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BJP’s ‘nari shakti’ campaign fails in Basirhat as Rekha Patra trails by nearly 3 lakh votes

Patra led protests against TMC's Sheikh Shahjahan in Basirhat's Sandeshkhali after land grab & sexual assault allegations came to fore. But, TMC's Haji Nurul Islam leads in seat.

BJP gets first Lok Sabha seat in Kerala as Suresh Gopi wins Thrissur with over 70,000 votes

Actor-turned-politician has been a constant presence in Thrissur ever since he was fielded from there by BJP for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and 2021 assembly polls.

No Yashwant Sinha kin in fray, BJP’s Manish Jaiswal leads in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh by 1 lakh+ votes

A family borough of civil servant-turned-politician Yashwant Sinha, this is the first time since 1998 that nobody from the Sinha family has contested the election.

Rahul Gandhi cruising in Rae Bareli, leads by 3.80 lakh votes in Congress bastion

Gandhi scion is on way to record highest winning margin in Uttar Pradesh. His mother Sonia Gandhi had won this seat in 2019 by a margin of 1,67,178 votes.

Gandhi loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma leading against Smriti Irani by over 1,57,000 votes in Amethi

In the wake of Rahul Gandhi’s 2019 defeat by Irani in Amethi, Sharma was fielded from the Congress bastion this election. His win comes as a major boost for the party in UP.

BJP’s Kripa Shankar trails by over 22,000 votes in Jaunpur, SP’s Babu Singh Kushwaha in lead

Kripa Shankar had joined BJP in 2021 and became the party’s state unit vice-president. In 2012, while he was Mumbai Congress chief, he was booked in a disproportionate assets case.

Will BJP break Naveen Patnaik’s 25-year reign in Odisha? BJD slips below halfway mark

The BJD was leading in 48 seats as of 4 pm, while the BJP was leading in 80. Since its inception in 1997, BJD has never lost assembly elections in the state.

BJP’s Geeta Koda trailing in Jharkhand’s tribal Singhbhum by 1 lakh+ votes

Koda, Jharkhand’s lone Congress MP since the 2019 election, joined the BJP in February of this year.

Nakul Nath set to lose Chhindwara seat, a Congress stronghold & family bastion since 1952

Sitting Congress MP & Kamal Nath's son Nakul Nath is trailing behind Chhindwara BJP chief Bunty Sahu by 1 lakh votes. There were rumours of Kamal Nath switching to BJP before polls.

AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal trails by 7L+ votes in Assam’s Dhubri, Congress set to regain lost ground

Ajmal’s likely defeat can impact AIUDF’s prospects in the electoral landscape of the state, but keep the Congress afloat in the 2026 assembly elections.

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.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

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.