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From LS fillip, Haryana reality check, to Maharashtra fiasco, Congress staring at a long winter again

Congress oozed confidence after its solid show in LS polls. However, after Haryana & Maharashtra verdict, its authority as the leader of the INDIA bloc may be questioned.

In MP, Congress snatches Vijaypur seat from its six-time MLA who had defected to BJP

Mukesh Malhotra wins against Congress turncoat Ramniwas Rawat by 7,364 votes. Rawat's loss is a blow to the Madhya Pradesh BJP government, in which he is the minister of forests.

Aaditya Thackeray wins battle of the scions in Worli, beats Shiv Sena’s Milind Deora by 8,800 votes

Deora was chosen to contest from high-profile seat because Shinde did not want Thackeray to have a cakewalk, it is learnt. Thackeray's margin has come down drastically from 2019. 

How family members of Hemant Soren & 4 former Jharkhand CMs are faring this election

Apart from Heman Soren's wife Kalpana Soren, family members of ex-CMs Champai Soren, Madhu Kora, Raghubar Das, and Arjun Munda contested the Jharkhand assembly election.

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren stomps to victory in stronghold Barhait, beats BJP rival Hembrom

Defeating Hemant Soren in Barhait was expected to be challenging for BJP as JMM has held the seat since 1990 while Soren himself has won it twice, in 2014 and 2019.

Devendra Fadnavis wins for fourth time from Nagpur South West with lead of almost 40k votes

The ex-CM has successfully contested the assembly polls from Nagpur 5 times since 1999—twice from Nagpur West & thrice from Nagpur South West.

Congress’s Jyoti Gaikwad wins by 23,459 votes in Dharavi amid land grab charges against Adani, Mahayuti

In the Congress stronghold, Rajesh Khandare from Shinde's Shiv Sena is in second position. Uddhav Thackeray had vowed to scrap the Dharavi redevelopment tender if he returned to power.

Congress wrests Gowda stronghold Channapatna, HD Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil loses by hefty margin

This is the 3rd loss for Nikhil Kumaraswamy. Yogeeshwara, who won by 25,000+ votes, had defected from BJP to Congress ahead of bypolls, challenging the Deve Gowda family in stronghold.

BJP wins Kedarnath prestige battle as Asha Nautiyal clinches 3rd victory, beats Congress’s Manoj Rawat

The bypoll was necessitated by the death of Kedarnath MLA Shaila Rawat in July. Nautiyal is the Uttarakhand BJP Mahila Morcha president while Rawat is a former MLA.

TMC flexes muscle, NDA fares better than Oppn in bypolls. Here’s what trends show across 15 states

TMC flexes muscle, NDA fares better than Oppn in bypolls. Here's what trends show across 15 states.

On Camera

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.