TDP seeks Speaker's chair, 5 Cabinet berths

DISPELLING rumours that he was considering feelers from the INDI Alliance, Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday attended the NDA meeting in Delhi.

FIRST UP, MODI ELECTED NDA LEADER

PUTTING all speculation to rest, the ruling National Democratic Alliance on Wednesday unanimously elected Narendra Modi as its leader, formally paving the way for his third term as prime minister.

Will BJP Find CM Face For 2025 Assembly Polls?

ONCE again, the BJP has swept the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in the national capital by a comfortable margin.

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.

Whittled Down Modi 3.0

THE BJP-led NDA on Tuesday appeared poised to retain power at the Centre for a third consecutive term, though the saffron party dramatically fell short of a majority on its own in the Lok Sabha.

Despite AAP-Cong Alliance, BJP Retains All 7 Seats In Capital

THE BJP, which swept the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, retained its position, winning all seven Lok Sabha seats.

BJP Garners 10% More Votes In Comparison To AAP-Cong

THE vote share of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi declined by 2% in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections, yet, it continued to hold its fort strongly in all the seven constituencies.

REDEMPTION AWAITS MOTT'S ENGLAND AFTER ODI DISASTER

THE last time Matthew Mott was in the Caribbeans for the World Cup, he was facing an enormous challenge.

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.

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.

Mandate against Modi, says Rahul after good Cong show

BUOYED by the Lok Sabha election results which threw up significant gains for the Congress and the INDIA bloc, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that it is a decisive verdict against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on whose name the BJP campaign was run.

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

Drubbing at hustings 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.

'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

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. The Congress can also seek support from its rebel independent candidate Vishal Patil from Sangali.

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

No last hurrah for Naveen Patnaik

FAR away from the electoral cacophony of the coastal Odisha, Kantabanji was to be the great poll strategy of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) this election.

DMK's clean sweep gives 40 MPs to INDIA bloc

THE '400 par' dream of the BJP has not turned out to be true but the 40/40 (naarpathum namathe) slogan of DMK chief MK Stalin seems to have resonated with the voters on the ground as the DMK-led INDIA bloc swept the Lok Sabha elections by winning all the 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in Puducherry on Tuesday.

Jolt for Cong as BJP-JDS gains big in K'taka

However, compared to 2019 LS polls in which it had won just 1 seat, Cong’s tally increased significantly this time

Resounding victory for BJP MP Mahesh Sharma from Gautam Buddh Nagar

GAUTAM Buddh Nagar Lok Sabha constituency, a BJP stronghold since 2014, has once again demonstrated the party's dominance by re-electing their sitting MP, Mahesh Sharma, with a resounding victory.

AAP-Cong alliance fails to stop BJP juggernaut

IT was for the first time we witnessed the AAP and Congress cook up a pre-poll alliance aimed at preventing a split in anti-BJP votes; the same AAP that had once ridden the wave of antiincumency against the Congress to establish itself as a formidable force in the capital.

Bidhuri defeats AAP's Pahalwan by 1.24 L margin

BJP’s Ramvir Singh Bidhuri won the South Delhi seat, defeating AAP’s Sahi Ram Pahalwan by a margin of over 1.24 lakh votes.

IT'S 7-0 - BJP CLEAN SWEEP YET AGAIN

AAP-Cong alliance suffers drubbing though AAP’s vote share rises to 24% from 18% in 2019; national issues figure more prominently

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.

Naidu's historic comeback blows out Jagan's party

The stunning mandate left the YSRC of outgoing chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy reeling with just 12 assembly and four Lok Sabha seats, a far cry from the 151 assembly and 22 parliamentary constituencies it won in 2019.

Markets register biggest single-day fall in 4 years

INDIA's equity market indices registered their biggest single-day fall in four years on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party failed to clinch 272 seats on its own.

B'luru Records 111 Mm Rain In A Day - 1st In 100 Yrs

SUNDAY'S 111.1 mm rain is the highest for Bengaluru in 133 years for a single day in June. It also surpassed the average rainfall for the month, which is 110.3 mm.

Israel Says It Prefers Indian Beaches After Maldives Ban

A day after the Maldives decided to ban Israeli passport holders from entering their country due to the situation in Gaza, the Israeli Embassy in India on Monday stated that they prefer visiting beach destinations in India such as Goa, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala, and Lakshadweep instead of the Maldives.

Bajrang's provisional suspension revoked

IN a fresh twist, Bajrang Punia's provisional suspension for allegedly refusing to submit a urine sample during the Olympic wrestling trials organised by the now-defunct ad hoc committee was revoked by the National Anti-Doping Agency's Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel.