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Foreign investors are expected to defer investments in Indian equities until clarity emerges on the new government and its policies, with the political mosaic drastically altered after a narrower-than-expected NDA poll victory that has left the BJP reliant on allies for a simple majority. Overseas investors have sold Indian stocks worth ₹34,257 crore in the last two months and sold over ₹25,000 crore in May, alone. «No major immediate moves are expected, especially with the consumption story emerging post the mandate which was significantly different from the predictions of the exit polls and even what markets wanted,» said Abhilash Pagaria, head of alternative & quantitative research at Nuvama.

Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, whose seven seats along with Chirag Paswan’s five are going to be crucial in helping the NDA gain majority in the Lok Sabha, could seek from the BJP a “free hand” in governing Maharashtra and greater representation of Shiv Sena leaders in the new government.

Agniveer scheme and farmers protest against the three farm laws made the BJP suffer heavy losses in two states – Haryana and Rajasthan – which the party swept in 2019 and its candidates won by the handsome margins.

legislative assembly polls on Tuesday as the Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP-BJPJSP alliance routed the YSR Jagan Mohan Reddy regime, winning 165 out of 175 seats.

BJP suffered a reversal in northeast, with the party losing two seats in Manipur. Its allies lost in Meghalaya and Nagaland. BJP, along with its allies, had targeted to win 12 seats in Assam and around 23 of the 25 seats across the eight states of the region. However, NDA won only 16 seats this time with BJP winning 13 and its allies three. The Congress tally in Assam remained at three. In Assam, Kripnath Mallah of BJP won from Karimganj, defeating Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury of Congress. Congress’ Gaurav Gogoi, who changed his constituency after the delimitation exercise, won from Jorhat. His earlier constituency, Koliabor, ceased to exist, and a new constituency was created — Kaziranga — following the delimitation of constituencies. BJP’s ally AGP won the Barpeta seat. In Manipur, seized by ethnic strife for over a year, BJP and its ally Naga People’s Front (NPF) suffered a crushing defeat. In the tribal-dominated seat of Outer Manipur, NPF candidate K Timothy Zimik was trounced by Alfred Kanngam S Arthur of Congress. In Meitei-dominated valley seat of Inner Manipur, JNU professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam defeated BJP candidate Thounaojam Basantakumar Singh, who is a minister in the state government.

new moon in Gemini will be there for three days, the day before, the day and the day after. It will occur on Jun 6, so it will be there from June 5 to June 7. How will it affect people of different zodiac signs? It is known to everyone that the moon goes through different phases each month, and a new moon is when it looks all but invisible from the Earth. According to astrology, the new moon affects people with different zodiac signs as they uniquely sync with them. However, the vibe from the new moon in Gemini will technically only last a few days.

candidates on Delhi's seven seats have lost their security deposits in the Lok Sabha elections, according to the Election Commission. In Chandani Chowk 23, New Delhi 15, South Delhi 20, East Delhi 18, West Delhi 22, North East Delhi 26 and North West Delhi 24 candidates forfeited their deposit.

Lok Sabha election 2024, many candidates won by a huge margin. BJP's sitting MP Shankar Lalwani won the Indore Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh with a margin of 10.08 lakh votes in biggest victory of any BJP candidate in Madhya Pradesh. Interestingly, NOTA remained at the second position with over two lakh. Congress' nominee from Indore, Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination papers at the last minute. In the absence of a candidate from Congress, it was a walk-over for Shankar Lalwani and BJP in Indore. The Congress supporters had campaigned for NOTA during the election. The BJP has been retaining the Indore seat since 1989. Before Lalwani, BJP member Sumitra Mahajan, who also served as Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019, held the position for an exceptional eight consecutive terms.

candidates who contested in the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal registered victories by massive margins. Trinamool Congress general secretary and Diamond Harbour candidate Abhishek Banerjee topped the list of nominees winning the election with a massive margin of over 7 lakh votes.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday won the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh by a margin of 3,90,030 votes, bettering his mother Sonia Gandhi's victory margin in 2019. According to the Election Commission (EC), Rahul Gandhi secured a total of 6,87,649 votes against the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Dinesh Pratap Singh who got 2,97,619 votes. Thakur Prasad Yadav of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) secured 21,624 votes.

SJVN expects its under-construction 900 MW Arun-3 hydro-electric project in Nepal to start power generation from next year as nearly three-fourths of work has been completed, its chairman and managing director Sushil Sharma said on Tuesday. Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal triggered the last blast to mark the completion of heading excavation 11.8 km long head race tunnel of 900 MW Arun- 3 Hydro Electric Project in Sankhuwasabha district of Nepal, SJVN said in a statement. SJVN is constructing the multi-crore Arun 3 Hydro Electric Project in Nepal. More than 74 per cent of the project works have already been completed and the remaining works are going on in full swing. The project will start generation by next year and has the potential to generate 3924 million units of electricity every year, Sharma said in the statement.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should immediately resign «accepting the moral defeat» because he campaigned in the Lok Sabha polls claiming that the BJP would win over 400 seats but in reality, it failed to get a majority on its own. Addressing a press conference, Banerjee said she would try to ensure that Modi is out of power from the Centre, and the "INDIA bloc is in".

BJP's vote share suffered a decline this time while the Congress and the Samajwadi party garnered more votes compared to what they did in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, according to Election Commission data on Tuesday. The BJP, which contested more seats this time than in 2019 but is likely to fall short of the magic figure of 272, garnered 36.91 per cent of the total votes polled, a drop of around 0.39 percentage points as of 6.15 pm.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday during a press conference said that INDIA will hold a meeting with alliance members and take a call tomorrow on the possibilities of forming a government.

defence ministry said on Tuesday.

foodgrain production in India is estimated at 3,288.52 lakh tonne in 2023-24, which is lower than 3,296.87 lakh tonnes of foodgrain production of 2022-23, according to the third advance estimates of production released by agriculture ministry on Tuesday.

Mohmad Haneefa won the Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency, defeating his nearest Congress rival Tsering Namgyal by a margin of 27,906 votes, Returning officer Santosh Sukhadeve said.

stood among the top gainers.

The NSE Nifty index closed 1379.41 points down at 21884.5, while BSE Sensex ended down 4389.73 points at 72079.05.

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai defeated Congress' Anandaswamy Gaddevarmath by 43,513, according to the latest update from the Election Commission of India (ECI). Bommai got 7,05,538 votes, while Gaddevarmath received 6,62,025 votes. Bommai was the state's CM from 2021 to 2023. He had taken over from veteran BJP leader BS Yediyurappa after he announced retirement from electoral politics. Bommai was voted out of office in 2023 and Congress formed the government in the state. The election in Karnataka was held in two phases on April 26 and May 7. Haveri voted on May 7.

TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet colleague Amit Shah over the the NDA's impending victory in the Lok Sabha polls. PM Modi and Amit Shah in return congratulated Chandrababu Naidu on the grand victory of the NDA alliance in Andhra Pradesh, TDP sources said. Naidu dialled both leaders. The NDA, comprising TDP, BJP and Janasena Party in the state is heading towards a landslide victory by winning one seat and leading in 157 segments of the 175 member state assembly. The coalition also did well in the Lok Sabha polls, leading in 21 of the total 25 constituencies.