bhabanipur, delivering a blow to the Trinamool Congress amid a sweeping saffron surge across the state....

Kolkata: TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee Monday termed the BJP's landslide victory in the state polls "immoral" and alleged that the mandate in more than 100 seats was "looted". "We will bounce back," she said while walking out of the counting centre at her Bhabanipur Assembly...

Thiruvananthapuram: Bringing the curtain down on a defining chapter in Kerala politics, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday night submitted his resignation to Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar, hours after the CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) suffered an unprecedented electoral drubbing. The Governor asked Vijayan to...

Guwahati: Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi retained the Sibsaar assembly constituency for the second consecutive term, defeating the BJP's Kushal Dowari by 17272 votes. Gogoi, who was trailing in the initial stages of counting, polled 86,521 votes while Dowari secured 69,249 votes, according to the...

Guwahati: The ruling NDA is set to form the government in Assam for the third time in a row after securing majority with the alliance winning 77 seats, more than the halfway mark of 68 in the 126-member assembly, on Monday as the counting progresses...