CPI candidate comes a distant second, BJP third. Congress invested heavily in campaign, focusing on local issues such as agrarian distress & rehabilitation of landslide victims.
PM Modi says Maharashtra witnessed 'triumph of development, good governance, and genuine social justice', promises BJP 'will work harder for Jharkhand's development'.
Voting in the 2 states began at 7 am Wednesday for 288 seats of Maharashtra assembly elections & 2nd phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections, covering the state's remaining 38 seats.
In Episode 1555 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta examines the state's six regions, their significance, and the power-share dynamics within coalitions.
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi workers claim to have caught Tawde with Rs 5 crore cash at a hotel. Tawde denies allegations, says went to the hotel to speak with party workers.
Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Karnataka, Meghalaya, UP and West Bengal among other states are going to bypolls. Contests in many seats are multipolar.
The elections, soon after assembly results from Haryana and J&K, are likely to have a bearing on the cohesiveness of the opposition alliance & be a verdict on the BJP’s strategies.
Congress won more postal ballots than BJP in 34 seats where it lost. The party is using this to allege that EVMs were ‘manipulated’. Postal ballots made up 0.57% of total votes cast.
Congress & BJP chose opposite strategies for 2024 polls. Experts say Congress’s Jat-centric campaign may have led other caste groups to rally behind BJP, which focused on non-Jats.
If there is bad blood between the CEC and the Opposition leaders, it will shake the people’s faith in election results. It’s the worst thing that could happen to Indian democracy.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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