Maharashtra contest was unpredictable due to the Shiv Sena and NCP splits and new alliances. However, Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar, and the Congress's MVA emerged on top with 30 of the 48 seats.
Nearly a quarter of the BJP’s 441 Lok Sabha candidates were defectors who had joined the party between 2014 and 2024; out of 26 candidates who joined this year, 21 lost.
Union MoS lost to SP's Utkarsh Verma by margin of over 34k votes. Local SP leader says Sikh voters in constituency 'were agitated with him for his son’s involvement' in 2021 incident.
Amritpal Singh won from Khadoor Sahib by biggest margin this election in Punjab & Beant Singh's son Khalsa won in Faridkot. But, Simranjit Singh Mann lost his Sangrur seat.
Some BJP candidates like Ashok Tanwar from Sirsa, Mohan Lal Badoli from Sonipat and Ranjit Singh from Hisar complained about lack of support from party cadre, it is learnt.
The BJP, learnt to be considering ousting Nitish as Bihar CM after the election, now needs him for the coalition govt at the Centre; 2025 Bihar assembly polls are also a factor.
Kalpana Soren, who emerged as a star campaigner for JMM after her husband Hemant Soren was arrested by ED, is elected to Jharkhand assembly, defeating BJP's Dilip Kumar Verma.
India has avoided using the so-called Tibet card in the past but even this issue isn't off the table now as New Delhi works with the US to address the China factor.
According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.
Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.
Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.
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