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A Minnesota jury in the United States on Friday found Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29 and Steve Shand, 50, guilty for their involvement in an international human smuggling operation that led to the deaths of an Indian family who froze while attempting to cross the US-Canada border during a blizzard in 2022. Shand, a resident of […]
As the BJP-led NDA alliance appears set for a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, financial experts are analysing its potential impact on the Indian stock market when trading resumes on Monday. The clear mandate is expected to strengthen investor confidence, shifting market strategies from defensive to aggressive. Speaking on the anticipated market reaction, […]
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti’s landslide win in Maharashtra and INDIA bloc’s comprehensive victory in Jharkhand have yet again shown that the elections in India are won by those who get their alliances – both electoral and social – right. While multiple observers may look at the success of Ladki Bahin in Maharashtra or Maiya Samman […]
New Delhi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren looks firmly set to remain in power in Jharkhand. The INDIA bloc have the lead according to the Election Commission’s website, with the following breakdown: Party Won Leading Total Jharkhand Mukti Morcha – JMM 11 24 35 Bharatiya Janata Party – BJP 1 19 20 Indian National Congress […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has solidified its position as Maharashtra’s leading political force in the recent assembly elections, with the ruling Mahayuti alliance surpassing the 200-seat mark as vote counting continues. According to trends from the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Mahayuti is leading in 220 seats, ensuring a comfortable majority in the […]
The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Congress alliance in Jharkhand has outperformed exit poll projections, crossing the halfway mark in the state assembly elections. Meanwhile, in Maharashtra, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has surged to a commanding lead, marking a significant turnaround from its performance in the Lok Sabha elections. In Jharkhand, the election battle […]
Aaditya Thackeray leads by over 400 votes after four rounds of counting in Worli Constituency. Aditya Thackeray, son of former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, is leading by a slender margin of 400 votes from Worli against Milind Deora of Shiv Sena. Sandeep Deshpande of MNS is also contesting. Shiv Sena (UBT) has suffered a setback […]
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is poised to succeed her brother, Rahul Gandhi, as the Member of Parliament for Wayanad in Kerala. Making her electoral debut, Priyanka leads the parliamentary by-election by a significant margin of over 1.5 lakh votes. The by-election was held to fill the seat vacated by Rahul Gandhi following his move […]
New Delhi: The majority mark of the 288-seat Maharashtra assembly is 145 – the number to watch out for, for six parties today. The Mahayuti alliance has a sizeable lead now. Party Won Leading Total Nationalist Congress Party – NCP 0 7 7 Bharatiya Janata Party – BJP 0 6 6 Shiv Sena – SHS 0 […]
New Delhi: A majority of exit polls have predicted a win for the BJP and its allies in the Maharashtra assembly elections. Many also forecast a victory for the BJP camp in Jharkhand, but some predicted that the INDIA bloc would win. Elections were held in a single phase in Maharashtra on Wednesday (November 20), where […]
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar has dismissed allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray regarding industrialist Gautam Adani’s involvement in the controversial Dharavi redevelopment project. Pawar’s comments are particularly significant given that both Gandhi and Thackeray have vowed to scrap the project if their respective parties […]
As polling concludes across Maharashtra and Jharkhand today, all eyes will be on exit polls, which are expected to offer the first glimpse of the likely election results. Voters are casting their ballots in all 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra and 38 of the remaining 81 seats in Jharkhand. This marks the second phase of […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to visit India in the near future, the Kremlin announced today, noting that Moscow and New Delhi are “coordinating the dates”. The visit, expected early next year, forms part of an established arrangement for reciprocal annual visits between the leaders of the two nations. Without disclosing details of the […]
The brother of jailed criminal Lawrence Bishnoi, Anmol Bishnoi, was detained in the United States on Monday. After questioning Anmol Bishnoi, US officials may first hand him over to Canadian police in connection with Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s murder. Following that, Indian authorities may take custody of him. Initial reports state that Anmol, a notorious criminal […]
India has conducted a successful test of its first long-range hypersonic missile, capable of mid-flight manoeuvres and speeds exceeding five times the speed of sound, the Ministry of Defence announced. The missile, which is designed to penetrate advanced enemy missile defence systems, was launched from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha […]
The Supreme Court on Monday criticised the Delhi government for delaying the implementation of Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), asserting that stringent preventive measures would remain in place until further orders, regardless of any improvement in air quality. “We will not allow scaling down of preventive measures under Stage 4, even […]
BJP leader and Deputy Mayor of Rajkot, Narendrasinh Jadeja, also known as Tikubha and his brother Ravirajsinh Jadeja were stabbed in a brawl on Sunday night. The attack was allegedly carried out by Sunny, the manager of a local restaurant ‘Sunny Paji Ka Dhaba’ and his associates. Gandhigram police have arrested the suspect and initiated […]
Former Delhi Transport Minister and prominent Jat leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Kailash Gahlot, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday, just days before the upcoming assembly elections. Gahlot’s decision to switch parties came shortly after he resigned from his ministerial post and AAP membership. He formally joined the BJP in the […]
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor, Muhammad Yunus, on Sunday dismissed concerns over recent violence against the country’s Hindu minority, describing it as “exaggerated propaganda” driven by political motives aimed at destabilising the nation. Acknowledging that incidents of violence had occurred, Yunus asserted that they were politically motivated and had been “given a communal colour.” His comments […]
On the eve of the Lok Sabha poll results, both Narendra Modi and Amit Shah gave an unprecedented call urging people to buy shares in the market on the assumption that BJP would win a decisive victory and the stock markets would be on a roll. However, after the results, the stock market crashed over […]
