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As the counting of votes in Uttar Pradesh elections began Thursday morning, a meme in Hindi started doing the rounds on social media -- 'A massive road accident in Uttar Pradesh as a bulldozer decimates an oncoming speeding bicycle'.By the evening, the politically loaded meme -- which conveyed...
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Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya lost the Uttar Pradesh Assembly poll contest to Samajwadi Party's Pallavi Patel by 7,337 votes from the Sirathu constituency in Kaushambi district on Thursday. According to the Election Commission's (EC) website, Maurya polled 98,941 votes,...
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The Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, a political outfit of several farmer bodies, failed to make an impact in the political space during the 2022 Punjab assembly polls.Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal-led SSM could not win any seat in Punjab where the Aam Aadmi Party registered a comprehensive...
21:43
After it suffered a crushing defeat in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress general secretary in-charge of the state Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said party workers and leaders worked hard but failed to convert that into votes, and asserted that the Congress would continue to fulfil...
21:38
Photograph: Sandeep Pal
Aditi Singh, who had quit as a sitting Congress MLA to join the BJP ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, on Thursday won the Rae Bareli Sadar seat, according to official results. Aditi Singh, a second generation politician, is the daughter of the late Akhilesh Singh, a former...
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Former ED officer and BJP candidate Rajeshwar Singh won the Sarojini Nagar seat in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow with a margin of over 32,000 votes against his nearest Samajwadi Party rival. Singh posted a picture of him receiving the certificate of election from EC authorities from his...
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Lauding Bharatiya Janata Party workers for ensuring an early Holi by making BJP victorious in four states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the election results highlight people's stamp of strong approval for the party's pro-poor and pro-active governance model.It is a day of zest...
20:27
JP Nadda with Pushkar Dhami
The Bharatiya Janata Party has crossed the halfway mark and attained a majority in the Uttarakhand assembly. According to the latest Election Commission trends, the BJP has won 40 seats and is leading in 7 seats. The Congress has won 16 seats and is leading on three seats. The halfway...
19:54
Actor Sonu Sood's sister Malvika Sood, who was contesting from Moga in Punjab on a Congress ticket, has been defeated by the Aam Aadmi Party's Dr Amandeep Kaur Arora by over 20,000 votes. As per the Election Commission of India, the AAP candidate bagged the seat with a margin of 20,915...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in Delhi.The party emerged victorious in Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.Modi will addresses party workers at the headquarters. -- ANI
19:07
The Aam Aadmi Party has swept the Punjab assembly elections, and is expected to win around 90 of of 117 seats, a margin that has surprised political observers and rivals alike.After Delhi, Punjab is the first state where AAP will form a government.What went in AAP's favour? How did the party bag...
19:04
Smriti Irani and Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House
BJP's Smriti Irani reacts to Rahul Gandhi's tweet conceding defeat in the assembly elections. I don't think he has the 'damkham' (strength) to learn from his mistakes. In UP it was said that Priyanka will infuse new life into the party, instead she destroyed it, Union Minister Smriti Irani on...
18:56
BJP workers celebrate the party's spectacular win in UP
The BJP which is poised to retain power in Goa by winning half the seats claimed on Thursday evening that the MGP and three Independents have agreed to support it. The BJP has won 20 out of 40 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) has won two seats. Speaking...
18:53
Mamata Banerjee broke away from the Congress to form the TMC in 1998
TMC on Thursday asked Congress to merge with it and fight against BJP under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee after its rout in the assembly poll in five states where votes were counted on Thursday. This drew a sharp retort from the grand old party which accused it of being an agent of...
18:50
Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah arrives at BJP Headquarters in Delhi. The party emerged victorious in Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. BJP national president JP Nadda has also reached the party headquarters in Delhi. Shah on Thursday said the BJP's grand victory...
18:30
Uttar Pradesh CM tweets this picture of himself saying, Thank you. Gratitude and thanks.With results of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls pouring in, the BJP has won on 50 seats and is leading on 218, while its rival Samajwadi Party is leading on 123 seats.
18:14
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath arrives at the BJP office in Lucknow where he is received by a huge crowd of party workers. The 7-phase election in the state were conducted peacefully. It sets a great precedent. Everyone had their eyes on UP, given the vastness of the state. I am thankful...
17:56
Kapil Sibal is one of the dissenting Congress leaders
Upset with results and rapid decline of Congress in the recent Assembly Elections, G-23 leaders will meet in the next 48 hours, a senior leader tells ANI.The Congress has lost in all five states - Manipur, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Punjab .The party has decided to convene a Congress...
17:47
AAP celebrates a clean sweep in Punjab
Congress could not overcome the anti-incumbency of 4.5 years under the leadership of former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh and thus people of the state voted for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for change, said Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Thursday.In Punjab, Congres...
17:45
Equity investors have become richer by over Rs 10.83 lakh crore as stocks extended their rising streak for the third consecutive session on Thursday.The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex soared 817.06 points or 1.50 per cent to close at 55,464.39. In three days, the benchmark has gained 2,621.64...
17:43
Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi loses Bhadaur (by 37,558 votes) and Chamkaur Sahib (by 7942 votes) as per official EC trends. Till some months ago, Charanjit Singh Channi was just another minister in Amarinder Singh's Congress government. And when the party decided to replace the veteran...
17:08
BJP leader and Goa election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that Goans have shown faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The people of Goa have given us a clear majority. We will get 20 seats or even 1-2 seats more. People have shown faith in PM Modi, said Fadnavis. Exuding...
16:46
SAD patriarch and former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal lost to AAP's Gurmeet Singh Khudian from his traditional Lambi seat in Punjab's Muktsar district, according to results declared on Thursday. Badal, 94, the oldest candidate in the fray, was defeated by Khudian by a margin of 11,396...
16:45
This is a break from election news, to tell you that the late Australian spin legend Shane Warne's body arrived at his home city Melbourne from Bangkok in a private jet on Thursday.Warne's body was flown to Melbourne in a coffin wrapped in the Australian flag. The private jet landed at around...
16:39
AAP's CM candidate Bhagwant Mann with his mother
The Aam Aadmi Party crossed the halfway mark in Punjab, winning 59 seats and leading in 33, according to the poll results declared by the Election Commission so far. In the 117-member Assembly, a party needs to get 59 seats to form the government. As per the data available...
16:26
Congress leader Harish Rawat
Reactions from the Congress on their losses in all five states. Congress leader RS Surjewala: The results of 5 states have come against the expectations of the Congress party but we accept that we failed to get the blessings of the people. Sonia Gandhi has decided to convene Congress Working...
16:15
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has strengthened his lead over his nearest rival in the Gorakhpur Urban assembly constituency, while his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya is trailing in Sirathu. Adityanath has so far polled 80,510 votes, while his nearest rival Subhawati Shukla...
15:51
AAP workers distribute sweets in Amritsar
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi concedes defeat. Humbly accept the people's verdict. Best wishes to those who have won the mandate. My gratitude to all Congress workers and volunteers for their hard work and dedication. We will learn from this and keep working for the interests of the people of...
15:44
The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC), which contested the Goa Assembly elections for the first time this year, failed to make a mark in the coastal state. As per the latest data of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the TMC was not leading in any seat in Goa, where counting...
15:40
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on the results: The people of Punjab defeated BJP and Congress and gave a mandate to Aam Aadmi Party. There was anger against PM Modi in the hearts of Punjab farmers... BJP will have to wait for 2.5 years in Maharashtra. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is not at fault, he...
15:36
A self-proclaimed atheist when Arvind Kejriwal was a student at IIT Kharagpur (and that's him in our quiz at the 12:47 pm post), the politician Kejriwal is a firm temple goer. After the winning Punjab, the chief convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party prayed at Hanuman temple in Delhi.
15:19
'Punjab waalo tussi kamaal kar ditta', we all love you, Punjab. The results are a massive 'inquilaab', big seats have shaken up, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal addresses people in Punjab.We will fulfill the dream of Baba Bhimrao Ambedkar and Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Now people have got an...
15:08
Motichoor laddoos being prepared for distribution by BJP workers in Mumbai
Shiromani Akali Dal's Bikram Singh Majithia loses from Amritsar East by a margin of 14,408 votes. Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu loses from Amritsar East by a margin of 6,750 votes.AAP CM candidate from Dhuri, Bhagwant Mann wins with a margin of 58,206 votes.Manipur CM N Biren...
15:00
Goa CM Pramod Sawant with the PM
Even as the BJP is emerging as the single largest party in Goa, the Congress on Thursday expressed confidence that it will form the next government in the coastal state with the help of other political parties, saying that the final results are yet to be announced. As per the Election...
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Aam Aadmi Party chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said the oath-taking ceremony of the new Punjab cabinet will be held at Khatkarkalan in Nawanshahr district, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. The oath-taking ceremony will not be held at Raj...
14:39
Charanjit Singh Channi has lost from Bahadur to the AAP candidate by 37,000 votes. AAP leads in 90 seats.
14:30
Goa CM and Amit Shah campaign in the state
Goa: Three Independent candidates extend support to BJP. -- Manuel Vaz from Cortalim, Alexio Reginaldo from Curtorim and Dr Chandrakant Shetye from the Bicholim constituency. BJP: 18, Cong: 11, AAP: 2, MGP+ 4, Others: 2The halfway mark in the 40-seat assembly is 21.
14:13
Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in the violence
BJP candidate from Nighasan, where the Lakhimpur Kheri violence had taken place in October, is leading in the elections, counting of which is underway. BJP's sitting MLA Shashank Verma had polled 53,785 votes over his nearest rival R S Kushwaha of the Samajwadi Party (SP), who got 33,810...
14:05
A 1.5-year-old child, Navya, dresses up as UP CM Yogi Adityanath and carries a toy bulldozer, as she arrives at BJP office in Lucknow along with her father.
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BJP's Amit Malviya on India Today TV: My condolences to Rajdeep. It must be a sad day for him. He can take heart in Punjab resultsRajdeep Sardesai responds saying, Read my piece in HT that predicted a BJP win in UP. Just because I am not Godi media don't question my journalism. (Read the column...
13:56
Atanasio Monserratte
Independent candidate Utpal Parrikar, the son of Goa's former chief minister Manohar Parrikar, lost to BJP's Atanasio Monserratte from the Panaji Assembly seat on Thursday.After the end of last round of counting, Monserratte won by 674 votes, an election official said. I gave a good fight,...
13:50
AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann and his mother Harpal Kaur share an emotional moment as they greet the party workers and supporters in Sangrur. Mann is leading from Dhuri by over 55,000 votes as per official EC trends.AAP is leading in 90 seats in Punjab. The Congress is miles away with leads...
13:17
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was heading for a landslide victory and leading by around 15,000 votes from Gorakhpur Urban seat on Thursday. According to updated Election Commission figures, Adityanath has secured 21,221 votes while his nearest rival Samajwadi Party's...
13:12
BJP MP Hema Malini reacts to the party's leads/win in UP: We already knew our government will form. We have worked for every developmental aspect, which is why the public trust us... nothing can come in front of a bulldozer, as it can finish everything within a minute, be it cycle or anything else.
13:10
Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi trails in Bhadaur (by 22,843 votes) and Chamkaur Sahib (by 2671 votes) as per official EC trends.
13:00
Goa CM and BJP leader Pramod Sawant says the party will form the government in Goa. We will take MGP and independent candidates with us, Sawant says. Leads: BJP: 18, Cong: 11, AAP: 2, MGP+ 4, Others: 2
12:54
A metaphor for Emperor Nero fiddling while Rome burns?This image of Rahul Gandhi grinning over a sundae was tweeted by Youth Congress National President Srinivas BV, yesterday. The Congress party has lost in all five states.
12:49
With the AAP all set to sweep the Punjab polls, state Congress chief Navjot Sidhu on Thursday said the party humbly accepts the mandate of the people of the state. He also congratulated the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party. The voice of the people is the voice of God . Humbly...
12:47
This is a picture from an Indian chief minister's college ID. Guess who this is. (Clue: He's in the news today).
12:43
Sunil Deodar, BJP national secretary tweets this image, writing: Kamal ne chalaya bulldozerDharashayi hue parivarvadion ke tevarThe lotus rides the bulldozer,The attitude of the family-run parties lies fallen. The BJP is leading in four of five states. AAP has taken Punjab.
12:35
A losing partnership
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has lost in his Patiala Urban constituency.The two-time Chief Minister lost to his Aam Aadmi Party rival Ajit Pal Singh Kohli.In the previous election in 2017, his victory margin had been 49 per cent.Arvind Kejriwal's AAP is heading for a landslide win...
12:31
Celebrations at BJP office in Bengaluru, Karnataka as official trends show the party sweeping elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and leading in Manipur. Nobody seems to remember there is a ban on victory processions. The Election Commission of India today announced that...
12:25
BJP leaders to meet Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai today to stake claim for government formation in the state.
12:23
Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal tweets this image as the party sweeps Punjab: Iss Inquilab ke liye Punjab ke logon ko bahut bahut badhai (Congratulations to the people of Punjab for this revolution), Kejriwal said beaming with the party's CM face Bhagwant Mann. The party...
12:19
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra led from the front but it couldn't win states
When you lose, blame EVMs. Congress workers on Thursday staged a protest alleging tampering with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) outside the party office in Delhi as the party is trailing in all five poll-bound states as per the latest official trends by the Election...
12:06
The BJP parliamentary board, its apex organisational body, is likely to meet later on Thursday to review the party's performance in assembly polls in five states as initial trends projected a thumping victory for the party in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
12:04
In UP, its celebration time for the BJP. Jubilant BJP workers play holi at the party office in Lucknow and raise slogans of UP mein ka ba? UP mein Baba, as official trends show the party sweeping the polls. CM Yogi Adityanath is leading from Gorakhpur Urban by over 12,000 votes, as per latest...
11:57
AAP's Punjab co-in charge Raghav Chadha: Punjab has proven that it likes the pair of Arvind Kejriwal-Bhagwant Mann and no other party. All other parties tried to defame us and called Kejriwalji a terrorist, but the public proved that he is a 'shikshak-wadi'.Read this for a context: I must be...
11:51
Street celebrations by AAP supporters over the party's stupendous victory in Punjab. Even though these are leads, the AAP is set to form government in the state. Mooh mithaa time for the party which worked hard in Punjab snatching victory from a fragmented Congress. AAP is leading in 90...
11:44
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya is trailing from Sirathu seat by about 400 votes on Thursday, according to poll trends. After the initial round of counting, Maurya secured 6,345 votes while his nearest rival SP's Pallavi Patel got 6,710 votes, according to the EC.
11:42
AAP leader Manish Sisodia as party sweeps Punjab: Punjab has given a chance to Kejriwal's model of governance. Today, his model of governance has been established at the national level. This is the victory of the 'Aam Aadmi' (common man). Punjab leads: AAP 89, Cong: 13, BJP+ 5,...
11:35
The Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa is inching closer to the half-way mark as early trends of the counting of votes showed the party leading on 18 Assembly seats.The Election Commission of India's data at 10.30 am showed the BJP leading on 18 Assembly seats out of the total 40 seats in the state....
11:05
The ruling BJP in Goa looks all set to score a hattrick in the coastal state with the support of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), political observers said, as vote counting trends of the February 14 elections indicated a hung House. As per the latest trends for all the 40 Assembly...
10:58
An AAP supporter with a Kejriwal doll
Raghav Chadha of the AAP makes an important statement: We have been saying from day one that AAP will form the government with absolute majority. The throne of people who ruled Punjab for decades is shaking. In future, Arvind Kejriwal will be BJP's principal challenger, AAP will be Congress'...
10:55
BJP crosses the majority mark in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in early trends; AAP sweeps Punjab. UP: BJP+ 254, SP+ 106, Congress 4, BSP 6, Others 3BJP: 41, Congress: 25, Others: 4Punjab: AAP: 88, Congress: 13, SAD+ 11, BJP+ 5, Others 1Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi...
10:32
With the BJP leading in four states, the Sensex jumps over 1400 points, trading at 56,050; Nifty trading at 16,745.
10:28
The ruling BJP was ahead of the Congress in Uttarakhand with its party candidates leading in 33 seats on Thursday, according to early trends available. Prominent candidates trailing in their respective seats include Congress veteran Harish Rawat, who was trailing behind Mohan Singh Bisht of...
10:14
First reaction from AAP on the Punjab trends: We can witness positive trends in Punjab, and we hope the results will also be positive. I thank the people of Punjab for voting for change, Delhi minister and AAP leader Gopal Rai said. AAP has crossed the majority mark with an early lead in 84...
10:11
Punjab: Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, trailing behind its nominees in many seats, according to early trends. Channi was trailing in both Chamakur Sahib and Bhadaur seats. Former chief ministers Parkash Singh Badal, Amarinder Singh and Rajinder Kaur Bhattal were also...
10:07
UP: Bharatiya Janata Party's Aditi Singh leading in Rae Bareli Assembly constituency, as per ECUttarakhand: BJP's Pushkar Singh Dhami and Congress's Harish Rawat trailing from Khatima and Lalkuwa constituency, respectively, as per EC.UP: Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav leading in Karhal...
09:55
Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal is trailing behind the AAP candidate in Punjab's Jalalabad constituency on Thursday, according to initial poll trends. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Jagdeep Kamboj is leading by a margin of 827 votes in the constituency in Fazilka district....
09:54
Punjab: Congress170, AAP 78, BJP+40, SAD+ 90 Others 10.The AAP has crossed the halfway mark of 59 in Punjab.Congress' Navjot Singh Sidhu was trailing at second place, SAD's Bikram Majithia trailing in Patiala Assembly constituency, and Punjab Lok Congress leader and former Punjab CM Captain...
09:49
Equity indices opened in green on Thursday with Sensex up by 1,092.16 points and Nifty up by 315.90 points.The 30-scrip BSE Sensex was up by 1,092.16 points or trading at 55,739.49 and up by 2.00 percent at 9.33 am. Similarly, 50-scrip NSE Nifty was trading at 16,661.25 at 9.33 am, up by 315.90...
09:48
Two-time Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh is trailing in his pocket borough Patiala Urban seat by 3,575 votes on Thursday, according to initial poll trends. Aam Aadmi Party candidate Ajit Pal Singh Kohli was leading from the Patiala Urban seat. Counting of votes for 117 assembly seats in...
09:43
Uttar Pradesh: The BJP was leading in 176 seats as against 78 of its nearest rival Samajwadi Party in the initial rounds of counting of votes in Uttar Pradesh.Among those leading included Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav from Karhal, Shivpal Yadav from...
09:40
Carrying a people's mandate
Leads so far:Uttar Pradesh (403 seats)BJP+ 176 SP+ 78Punjab (117 seats) AAP: 63Cong: 17Uttarakhand (70 seats) BJP: 30Cong: 24Goa (40 seats)BJP: 18Cong: 16Manipur (60 seats)BJP: 23Cong+: 7Others: 16
09:31
Goa CM and BJP candidate from Sanquelim, Pramod Sawant trailing by 400 votes, Congress leading from the seat. Goa (40 seats) LeadsBJP: 18Cong: 16
09:24
Congress leader and former state Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Thursday asserted that his party will comfortably win the Uttarakhand Assembly elections by bagging almost 48 seats. Talking to ANI, Rawat said, I am confident of the victory of Congress in Uttarakhand. Everything will be...
09:20
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav thanked party workers as counting is underway in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022. Early leads show the BJP is ahead in UP.The test is yet to be complete. The time has come now for decisions. My heartfelt thanks to every worker, supporter,...
09:18
Counting of votes for 117 assembly seats in Punjab began on Thursday amid tight security arrangements. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was leading in 51 seats.
09:04
Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi (in yellow turban) offers prayers in Chamkaur Sahib Gurudwara along with his family as results start trickling in for the assembly elections.
09:00
The BJP is ahead of the Samajwadi Party-led alliance in Uttar Pradesh and the AAP and Congress are neck-and-neck in Punjab in very early trends based on postal ballots as votes are being counted in five states. The BJP is hoping to retain power in four states - Uttar Pradesh,...
08:56
The winner gets these giant laddoos
Counting of votes for 117 assembly seats in Punjab began on Thursday amid tight security arrangements. As many as 7,500 personnel have been deputed for the counting process which began at 8 am at 66 locations across the state, officials said. A three-tier security measure...
08:54
Counting of votes polled in the Manipur assembly elections began at 8 am on Thursday under tight security and strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols, officials said. Polling for 60 assembly seats was held in two phases on February 28 and March 5. The counting, underway in 12...
08:53
A polling officer checks an EVM in Uttarakhand
What's happening in Uttarakhand: Counting of votes for the 70 assembly seats in Uttarakhand began on Thursday amid tight security arrangements.The polling was held in the state on February 14 with more than 65 per cent of the electorate casting their votes. The ruling BJP is seeking a...
08:51
What's happening in UP:VVPAT (voter-verified paper audit trail) slips of five machines will be counted in every Assembly constituency. The official said cameras have been installed at all counting centres. Adequate AROs (assistant returning officers) have been deployed in every Assembly...
08:48
Dismissing pre-poll surveys that showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party had an edge in Uttar Pradesh elections, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday claimed that the ruling party will be wiped out from the state when the results are declared on March 10.Meanwhile, leads in Punjab: Of...
08:41
CEC Sushil Chandra: 31,000 new polling booths were created for the Assembly polls. We created 1,900 polling booths that were run by women and large women participation was seen due to this. In 4 out of 5 states, the percentage of female voters were higher than that of male voters.One Nation One...
08:38
Manipur CM N Biren Singh offers prayers at Shree Govindajee Temple in Imphal, on verdict day for Assembly elections.
08:34
Goa Congress, seeking disqualification of 10 MLAs who defected to BJP in 2017, goes to Supreme Court.
08:31
BJP is ahead in 53 seats in UP, says India Today. In the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly, the majority mark is 202 and the exit polls predicted that the BJP is poised to comfortably return to power with its allies for an unprecedented second term with most of them stating that the party's...
08:25
Goa CM Pramod Sawant offers prayers at Sri Datta Temple as the countdown begins for the results of the Goa Assembly polls. The multi-cornered contest in Goa could lead to a hung assembly verdict, exit polls predicted with some of them putting the BJP ahead but some also stating that Congress...
08:22
Counting of postal ballots gets underway at a counting center in Gurdaspur
Congress ahead in Punjab, Uttarakhand in early leads (postal votes).
08:20
During the ban on election rallies due to the Omicron wave, the EC took MCC violations seriously. Around 2,270 FIRs were filed for violation of COVID norms as well as MCC violations in all 5 states. Every political party is the same for EC, said Sushil Chandra, Chief Election Commissioner.
08:16
Several exit polls on Monday forecast a clear majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh and the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab with some of them giving an edge to the saffron party in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
08:15
AAP leader Bhagwant Mann offers prayers at gurdwara Gursagar Mastuana Sahib, Sangrur. Counting of votes for 117 Assembly constituencies in Punjab began at 8 am. Exit polls predicted a clear victory for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 117-member Punjab Assembly with the scale of the...
08:11
Sushil Chandra, Chief Election Commissioner
Sushil Chandra, Chief Election Commissioner says the questions raised on an EVM in Varanasi was meant for training purpose. The ADM's mistake was that he did not inform political parties about the movement of EVMs for training purposes as per standard operating procedure, the CEC said. When...
08:05
In the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly, the majority mark is 202 and the exit polls predicted that the BJP is poised to comfortably return to power with its allies for an unprecedented second term with most of them stating that the party's tally would be less than that in 2017 elections when it...
07:55
The political fervour goes high as all eyes are on the counting of votes of Assembly elections in five States including Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand on Thursday.The elections occurred in 690 assembly constituencies in the above-mentioned five states. Further counting will...
00:13
As the world marks two years of the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than six million people globally, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday cautioned that it would be a 'grave mistake' to think the crisis is over and voiced concern that nearly three billion people...
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