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Balasore, a city in the coastal region of Odisha is quite different electorally from other parts of the state. This is one Lok Sabha seat, where the BJP has been stronger for the last 25 years. BJP won this seat consecutively in 1998, 1999 and 2004. But in the past three elections, Balasore has elected three MPs from three different parties. In 2009, it was Congress leader Srikant Jena; in 2014, it was Rabindra Kumar Jena of BJD and in 2019, BJP candidate Pratap Sarangi won this seat with a margin of 12,956 votes. Back to 2024, Sarangi is facing a triangular contest against Congress and BJD. Veteran Congress leader and former MP from the seat, Srikant Jena is challe.nging Sarangi's second term along with BJD candidate Lekhashree Samantsinghar.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to convene his war cabinet Sunday to discuss the latest efforts towards a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, a senior official told AFP. The news came despite more deadly Gaza fighting and a rocket barrage Hamas aimed at Tel Aviv that sent people scrambling for bomb shelters as air defences intercepted projectiles streaking across the sky. US President Joe Biden has pushed for renewed international efforts to halt the Gaza war, and CIA chief Bill Burns on Friday met Mossad director David Barnea and Qatar's prime minister in Paris.

Grayson Murray's death at the age of 30 has raised several questions as no cause of death was cited either by PGA tour or by the US Golfer and two-time PGA tour winner's family members. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan gave details about the demise a day after Murray withdrew from the Charles Schwab Challenge at Fort Worth, Texas citing unspecified illness.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis worked for Nitin Gadkari's defeat in the Lok Sabha elections. Raut's claim has drawn sharp reactions from the BJP and Congress' candidate from Nagpur. Raut alleged that Fadnavis had unwillingly campaigned for Gadkari, who contested from the Nagpur Lok Sabha seat, when he realised the Union minister couldn't be defeated. Nagpur is the hometown of both BJP leaders.

PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC users will be able to download a video game for free. 'MultiVersus' Season 1: Puns & Villainy will be releasing this week. «Ready your pies, grab a sandwich, and sharpen your skills, cause it's almost time to jump back into the mayhem. Welcome back to MultiVersus, MVPs!» the trailer caption reads.

Opposition INDIA bloc over not announcing the prime ministerial candidate and even said that all leaders in the Opposition alliance are candidates to become the prime minister. "If we form the government, all the leaders will decide who will be their PM," Mallikarjun Kharge was quoted by NDTV as saying during a press conference in Himachal Pradesh's capital, Shimla. He mentioned the ten years of the UPA regime and said that no prime ministerial candidate was announced before the 2004 Lok Sabha elections.

UFC event every weekends. However, there will be no fight night on this Saturday, May 25. One week of no action paves the way for the big event — UFC 302 which will witness Islam Makhachev taking on Dustin Poirier for Lightweight title in Newark on June 1.

Mad Max in the original movie (1979), was a cop-turned-vigilante riding his modified Kawa Z1000 bike across the wasteland fighting criminals, looking for food and ‘guzzolene’? The success of that film brought even more successful sequels: Mad Max 2, Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome (where you fell in love with Tina Turner again!), and Mad Max Fury Road. 

Narendra Modi is facing further criticism from opposition leaders after making 'mujra' remarks while addressing a Lok Sabha rally in Bihar.On 25 May, while addressing a back-to-back rally in Buxar, Karakat and Patliputra Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar, PM Modi hit out at the opposition, alleging that the INDIA bloc attempts to rob Dalits and backward classes of reservations and accused them of 'enslavement' and performing 'mujra' for Muslim vote bank."Bihar is the land which has given a new direction to the fight for social justice. I wish to declare on its soil that I will foil the plans of the INDIA bloc to rob SCs, STs and OBCs of their rights and divert these to Muslims.

powerful speech after winning the prestigious award, Anasuya Sengupta hoped for more female gaze in the future."This is for the queer community everywhere, and all other marginalized communities all over the world, for bravely fighting a fight they shouldn't have to fight," Anasuya passionately stated upon receiving her award."More female gaze is the way forward, and the browner, the better," she added.Anasuya Sengupta, a native of Kolkata, gave a remarkable performance as Renuka in 'The Shameless,' a film helmed by Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov. The film chronicles Renuka's harrowing yet empowering escape from a brothel in Delhi, where she kills a police officer to secure her freedom.

RR vs SRH IPL 2024: Riyan Parag’s poor performance in the IPL 2024 Qualifier 2 hasn’t impressed Sunil Gavaskar. The legendary former cricketer has questioned the young batter’s temperament as Rajasthan Royals (RR) got eliminated.Riyan Parag’s performance during the first half of this year's IPL was highly impressive. However, he failed to make massive impressions in two high-profile matches in the playoffs.

Mahatma Gandhi and Bhimrao Ambedkar, stating that it would be a “very interesting discourse".In an interview with Lallantop, Jahnvi Kapoor revealed her curiosity about how the ideologies of Ambedkar and Gandhi influenced each other and evolved in tandem.Jahnvi told Lallantop, “Debate between what they stand for and how Ambedkar Saheb's and Gandhi Saheb's views changed on a particular topic. They both have helped a lot in our society.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday staged protest amid polling in Jammu Kashmir's Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seats.

sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 today, May 25. All 10 seats of Haryana and seven seats of Delhi are voting in this round of polling. Elections to 486 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats will be over by the end of phase 6 polling today.

Nvidia's most advanced AI chip it developed for the China market has got off to a weak start, with abundant supply forcing it to be priced below a rival chip from Chinese tech giant Huawei, according to sources familiar with the matter. The flattening prices underscore the challenges Nvidia's China business faces amid U.S. sanctions on AI chip exports and heightened competition, casting a cloud over its future in a market that contributed 17% to its revenue for fiscal 2024.

Myanmar’s military government appears to be considering reviving a massive China-backed hydroelectric dam project

OpenAI will start using news content from News Corp. as part of a multiyear deal between the two companies

The independent bookstore boom continues

BJP and the INDIA bloc partners pitted in a direct, one-on-one contest in all the seven Lok Sabha constituencies. A total of 1.52 crore voters, including 82 lakh male and 69 lakh female voters as well as 1,228 third gender, are eligible to cast their votes at more than 13,000 polling booths in 2,627 places across the seven seats. Voting will start from 7 am with special arrangements at the polling booths to help the voters exercise their franchise amid scorching heat.

Giriraj Singh's comment on Muslim reservation, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday launched a scathing attack on BJP by claiming that 'India becoming Pakistan is result of the party mirroring the logic of partition.' «In fact, the sad thing is, India becoming Pakistan is the result of the BJP mirroring the logic of partition...We want to see everyone included in the narrative of Indian progress. It is simply not fair for a minister to say India becoming Pakistan when one thing we stand for in the Indian alliance is the opposite of the logic that the BJP is pursuing which mirrors the logic of Pakistan,» said Tharoor. Earlier during the day, BJP leader Giriraj Singh claimed that reservation given to Muslims is an attack on Hindus. «The time has come that the reservations given to the Muslims should be rethought about. Reservation given to them is an attack on the Hindus...If all the Hindus do not unite & fight against the Muslim reservation then in the coming days India will become Pakistan...» said Singh.

As the Qualifier 2 match of IPL between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) is scheduled for today at 7:30 pm in Chennai might get affected by a light rainfall in the city. If it happens as forecasted by the Regional Meteorological Department then SRH has a chance to qualify for the finals swiftly.