In a groundbreaking achievement, the NDA celebrated its third straight victory in Assam, with the BJP obtaining an unprecedented standalone majority. The stunning win, fueled by record voter turnout and new delimitation changes, saw the alliance claim 102 seats. Source link
NEW DELHI: Bengal and Assam poll results have thrown up a challenge for the Muslim community, which has been pushed into a political whirlpool post-2014 by BJP’s ‘communal card’ to polarise the majority community, coupled with controversial measures like delimitation and SIR.BJP’s success in damping the largest minority community in Assam has followed the 2023…
NEW DELHI: BJP-led NDA swept five assembly bypolls in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Nagaland and Tripura, while Congress won both seats in Karnataka. Maharashtra deputy CM and NCP chief Sunetra Pawar – wife of Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash on Jan 28 – won Baramati by 2,18,034 votes, securing 2,18,969 or 98% of the…
NEW DELHI: For the first time since 1977, India will have no Communist-governed state as Kerala voters oust the CPM-led LDF and hand a victory to the Congress-led UDF.The loss presents the Left its biggest challenge – maintaining its relevance at the national level in the face of declining influence.The UDF rode an anti-incumbency wave…
Change reaction in 3 states; Assam keeps Biswas in HimantaIt was a day of dramatic upheavals. BJP finally managed to win the state that had virtually become its final frontier over the past 10 years, Tamil superstar Vijay made a stunning political debut and looks set to be the next chief minister of Tamil Nadu,…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to Bharat Mathur, an executive associated with Reliance Industries Limited, in a bribery case linked to the DGCA, reports Koushiki Saha.Special Judge Chhavi Kapoor of the Rouse Avenue Courts noted that the 64-year-old accused had no prior criminal antecedents and had already spent 15 days in…
NEW DELHI: The govt on Monday said there was no increase in the retail prices of petrol, diesel and domestic LPG, amid speculation that rates might go up after the results of the assembly elections in four states and a Union Territory were announced.Sujata Sharma, joint secretary in the ministry of petroleum, said there was…
NEW DELHI: Rejecting an attempt by SpiceJet and its promoter Ajay Singh to cite the ongoing West Asia crisis as a ground to seek review of an earlier court order to deposit Rs 144 crore in connection with its legal dispute with media baron Kalanithi Maran and Kal Airways, Delhi high court Monday dismissed the…
NEW DELHI: “Counting will begin in the morning of May 4. Ballot box will open at 8 am, first round will be over at 9 and second round at 10. Counting will be over at 1 pm and it will be ta ta, good-bye to didi.” Thus spoke Union home minister Amit Shah at one…
Elderly Driving Healthcare Demand Spike NEW DELHI: The risk of being hospitalised in India doubles after the age of 45 and rises sharply among the elderly, signalling a shift in the country’s healthcare burden, according to the latest National Sample Survey Office (NSO) data.The survey shows that hospitalisation rates climb from 23 per 1,000 people…