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INDIA bloc defied the ruling party’s disparaging characterisation of the coalition as a ramshackle grouping of unelectable parties with a striking poll performance — especially in the key state of Uttar Pradesh — that prevented the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from achieving a majority in the Lok Sabha on its own. The Congress led INDIA with a tally of 99 seats, followed by the Samajwadi Party (37), the Trinamool Congress (29) and others, taking the coalition’s number to 234, bringing it the closest it has been to the prospect of power in a decade, faring much better than exit poll figures on Saturday and triggering a plunge in the stock market, which had been expecting the BJP to do much better.

BJP a simple majority, the INDIA bloc members demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi resign on moral grounds after his party failed to retain majority without allies. They said the poll result “is also a popular rejection of the politics of vendetta” by the BJP-led government.

Biden is fine with Modi 3.0, even in its diminished capacity. The India-US partnership has grown substantially, serious problems have been tackled with finesse, and the future shows new possibilities. Continuity trumps change in this case, especially with concerns in Washington of a possible lurch far to the right now considerably dampened with a coalition NDA government in New Delhi.

Trade Organization (WTO) as Canberra is making changes to its commitments which New Delhi believes could impact its services trade.

world’s largest democratic exercise. In the face of the surprising drop in the BJP's support, the opposition claimed they had also won a victory of sorts, with the main opposition Congress party saying the election had been a “moral and political loss" for Modi. “This is public’s victory and a win for democracy," Congress party President Mallikarjun Kharge told reporters.

Hassan JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women, lost the Lok Sabha elections to Shreyas M Patel of the Congress by 42,549 votes on Tuesday. Patel secured 6,72,988 votes and Revanna 6,30,339.

candidates have bagged the top rank in medical entrance exam NEET-UG, a majority of them from Rajasthan, the National Testing Agency announced on Tuesday. The top rankers in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) also include 14 girls, the agency said.

Maharashtra Election Results 2024: After the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is set to bag 29 of the 48 seats in Maharashtra, former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said the INDIA bloc was formed to end the dictatorship in the country and save the Constitution. The MVA contitues of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar).Addressing a press conference, Thackeray said, “The day our INDIA alliance was formed, we had decided that we want to end the dictatorship in the country and save the Constitution."The Sena UBT chief also informed that the Opposition alliance would decide on its Prime Minister candidate tomorrow (June 5). "All patriots and all people who are harassed by them (BJP) will come with us.

shamelessly destroying India's future by: (1) using ED, CBI, and Income Tax agencies to coerce politicians and business people; (2) using money power through illegal Electoral Bonds and crony capitalists to buy elections and MP/MLAs; and (3) controlling the media, bureaucracy, and EC to advance his megalomania. The people have taken this so-called "divine person" and shown him his true place - the dustbin of history along with all the other dictators!," Yashwant Sinha said in a post on X.Yashwant Sinha's remark came as Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers at the party headquarters in New Delhi and thanked the people of the country for the historic third term to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). PM Modi assured his supporters that his third term would be a tenure of big decisions and the key emphasis would be on uprooting corruption."The fight against corruption is becoming tougher by the day.

Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights Live Updates"I am being questioned whether I will remain an MP for Wayanad or Raebareli seat.

South Korea's president says his country will expand development aid to Africa and pursue deeper cooperation with the region of 1.3 billion people on critical minerals and technology

Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed victory for his alliance on Tuesday in India’s general election, despite a lackluster performance from his own party as it faced a stronger than expected challenge from the opposition, which pushed back against the ...

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The United Nations is reporting that global public debt rose to a record $97 trillion last year, with developing countries owing roughly one-third of that – crimping their ability to pay for basic government services like health care, education and cli...

Mike Russell will be making his PGA Tour debut later this month. Why is this unique? Mike is one of the youngest golfers in the history of the PGA to be making his debut. He is just 15 years old and is already an achiever who has performed incredibly well in different golf tournaments. This will be his first tour tournament he will be participating in where he will be against champions and legends in the sports of Golf.

Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday won from the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency for the third time in a row, defeating his nearest Congress rival by a margin of 1,37, 603 votes. The senior BJP leader polled 6,55,027 votes against 5,17,424 votes received by Congress' Vikas Thakre in 20 rounds of counting. BSP candidate Yogesh Lanjewar stood third with 19,242 votes, while 5,474 votes went to NOTA.

BJP asserted on Tuesday that the Lok Sabha poll victory for its alliance underlines people's faith and confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of «Viksit Bharat». Home Minister Amit Shah said on X that the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) third consecutive victory in the national election has shown that people's trust is only in Modi. The voters' support is their blessing for the prime minister's work in the last 10 years for the welfare of the poor and farmers, revival of heritage and self-respect of women.

5G spectrum auction — the telecom sector’s most watched event — has been put off again, this time till June 25.

Mint that the opposition getting substantial votes is also a sign that checks and balances are in place. Sajjan Jindal, chairman of JSW Group, in a statement on today's election results, said, “Very difficult to gauge the mood of public in a vast country like ours. This is amply clear from today’s numbers! What we are witnessing today is something nobody expected and showcases how a democracy of our size functions.""The biggest question on the mind of investors is whether the pace and quality of reform will continue as it has over the past 10 years without the single majority.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a simple majority in the 543-member Lok Sabha. The election results announced on June 4, however, indicated that the NDA has not achieved the landslide victory that most exit polls had predicted.The NDA was hovering around 292 seats as on 9 pm, according to Election Commission of India numbers. The opposition INDIA bloc was leading in 232 seats, again belying all exit poll predictions.