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Congress Raj Babbar leads by 2000+ votes against BJP heavyweight Rao Inderjit in Gurgaon

A former UP Congress chief, Babbar’s name was cleared by high command, ignoring senior party leader and former Haryana minister Captain Ajay Singh Yadav's bid to contest.

Surprise in Kashmir as ex-CMs Mehbooba & Omar lose, jailed Engineer Rashid wins. BJP captures Jammu

National Conference won 2 out of 3 seats in the Valley, with PDP drawing a blank. BJP’s grip in Jammu region's 2 seats has remained steady, but Ladakh has slipped from its grasp.

Big boost to ‘Brand Thackeray’ — Shiv Sena (UBT) in the lead in Mumbai

There was a direct tussle between the two Shiv Senas in three of the six seats in Mumbai. As of 1 PM, Shiv Sena (UBT) was leading in all these seats against the Shinde-led Shiv Sena.

DMK alliance sweeps all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu, NDA comes second in 11

DMK victory comes as a boost for party president and Chief Minister Stalin ahead of the 2026 assembly polls. For the AIADMK and BJP, the ‘perception battle’ has been a mixed bag.

AIMIM’s only Maharashtra MP Imtiaz Jaleel trails in fight with 2 Senas, Ambedkar’s VBA

Shinde Sena ahead in constituency where Jaleel led a ‘secular’ campaign, emphasising his support for Muslims, Dalits, Dhangars and Marathas.

Fielded in place of Varun, BJP’s Jitin Prasada leads by over 1 lakh votes in Pilibhit

Varun Gandhi, who had won the last election by a margin of over 2.56 lakh votes, stayed away from the party’s campaign in Pilibhit this time.

Despite Ayodhya Ram Mandir, sitting BJP MP Lallu Singh loses in Faizabad

The national party is not doing well in UP overall, winning just 23 seats and leading in 10 as of 8.30pm, while the INDIA bloc marches ahead.

BJP’s Jyoti Mirdha trails by 40,000 votes against RLP’s Hanuman Beniwal from Rajasthan’s Nagaur

Jyoti Mirdha’s video seeking 400-plus seats for the BJP so it could make changes to the Constitution went viral during her campaign. She is the granddaughter of late six-time MP Nathuram Mirdha.

Contesting on BJP ticket, Sita Soren leads in Jharkhand’s Dumka, Shibu Soren’s former seat

JMM veteran Nalin Soren, who is also a founding member of the party, is trailing. Dumka has been a JMM bastion, with Shibu Soren having won the seat several times.

Samajwadi Party to bag majority of SC seats in UP as Dalit politics shifts, Chandrashekhar Azad leads

The BSP, which won 10 seats in the last Lok Sabha when it was in an alliance with the SP, has arguably received a fatal blow this election.

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.