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Phir se Nitish as BJP-JD(U) storm Bihar; Tejashwi’s gamble falls flat

The NDA had a significant lead over the Mahagathbandhan early afternoon Friday, according to the Bihar election results trend.

RJD’s Tejashwi fends off a BJP scare in family bastion, retains Raghopur after intense see-saw battle

Tejashwi was initially trailing, but he went into lead after 8th round of counting. Kumar wrested the lead, before Tejashwi snatched it back in round 19 & 20.

Congress wrests Jubilee Hills from BRS. It’s advantage Revanth ahead of crucial local body polls

Naveen Yadav registers victory against his nearest rival & Bharat Rashtra Samithi candidate Maganti Sunitha Gopinath by a margin of nearly 25,000 votes.

Bihar polls: Not a VIP show, Mukesh Sahani fails to transfer EBC votes for Mahagathbandhan

VIP founder Mukesh Sahani comes from EBC community of the Mallahs, who constitute 2.66% of Bihar population. Mahagatbandhan brought him in in the hope of denting NDA's EBC votebank.

Politics tough nut to crack—IIT-IIM grad Congress’ candidate faces BJP drubbing in Patna Sahib

Mahagathbandhan had fielded Shashant Shekhar hoping to garner support of the youth as well as keeping caste combinations in mind in this urban constituency.

A silver lining: RJD’s bet on son of don Shahabuddin pays off

Osama Shahab's win marks the first polling success for the Shahabuddin family since 2004.

Big blow to Omar Abdullah as PDP ends NC’s reign in Budgam, the seat that came under ‘rebel’ crossfire

BJP's Devyani Rana wins J&K's Nagrota bypoll, contesting 1st time in a bypoll necessitated by death of her father & senior party leader Devender Singh Rana. NC's Shamim Begum comes in third.

Tarapur: Bihar Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary wins prestige battle with massive margin of 45,000+ votes

BJP candidate had come under attack from JSP leader Prashant Kishor, who brought serious allegations against him.

Anta acid test: Congress’ Bhaya wins bypoll as BJP unity parade meets 1st speed bump

Congress' Pramod Jain Bhaya wins in Rajasthan's Anta bypoll, testing CM Bhajan Lal Sharma's 1st electoral test and Vasundhara Raje's return to active campaigning.

Battle of Sorens in Ghatsila: JMM’s Somesh Chandra trounces BJP’s Babu Lal by a mammoth 38k margin

Bypoll was necessitated by death of Somesh Chandra's father & ex-JMM minister Ramdas Soren on 15 August. It was first electoral test of Hemant Soren in his 2nd stint in power.

On Camera

India has enough coal stocks to meet power demand, says govt as war pushes up mining costs

LPG supply eased for more industries, govt says coal gasification is next growth avenue. Centre welcomes US-Iran ceasefire but asks Indians to leave Iran.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.