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Friday, November 28, 2025
TopicAssembly elections 2023

Topic: Assembly elections 2023

As BJP MP Diya Kumari wins from his turf, Bhairon Shekhawat son-in-law Rajvi comes 3rd in Chittorgarh

Kumari, a protégé of Vasundhara Raje, had replaced Narpat Singh Rajvi in Vidyadhar Nagar. Rajvi has won three elections from Vidyadhar Nagar — 2008, 2013 and 2018.

How BJP overcame the Gehlot welfare model & its own infighting to triumph in Rajasthan

BJP capitalised on anti-incumbency against the Gehlot government & built a narrative of the state being beset by crimes against women, paper leaks, unemployment and corruption.

Ex-CM Vasundhara Raje scores 4th win in Rajasthan’s Jhalrapatan, defeats Congress rival by 53,000 votes

Ex-CM Vasundhara Raje scores 4th consecutive win in Rajasthan's Jhalrapatan, defeats Congress rival by 53,000 votes

‘Rajasthan’s Yogi’ Balaknath defeats Congress candidate in Tijara’s ‘India-Pakistan match’

Balaknath, the sitting BJP MP from Alwar, wins Tijara by a margin of over 6,000 votes, defeating Congress's Imran Khan. BJP fielded the MP to tap into constituency's Yadav vote.

BJP’s Hyderabad firebrand ‘Tiger’ Raja Singh retains Goshamahal, defeats BRS rival by 21,000 votes

Unlike in the other seats in this part of the city, Muslims are a minority in Goshamahal with a voting population of about 70,000.

In Nathdwara, Maharana Pratap’s descendant beats Congress veteran CP Joshi in close fight

BJP’s Vishwaraj Singh Mewar, a member of erstwhile Mewar royal family who fought the election on his lineage, defeated outgoing speaker Joshi by 7,504 votes.

BJP minister Narottam Mishra loses by 7,742 votes as party romps home in Madhya Pradesh

A prominent Brahmin face, Mishra was virtually No. 2 to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, but has courted many controversies in his career.

Ex-Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay, credited with party’s advances in state, loses Karimnagar seat

Sanjay lost from Karimnagar in 2018 to Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s Gangula Kamalakar, who won the seat by a margin of 3,163 votes. He won the 2019 parliamentary polls from Karimnagar.

How MP’s ‘Mama’ Shivraj Singh Chouhan, under siege from within, turned things around for BJP

MP poll results come as an unequivocal endorsement of CM Chouhan’s leadership and popularity. Central leadership now unlikely to overlook his claim for the top post.

Congress nominee & ex-cricketer Azharuddin loses Telangana’s Jubilee Hills by over 16,000 votes

BRS leader Maganti Gopinath wins the seat by a margin of 16,337 votes. Other candidates in the fray include Deepak Reddy of BJP and AIMIM's Rashed Farazuddin.

On Camera

No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.