Elections 2024
- India
Lok Sabha 2024: Muslims emerge as key vote bank, representation remains low
New Delhi: The Muslim vote bank has emerged as a key factor in many constituencies across the country in 2024 general elections. However, the community’s representation in the Lok Sabha has not…
- Top Stories
Jump to Congress or BJP? All eyes on BRS MLAs in Telangana
Hyderabad: Political equations are all set to change in Telangana, with the balance now tilting towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which managed to win 8 out of 17 Lok Sabha seats…
- Telangana
After Owaisi, Revanth says BRS supported BJP in Lok Sabha polls
Hyderabad: Hours after AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi alleged that leaders of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) openly supported the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Lok Sabha poll candidates, Telangana chief minister A Revanth…
- Kolkata
TMC wins Muslim-majority pockets in south Bengal, BJP wins in north
Kolkata: People belonging to the minority community helped TMC sweep Muslim-majority pockets in the southern region of West Bengal while the division of their votes facilitated BJP’s victories in the northern part…
- India
India deserves faster economic growth that’s ecologically sustainable: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: India deserves faster economic growth that is socially just and ecologically sustainable, former environment minister and senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday. On World Environment Day, Ramesh called…
- India
Will think twice before giving tickets to Muslims: Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati has said that Muslims had failed to understand her party even though it had been giving the community adequate representation. In a statement, the BSP…
- India
After mixed success in LS polls, bigger challenge awaits Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai: Till five years ago, Uddhav Thackeray appeared to be a reluctant and diffident politician carrying the burden of his father Bal Thackeray’s legacy, but he reinvented himself and his party after…
- Elections
LS elections: Two candidates booked for rape secure victory
New Delhi: Two candidates with rape cases registered against them have won the Lok Sabha elections, the results of which were declared on Tuesday. BJP candidates Saumitra Khan and Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao…
- India
15 Muslim candidates, including TMC’s Yusuf Pathan, win LS seats
New Delhi: At least 15 Muslim candidates have won Lok Sabha seats across the country, including the TMC nominee and former India cricketer Yusuf Pathan who secured a comfortable victory over Adhir…
- Telangana
Congress, BJP improve tally in LS polls in Telangana, BRS suffers drubbing
Hyderabad: The ruling Congress and the BJP in Telangana on Tuesday came up with impressive performances in the Lok Sabha elections by winning eight seats each, out of the total 17 constituencies,…
- Mumbai
Maharashtra: BJP, allies get 17; Oppn combine bags 30 of 48 seats
Mumbai: The BJP and allies got 17 seats in Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra, with the BJP’s tally dwindling by less than half compared to 2019, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi…
- Hyderabad
Congress wrests Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly seat from BRS
Hyderabad: The ruling Congress in Telangana has wrested the Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly seat from the main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the by-election, which was held along with Lok Sabha polls…
- Hyderabad
Madhavi Latha: A Hindutva proponent who garnered some attention in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Multi-faceted personality and BJP pick for Hyderabad to take on its long-time MP Asaduddin Owaisi, K Madhavi Latha, is said to have given a run for his money in the May…
- India
As BJP fails to get own majority, Congress says it’s moral defeat for Modi
New Delhi: After the BJP failed to get a majority of its own in Lok Sabha elections, the Congress claimed it was a mandate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi even as it…
- India
US commends India’s parliamentary elections, stays neutral on results
Washington: The US on Tuesday praised India’s parliamentary elections as the “largest exercise of democracy in history”, while refraining from commenting on the outcomes of the polls. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller…
