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Assembly polls: BJP soars as space further shrinks for Congress, AAP rises

BJP's splendid performance in the four states ruled by it, sweeping away opposition parties with its governance model and PM Modi's popularity has made it the firm favourites for the 2024 elections

Narayan Rane, son move HC seeking to quash FIR in Disha Salian case

Union minister Narayan Rane and his son Nitesh, a BJP MLA, on Thursday approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against them

Uttar Pradesh Elections: BJP trio wins Noida, Dadri, Jewar seats again

BJP MLAs from Noida, Dadri and Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar district Thursday emerged victorious from their respective seats in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022, according to official results. Pankaj Singh won the Noida seat with a whopping margin of 1.81 lakh votes, while Tejpal Nagar recorded a victory with 1.38 lakh votes, the Election Commission website showed. Dhirendra Singh won from the Jewar assembly seat with a victory margin of 56,315 votes, according to the result on the EC website. All three assembly constituencies had gone to polls on February 10 during the first round of the seven-phase elections in the state.

Punjab polls: Amarinder fails big time, so does party that 'humiliated' him

Amarinder Singh failed spectacularly in these assembly elections his new party failed to open its account, his ally BJP fell flat and he failed to even win his own constituency. But there might be some consolation for the former chief minister. The Congress, with which he had a bitter parting just months back, hasn't done too well either in the state, swept by an Aam Aadmi Party wave. The 2022 Punjab Assembly polls came as a fresh challenge for two-time chief minister, who was unseated from his post last year following a bitter power tussle with state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. The 79-year-old leader said he was humiliated and warned of repercussions then. Soon, he launched the Punjab Lok Congress, contesting the polls in alliance with the BJP, a party whose expansion in the state he had once stalled despite a Narendra Modi wave elsewhere in the Lok Sabha polls. Once considered close to the Gandhi family, Amarinder Singh did not mince words while leaving the party, and ca

BJP will take independent parties along to form Goa govt: Fadnavis

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday reiterated that his party will take independents and regional parties along to form the next government in Goa.

Assembly poll results put BJP on firm wicket for Presidential elections

The big victory for the BJP in UP has given PM Modi a free hand to decide on the successor to President Kovind, who will complete his tenure on July 24, 2022, political analysts said

BJP's win in UP due to communalism, control of media, money power: CPI(M)

The CPI(M) on Thursday said the BJP's emphatic victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls is due to communal polarisation, control of sections of media and money power.

BJP strength in Manipur shows faith in governance: State party chief

The BJP's impressive show in the Manipur assembly elections is a reflection of people's acceptance of the party and its governance, state unit president A Sharda Devi said on Thursday.

Manipur elections: BJP wins 16 seats, leads in 13 other constituencies

The ruling BJP coalition looked set to return to power in the insurgency-hit state of Manipur, as it bagged 16 seats and was leading in 13 other constituencies, as per the latest ECI data.

Results of 5 states will have positive impact in Karnataka: Bommai

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said the election results in the five states will have a positive impact in Karnataka.

Can't say if Pramod Sawant will become CM again, says Goa Health Minister

Amid ongoing counting of votes, BJP leader and Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that he cannot predict whether Pramod Sawant will become the next CM and called it a "sensitive question".

Jubilation at UP BJP headquarters, gloom at offices of opposition parties

The excitement at the UP BJP headquarters here was palpable with the party workers dancing to popular tunes and throwing gulal at each other

Fought hard but failed to send Adityanath 'back to Gorakhpur': Akhilesh

At 48, he is a year younger to Yogi Adityanath, the UP chief minister and the man he hoped to send back to Gorakhpur

Top headlines: 4-1 for BJP at polls; Morgan Stanley lowers Sensex target

Business Standard brings you the top headlines on Friday

BJP set for big win in Uttar Pradesh, party alliance leading in 267 seats

The ruling BJP appeared on course to retain power in Uttar Pradesh, with poll trends on Thursday showing the party-led alliance leading in 267 seats as against 127 of its nearest rival Samajwadi Party

BJP's victory proves people have accepted good governance model: Naqvi

The landslide victory of the BJP in UP and other states proves that the people have accepted the "Modi model of good governance", Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said

Officers who quit ED, IPS to join BJP leading in UP Assembly polls

BJP candidates Asim Arun, who had quit the Indian Police Service, and Rajeshwar Singh, who resigned from the Enforcement Directorate, to fight the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls

This is my victory, BJP did not help: Monserratte after Panaji win

Atanasio Monserratte, who won from Panaji assembly constituency on BJP ticket, on Thursday said it was his victory and not that of the party.

Rupee gains 20 paise to close at 76.42 against US dollar

At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 76.27 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day high of 76.07 and a low of 76.46

After Punjab, AAP eyes Himachal; BJP says no scope for 'third' front

The AAP is hopeful of repeating its Punjab-type' performance in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, scheduled to be held later this year.