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Just 3 seats won, 4 of 5 ministers & 3 MLAs defeated, what Punjab verdict means for Bhagwant Mann

CM had campaigned extensively for all candidates & had claimed his party will win all 13 seats in Punjab. It was on his insistence that AAP decided not to ally with Congress in state.

‘Support unconditional to NDA’ but JD(U) has wishlist – caste census, special category status for Bihar

JD(U) spokesperson K.C. Tyagi also says govt must revisit Agnipath scheme and take all stakeholders into consideration before implementing UCC.

Despite big gains & losses in seats, changes in BJP & Congress’s vote share since 2019 remain marginal

BJP's overall vote share dipped by less than 1 percentage point, while Congress's went up by 1.53. This paradox seen in Lok Sabha results is explained by studying state-wise vote shares.

After Smriti Irani’s Amethi defeat, NITI Aayog director recalls her ‘misbehaviour’, deletes X post later

In the now deleted post, Urvashi Prasad alleged that the former MP had ‘thrown her out of office’ & that her behaviour as public servant and woman is ‘nothing less than abhorrent’.

With NDA set to take oath for 3rd time, all eyes on big bureaucratic appointments of Modi 3.0

3 top posts — cabinet secretary, home secretary & foreign secretary — will fall vacant in next 4-6 months when extensions given to these officers ends. ED could get new director.

INDIA bloc decides against staking claim to form govt, but may ‘act when the time is right’

Following an INDIA bloc meeting, a joint statement read out by Kharge suggested that back-channel talks may continue with TDP & JD(U), which have emerged as kingmakers.

BJP won 95 of 132 seats where it dropped sitting MPs, lost 1 in 3 seats where it repeated incumbents

Five years ago, party had won 91.26% of the seats where incumbents were replaced, and 90.80% seats where candidates were repeated.

12 lakh margin for BJP winner in Indore — here are 20 candidates who scored big wins

Apart from BJP's Shankar Lalwani, Rakibul Hussain of Congress, BJP's Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Amit Shah also make it to the list of big winners.

With Sharad Pawar as master strategist, how MVA dealt blow to BJP in crucial western Maharashtra

Out of the 10 LS seats in western Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Aghadi has won 5 while the Mahayuti won 4. In key seat Baramati, Supriya Sule defeated Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra.

What Naidu & Nitish want in exchange for supporting BJP. Special category status tops wish list

Other common demands include greater share in Union cabinet. No objection to UCC but there should be discussions first on population control, says senior JD(U) leader K.C. Tyagi.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

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.