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Sonia Gandhi wins Congress bastion Rae Bareli

The Congress leader won by a margin of more than 1 lakh votes after SP-BSP alliance chose not to field a candidate in her constituency.

Police fire in air after don Mohd. Shahbuddin’s wife refuses to accept defeat in polls

RJD candidate, Heena Shahab alleges foul play in counting of votes in Siwan as she trailed a NDA candidate by over one lakh votes.

Voters send Congress dynasts packing, from Jyotiraditya Scindia to Milind Deora

Nine of Congress' well-known dynasts have lost or are set to lose the elections, including Rahul Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Milind Deora.

BJP gets a solid foothold in Odisha but Naveen Patnaik retains state

New Delhi: Without breaking from tradition, Odisha has once again voted for the same party in the assembly as well as the Lok Sabha...

Narendra Modi likely to take oath as PM on 28 May

Modi's 2014 swearing-in ceremony was a grand affair, attended by representatives of all SAARC nations as well as celebrities from the cinema world.

Hoodas’ impending defeat in Jat-dominated Sonepat & Rohtak spells doom for Congress

Former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda has lost by nearly 2 lakh votes in Sonepat, while son Deepender is trailing by a small margin in the family bastion of Rohtak.

Mehbooba Mufti pays the price for BJP alliance, PDP fails to win a single J&K seat

Not only has the PDP not won a single seat, its chief, Mehbooba Mufti, finished third in her party bastion of Anantnag.

Shashi Tharoor’s victory margin up 7 times as Congress-led UDF storms Kerala

Of Kerala's 20 seats, the only one in which the UDF was trailing was Alappuzha, the constituency of Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal.

Amit Shah, BJP’s Chanakya who mobilised a Modi army to build a bigger Modi wave

With BJP looking at winning more than 300 seats, Amit Shah is closer to fulfiling his promise of a 'panchayat to Parliament' party rule.

Jyotiraditya could well become the first Scindia to lose from Guna

The Scindias have held Guna since 1957, barring 1967 and 1984, but this potential loss for Jyotiraditya Scindia will break that imperious family record.

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Hormuz crisis won’t replace the dollar with yuan. De-dollarisation is a myth

Recent data does not support any dramatic shift away from the dollar. As per IMF, the share of international transactions conducted in dollars has declined from 56.90% to 56.77%.

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.