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How BJP managed its stunning capture of West Bengal

BJP is leading in 19 of Bengal's 42 seats, a huge gain from two in 2014. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is ahead in 22 seats.

BJP’s Pragya Thakur leading in Bhopal by 3,105 votes over Congress’ Digvijay Singh

As per initial trends, BJP's Pragya Thakur leads in Bhopal against Congress' Digvijay Singh, while Jyotiraditya Scindia trails in Guna.

BJP-Shiv Sena set to repeat its 2014 magic in Maharashtra, leads in 41 of 48 seats

Early trends show the BJP-led NDA is leading in 32 of Maharashtra’s 48 seats.

Early Lok Sabha trends show BJP-led NDA leading in 274 seats, past majority mark

NDA leading in 274 seats as against UPA's 90. BJP alone is leading in 226 seats, while Congress is leading in 57.

Opposition’s issue with VVPAT shows desperation, says BJP ally Ram Vilas Paswan

Opposition party leaders met the Election Commission, demanding a verification of VVPAT slips of randomly-selected polling booths a day before counting of Lok Sabha votes.

Election Commission to count VVPAT slips at the end of counts

Opposition parties had requested the Election Commission to count the paper trail machine slips in the beginning and not at the end.

Lok Sabha election results likely to be delayed Thursday due to matching of VVPAT slips

This election will the be the first time results of EVMs will be matched with slips generated by VVPATs.

The 5 constituencies that have always got Lok Sabha poll ‘prediction’ right

In the past five Lok Sabha elections, these 5 constituencies have voted for the party that has gone on to form the government at the centre.  

Why these 3 Punjab seats bucked state trend and saw high voter turnout

The constituencies of Ferozepur, Bathinda and Sangrur recorded over 70% voter turnout even as polling in the rest of the state was at a 10-year low.

Karnataka Congress has a new headache as senior Muslim MLA ‘revolts’ 2 days before results

Congress MLA Roshan Baig calls senior leader K.C. Venugopal a 'buffoon', slams Dinesh Gundu Rao and Siddaramaiah for not handling Lok Sabha campaign 'properly'. 

On Camera

I met Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2005. He told me he was an admirer of MK Gandhi

Shuttle diplomacy at a high level is indicated, along the lines of the famous Kissingerian shuttles following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?