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AIMIM’s only Maharashtra MP Imtiaz Jaleel trails in fight with 2 Senas, Ambedkar’s VBA

Manasi Phadke -
Shinde Sena ahead in constituency where Jaleel led a ‘secular’ campaign, emphasising his support for Muslims, Dalits, Dhangars and Marathas.
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Fielded in place of Varun, BJP’s Jitin Prasada leads by over 1 lakh votes in Pilibhit

Neelam Pandey -
Varun Gandhi, who had won the last election by a margin of over 2.56 lakh votes, stayed away from the party’s campaign in Pilibhit this time.
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Despite Ayodhya Ram Mandir, sitting BJP MP Lallu Singh loses in Faizabad

Neelam Pandey -
The national party is not doing well in UP overall, winning just 23 seats and leading in 10 as of 8.30pm, while the INDIA bloc marches ahead.
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BJP’s Jyoti Mirdha trails by 40,000 votes against RLP’s Hanuman Beniwal from Rajasthan’s Nagaur

Sushil Manav -
Jyoti Mirdha’s video seeking 400-plus seats for the BJP so it could make changes to the Constitution went viral during her campaign. She is the granddaughter of late six-time MP Nathuram Mirdha.
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Contesting on BJP ticket, Sita Soren leads in Jharkhand’s Dumka, Shibu Soren’s former seat

Apoorva Mandhani -
JMM veteran Nalin Soren, who is also a founding member of the party, is trailing. Dumka has been a JMM bastion, with Shibu Soren having won the seat several times.
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Samajwadi Party to bag majority of SC seats in UP as Dalit politics shifts, Chandrashekhar Azad leads

Sanya Dhingra -
The BSP, which won 10 seats in the last Lok Sabha when it was in an alliance with the SP, has arguably received a fatal blow this election.
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BJP’s Bansuri Swaraj leading by 26,000 votes in New Delhi, AAP’s Somnath Bharti trails

Neelam Pandey -
Winning seat crucial for Swaraj's future prospects in party. She was appointed a secretary of the Delhi BJP last August.
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Lok Sabha polls: Naveen Jindal wins from Kurukshetra, defeats AAP rival by 29,000-plus votes

Sushil Manav -
A two-time MP from Kurukshetra, Jindal had earlier won seat as a Congress candidate in 2004 and 2009.
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BJP’s Puri candidate Sambit Patra leading by 40,000+ votes against BJD’s Arup Patnaik

Moushumi Das Gupta -
As of 12.30 pm, Patra had polled 2,27,241 votes against Patnaik, a former Mumbai Police commissioner, who had secured 1,86,125 votes.
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NDA ahead in Bihar, Nitish’s JD(U) on top

PTI -
BJP was leading in 11 out of 17 seats while JD(U) headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was ahead in 14 out of 16 seats.
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India has enough coal stocks to meet power demand, says govt as war pushes up mining costs

Udit Bubna -
LPG supply eased for more industries, govt says coal gasification is next growth avenue. Centre welcomes US-Iran ceasefire but asks Indians to leave Iran.

Defence

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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