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Haryana ex-CM Hooda wins by over 70,000 votes against BJP’s Manju Hooda in Garhi-Sampla-Kiloi

Bhupinder Singh Hooda was the Haryana chief minister from 2005 to 2014.

Mehbooba’s daughter Iltija Mufti loses family bastion Bijbehara by 9,700+ votes

Iltija had 'accepted the verdict of the people' before counting of votes concluded. She was pitted against National Conference veteran Bashir Veeri.

BJP Jharkhand core group holds meeting to discuss candidate selection for upcoming assembly polls

New Delhi , October 7 (ANI): BJP President JP Nadda held a meeting with the Jharkhand BJP unit on Monday to discuss the candidate...

How beleaguered Siddaramaiah is using three-pronged strategy to counter MUDA ‘scam’ charges

Karnataka CM has received support from unexpected quarters—from GT Devegowda of the Janata Dal (Secular) and ST Somashekar of the BJP.

Exit polls say Congress to end BJP’s run in Haryana, NC-Congress to have edge in J&K

In Haryana, nearly every pollster gave Congress above 50 seats, while in J&K, they predicted hung house with Congress-NC in lead & BJP not seeing marked gain in tally compared to 2014.

In Maharashtra, Modi sounds poll ‘nangara’ from crucial Vidarbha & gives CM Shinde a big fillip in Thane

Mumbai: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off the ruling Mahayuti’s, particularly the BJP’s, poll campaign ahead of next month’s Maharashtra assembly elections Saturday,...

Congress’s ‘Aaya Ram’: Ashok Tanwar’s 5 switches in 5 yrs & how his return may impact party dynamics

Ashok Tanwar first left Congress in 2019, month after being replaced as Haryana unit chief by Kumari Selja. His brother-in-law Ajay Maken played major role in his return, it is learnt.

Haryana records 9.53% voter turnout till 9am, says ECI

ECI data stated that Jind recorded highest poll percentage of 12.71%, followed by Palwal 12.45%, Ambala 11.87%, Fatehabad 11.81%, and Mahendragarh 11.51% till 9am.

‘Only govt with track record of good governance can bring development to Haryana,’ says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister said the ‘vote of people of Haryana will keep the state free from the rule of corrupt and wheeler-dealers.’

Securing the classical language tag for Marathi took 10 years, 4 govts & multiple follow-ups

Maharashtra's official language finally bagged the status Thursday, ahead of Assembly elections & after ruling Mahayuti's poor performance in Lok Sabha polls.

On Camera

Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t have a cabaret-classical split. It was about genre, style

Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.