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Daughter’s challenge to dad in Rajasthan’s Alwar Rural fizzles out, but Congress beats both

Meena Kumari contested as an Independent against her father, BJP’s Jairam Jatav, from the Alwar Rural seat. Congress candidate Tikaram Jully wins seat, repeating 2018 victory.

In MP’s Indore-1, BJP national general secy Kailash Vijayvargiya wins by over 57,000 votes

Vijayvargiya had voiced his surprise at being fielded to fight the polls. Meanwhile, his rival, Congress’s Sanjay Shukla, has repeatedly called him an ‘outsider’.

MP Congress chief Kamal Nath leads in Chhindwara bastion, but BJP set to form govt

By evening, BJP had won 43 of MP's 230 seats, with a lead in 122 others. Congress, which emerged as the single-largest player in 2018, had won 11 and was leading in 53.

In Chhattisgarh’s Baghel vs Baghel battle, CM Bhupesh defeats nephew Vijay by over 19,000 votes

The uncle-nephew fight is one of the most watched battles of the Chhattisgarh assembly election. Bhupesh and Vijay were also pitted against each other in 2003, 2008, and 2013.

BJP’s Hyderabad firebrand ‘Tiger’ Raja Singh retains Goshamahal, defeats BRS rival by 21,000 votes

Unlike in the other seats in this part of the city, Muslims are a minority in Goshamahal with a voting population of about 70,000.

In Nathdwara, Maharana Pratap’s descendant beats Congress veteran CP Joshi in close fight

BJP’s Vishwaraj Singh Mewar, a member of erstwhile Mewar royal family who fought the election on his lineage, defeated outgoing speaker Joshi by 7,504 votes.

BJP minister Narottam Mishra loses by 7,742 votes as party romps home in Madhya Pradesh

A prominent Brahmin face, Mishra was virtually No. 2 to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, but has courted many controversies in his career.

Ex-Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay, credited with party’s advances in state, loses Karimnagar seat

Sanjay lost from Karimnagar in 2018 to Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s Gangula Kamalakar, who won the seat by a margin of 3,163 votes. He won the 2019 parliamentary polls from Karimnagar.

Telangana Congress chief Revanth Reddy wins Kodangal, in third spot in Kamareddy

In Kodangal, Revanth beat closest rival, BRS's Patnam Narendar Reddy, by over 32,000 votes. Kamareddy, the 2nd seat from where he contested, went to BJP's Katipally Venkata Rama Reddy.

Counting underway in 4 states, Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc on 6 December

Party was waiting for results before starting talks of seat-sharing with the other alliance partners, it is learnt.

On Camera

Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.