Drubbing At Hustings As Irani Defeated By Over 1.5 Lakh Votes In Amethi

THE opposition INDIA bloc dealt a major blow to ruling NDA in Amethi Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday as Union minister Smriti Irani lost to Gandhi family's trusted lieutenant Kishori Lal Sharma by a margin of 1.62 lakh votes.

BJP Ends 25-Year Grip Of Naveen Over Odisha

CURTAINS came down on Tuesday on the 25-year rule of BJD head and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Odisha as the BJP virtually swept both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state and is set to form the new government on June 10.

BJP Draws A Blank In State, But Vote Share Rises To 11%

Saffron party pushes AIADMK to third place in 10 constituencies

Another Jailbird Amritpal Springs Punjab Surprise, Wins Khadur Sahib

PRO-Khalistani and radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh who is jailed, and Indira Gandhi assassin's son Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa on Tuesday won Lok Sabha elections in Punjab as independents.

Theekshana calls SL's WC scheduling 'unfair'

SRI LANKA captain Wanindu Hasaranga and spinner Maheesh Theekshana have criticized their team's schedule in the T20 World Cup saying it is 'unfair' for them to travel for every match in the group stage and it has forced the former champions to cancel one practice due to the long travel time.

ALL FOCUS TURNS TO INDIA

Six months after ODI WC final, Rohit's side is primed for another shot at an ICC trophy

Though BJP fails to get majority, it will go ahead with 100-day plan

EVEN if the BJP has failed to get a majority in the parliamentary elections on its own, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by the party is not going to junk the much-talked about Prime Minister's first 100-day plan.

Reliance Jio's 5G launch plan faces criticism from opposition in Ghana

THE venture of Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom service provider in Ghana, faces opposition from country's parliamentary minority, which has accused the administration of rushing into a \"sweetheart deal.

Re tanks to record low of 83.53; bond yields up 12 bps

DEBT and money markets followed the drastic decline on Dalal Street after a surprise lower-than-projected numbers for the ruling NDA in this Lok Sabha elections.

35th anniversary of Tiananmen marked with silence, heavy security

Checkpoints and rows of police vehicles lined a major road leading to Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Tuesday as China heightened security on the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

Pak court orders de-sealing of Imran Khan's party office

THE Islamabad High Court on Tuesday ordered authorities here to de-seal the Central Secretariat building of jailed exprime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), providing a major relief to the party.

Syria asks Turkey to withdraw troops from its territory before any dialogue

SYRIA's foreign minister said Tuesday that any dialogue between Syria and Turkey can take place only after Ankara announces that it will withdraw its troops from all Syrian territories it controls.

'UP KE LADKE' SPEARHEAD INDIA BLOC JUGGERNAUT

Riding high on his 'Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak' plank, Akhilesh Yadav kept his campaign focused on farmer distress, unemployment and paper leaks

Cong bounceback in Raj 6 months after debacle

Ashok Gehlot was defeated in Assembly polls held in December last year; troubles may mount for ruling BJP in desert state

From Tihar, Er Rashid defeats Omar in Baramulla, Jitendra retains Udhampur

IN a significant upset, independent candidate and former MLA Er Rashid, who is currently in Tihar jail, surprised many by winning the Baramulla parliamentary seat in Jammu and Kashmir.

Modi calls 3rd term as 'historic feat', vows to take big moves

APPEARING undeterred by the results and his party falling short of a majority on its own in the NDA, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the outcome as a \"historic feat.

BSP draws a blank, vote share hits all-time low

WITH the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) drawing a blank in the general elections, it turned out to be the worst ever performance of the outfit since its electoral debut in 1989.

Maha drubbing for BJP and allies as Cong wins 13 seats

THE Congress is the fourth largest in terms of its total 44 MLAs in the Maharashtra assembly, but it has emerged as the single largest party with 13 Lok Sabha seats out of a total of 48 in the state.

Banaskantha goes to Cong in saffron citadel of Gujarat

DILIP SINGH KSHATRIYA @ AhmedabadBJP's Rekha Chaudhary by over 30,000 votes.

IN BENGAL STORY, DIDI IS MATCHLESS

Despite high-decible campaign by BJP, Mamata holds on to her grassroot connect and betters TMC show than 2019 elections SULAGNA SENGUPTA @ Kolkata All factors were apparently against Mamata Banerjee -- the voting stretched across all seven phases from April 19 to June 1, her rivals, both Right and Left, exerting enormous weight on her Trinamool Congress.

Husband in jail, Kalpana Soren wins Gandey assembly bypoll by 26K votes

KALPANA Soren, wife of jailed former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, has won the Gandey Assembly bypoll by defeating BJP's Dilip Verma with a margin of 26,483 votes.

Meghalaya's Sangma family loses Tura after 33 years

IN the biggest upset of Lok Sabha elections in Northeast, sitting MP Agatha Sangma of the National People's Party (NPP) lost in the Sangma family's pet Tura seat in Meghalaya.

After going neck-and-neck, DMK's Mani defeats Sowmiya by 21K votes

It was deja vu for supporters as PMK's Sowmiya Anbumani and DMK's A Mani went neck and neck for the better part of the counting process.

28 years on, DMK wrests Kovai; Annamalai loses by 1 lakh margin

ENDING a long wait of 28 years, DMK wrested the Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency with Ganapathy Rajkumar defeating BJP state president K Annamalai by a margin of 1,18,068 votes.

OPS finishes second in his maiden LS run from Ramnad

FORMER Chief Minister O Panneerselvam's maiden Lok Sabha outing ended in disappointment on Tuesday, after he was relegated to the second place with 3,42,882 votes following 28 rounds of counting for Ramanathapuram constituency.

Jothimani silences her critics, emerges Karur winner for second time

SILENCING her critics, both within the party and members of the alliance, Congress candidate S Jothimani emerged victorious in the 2024 Lok Sabha election too as she trumped 53 others to be reelected from Karur constituency by securing about five lakh votes.

Jolt for Cong: BJP & JDS make big gains in K’taka

A year after its defeat in the Assembly elections, the BJP managed to make a comeback by winning 17 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats, while its alliance partner JDS won two, taking the NDA tally to 19 in Karnataka.

BJP, Cong win 8 seats each in T'gana, BRS faces worst loss.

THE BJP has finally arrived in Telangana and doubled its 2019 tally of four seats.

Election results shocking, says Jagan

THE massive drubbing it received has literally shocked the YSRC leadership.

Bruce trumps Nainar AIADMK pushed to third place in Nellai

CONGRESS candidate C Robert Bruce emerged victorious after defeating the BJP's candidate and incumbent MLA Nainar Nagendran by 1,65,620 votes in the Tirunelveli parliamentary constituency here on Tuesday.