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Friday, December 12, 2025
Topic2022 assembly election

Topic: 2022 assembly election

BJP turncoats fail to make a mark in UP; 5 including OBC leader SP Maurya lose, 1 trailing

Of a dozen BJP MLAs including three ex-ministers, five, including two ministers, have lost, while one is trailing. Only two MLAs are leading, according to ECI trends at 9 pm.

BJP-led NDA now rules 44% of India’s territory, and almost half its population

At its peak, in March 2018, the NDA was governing 21 states, covering 70% of the country’s population and 76% area.

‘Pad woman of Amritsar’ becomes giant-killer, beats Sidhu, Majithia and ex-IAS officer

AAP's Amritsar East candidate, Jeevan Jyot Kaur, is a first-time contestant who defeated political heavyweights from Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP Thursday.

Pushkar Singh Dhami loses from Khatima, Uttarakhand CMs’ 20-year losing streak stays intact

Dhami lost to Congress’s Bhuwan Chand Kapri in Khatima Thursday, but BJP is silent so far on whether he’ll continue as CM. Only one CM of the state has successfully defended his seat.

People buried politics of caste, religion by ensuring BJP’s victory, says Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow: People have buried the politics of caste and religion by ensuring the victory of BJP and its allies in Uttar Pradesh under the...

Big loss for NPP as BJP’s ex-IAS officer candidate wrests Uripok from Deputy CM Joykumar Singh

The national party — helmed by Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma — contested 38 of the 60 assembly seats in Manipur this time with hope of increasing its influence in the region.

5 Assembly elections, 7 key pointers & 3 winners: Modi, Yogi, Kejriwal

Modi has become a colossus Indian politics hasn’t seen, Kejriwal has established a new politics of his own kind, and Yogi is the leader to watch.

Haider Ali Khan, NDA’s only Muslim candidate in UP, facing defeat to Azam Khan’s son in Suar

Haider Ali Khan, contesting for Apna Dal (Sonelal), is the son of Congress’s Kazim Ali Khan, titular nawab of Rampur, who is also trailing well behind Azam Khan in the Rampur seat.

Bad day for big guns — Badals, Amarinder, Channi, Sidhu in Punjab, Rawat & Dhami in Uttarakhand

Parkash Singh Badal lost from Lambi, while Sukhbir lost from Jalalabad. Sitting Punjab CM Channi trails in both seats he contested, while Uttarakhand’s Dhami is behind in Khatima.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.