But as in any electoral battle, what really matters in the end is which party won. Four of the five states will see the BJP governments again. It was obviously Narendra Modi’s magic that seems to have brought the saffron party back to power in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
March 10, 2022According to data available with the State Election Commission (SEC), Trinamul Congress got 62.44 per cent of the votes, BJP 13.42 per cent, CPI-M 11.83 per cent and Congress 5.06 per cent votes.
March 3, 2022As she savours the triumph, Mamata Banerjee has been notably gracious ~ “Me and my party are yet again in boundless gratitude to the people. Celebrate these victories in peace, without getting trapped in provocation of any sort.” The BJP has been routed, most importantly in urban centres where it had performed well during the Assembly elections last summer.
February 17, 2022To commemorate the 50th Year Anniversary of the Harar Kalan attack during the India-Pakistan war on the night of December 10/11, 1971, the Christian United Forum in Bengaluru has honoured two surviving war heroes.
December 13, 2021The case was assigned to the division bench of Justices A.G. Masih and Ashok Kumar Verma. Earlier, the case was being heard by the bench of Justices Rajan Gupta and Ajay Tewari but the latter recused himself on 1 September.
October 5, 2021It is now pretty obvious that none of the other parties had the wherewithal to put up a fight against the seemingly formidable Miss Banerjee.
October 4, 2021After 21 rounds of counting, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee secured 84,709 of the total 1,17,875 votes, securing more than 71 per cent of the total votes polled while Tibrewal secured 26,350 votes, little more than 22 per cent of the votes. CPI(M) candidate Shreejib Biwas managed to get only 4,201 votes.
October 3, 2021The police informed the court that the picture of Jesus Christ was never used on the website of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) as reported by a Telugu daily in 2019.
September 30, 2021Taking a sarcastic dig at the PM, Gandhi said that Modi has fulfilled his promise of doing what has never happened in the country in 70 years before his coming to power.
September 10, 2018Thiem can now book a spot in the semi-finals of this elite year-end event with a victory Friday over Belgium's David Goffin.
November 16, 2017German football club Borussia Dortmund jumped atop the standings after beating Hamburg 3-0 while Hoffenheim bounced back from two goals down.
September 21, 2017Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Ram Chandra was leading in the Bawana Assembly by-poll in Delhi by over 20,000 votes, giving a boost to the party which is in power in Delhi. After 23 out of 28 rounds of counting was over, the AAP candidate had 51,070 votes against 29,595 votes of Bharatiya Janata Party …
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August 28, 2017US President Donald Trump has hailed the liberation of Mosul in Iraq from the Islamic State terror group and congratulated Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi for the victory. “Today, Iraqi security Forces, supported by the United States and the global coalition, liberated the city of Mosul from its long nightmare under the rule of ISIS. “We …
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July 11, 2017Iraq has declared “total victory” over the Islamic State group in Mosul, retaking full control of the country's second-largest city three years after it was seized by extremists bent on building a global caliphate. “This great feast day crowned the victories of the fighters and the Iraqis for the past three years,” said Prime Minister …
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July 11, 2017The National Conference said on Saturday that it won't celebrate party president and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah's "victory" in the Srinagar parliamentary by-poll in view of the deaths that occurred on balloting day. Junaid Azim Mattu, National Conference spokesperson, said in a statement the party would not celebrate Abdullah's election victory as eight persons …
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