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Will BJP break Naveen Patnaik’s 25-year reign in Odisha? BJD slips below halfway mark

The BJD was leading in 48 seats as of 4 pm, while the BJP was leading in 80. Since its inception in 1997, BJD has never lost assembly elections in the state.

BJP’s Geeta Koda trailing in Jharkhand’s tribal Singhbhum by 1 lakh+ votes

Koda, Jharkhand’s lone Congress MP since the 2019 election, joined the BJP in February of this year.

Nakul Nath set to lose Chhindwara seat, a Congress stronghold & family bastion since 1952

Sitting Congress MP & Kamal Nath's son Nakul Nath is trailing behind Chhindwara BJP chief Bunty Sahu by 1 lakh votes. There were rumours of Kamal Nath switching to BJP before polls.

AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal trails by 7L+ votes in Assam’s Dhubri, Congress set to regain lost ground

Ajmal’s likely defeat can impact AIUDF’s prospects in the electoral landscape of the state, but keep the Congress afloat in the 2026 assembly elections.

BJP en route to making inroads in Kerala for first time, Suresh Gopi leads race in Thrissur

Actor-politician is leading by a margin of 74,686 votes in this seat, considered to be state’s cultural capital.

In Kerala, Congress-led UDF headed for victory against LDF, BJP eyes 1st Lok Sabha win

Congress-led UDF is leading in 18 of the 20 seats in Kerala. Both LDF and the BJP are leading in one seat each.

Congress wins 4 of 6 seats in Himachal bypolls, secures majority in assembly

The party improved its tally from the existing 34 to 38. The BJP’s tally has gone up to 27 following victory in two seats.

BJP leads in 17 of 28 seats in Karnataka, losing ground after winning 25 in 2019

From winning 1 seat in 2019 to leading in 9 in 2024, Congress makes major gains as BJP's pre-poll alliance partner JD(S) leads in 2 of 3 seats it contested.

Congress’s KC Venugopal wins by 63,000-plus votes in Kerala’s Alappuzha

LDF was angry with Congress fielding him since Alappuzha is lone Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala which it won in 2019. Currently, Venugopal is Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan.

Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan going strong in Pulivendula assembly seat, leads by 54,000-plus votes

Jagan is two-time MLA (2014 & 2019) from high-profile seat, which was held previously by his father & ex-CM of united AP, YSR, until his demise in helicopter crash in 2009.

On Camera

No insult to Ayurveda. AIIMS an attempt to bring good standards of medical education—Amrit Kaur

On 18 February 1956, 'Rajkumari' Amrit Kaur, India's first health minister, moved the Bill in Lok Sabha for the establishment of AIIMS in Delhi. She wanted it to have the powers and functions of a university because it will 'probably make revolutionary changes in curriculum as well as in modes of teaching'.

Cash-strapped Karnataka hikes fuel tax by Rs 3/l, could earn Rs 2,500-3,000 cr more per yr

Move to bring down differences in commodity prices with neighbouring states, says government. Oppn, dealers blame it on welfare, Congress's guarantees.

With an eye on China, IAF expands taxi track at Leh airport, new shelters being built

Expanded taxi track is smaller than those meant for civilian operations, but is long enough for fighters & military transport aircraft to operate.

Sangh wants BJP to know it’s not dispensable. It’s a rap on the knuckles, nothing more

Occasional lovers’ tiffs have marked history of RSS-BJP relations. To think that Nagpur will bring about any change in leadership is a misreading of both its intent and its power.