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0 seats, less than 0.3% vote share: Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM fails miserably in Gujarat Assembly Elections. Read details

AIMIM didn't win a single seat in Gujarat where it had contested in 14 seats, and polled less than 0.3% votes

‘Don’t bother. Perform for hoors in jannat’: Netizens roast ‘Comedian’ Kunal Kamra over his ‘next life’ remark on BJP’s historical win in Gujarat

Kunal Kamra posted a tweet mocking BJP's landslide victory in Gujarat after the saffron party bagged over 150 seats.

The Wire ombudsperson Pamela Philipose has an extended meltdown as BJP registers a historic win in Gujarat: Details

The Wire ombudsperson Pamela Philipose posted a series of angry tweets as he fulminated against BJP over victory in Gujarat.

Gujarat Congress wanted to shift its MLAs to Rajasthan to prevent poaching if it was close to halfway mark, now they’re struggling to win...

Confident that it was getting close to halfway mark in Gujarat, Congress planned to shift its MLAs to Rajasthan to avoid poaching

UP Bypoll: After 70 years Rampur Sadar gets its first Hindu MLA breaching Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s stronghold

After the results were announced, the Samajwadi candidate blamed the Rampur police for his defeat.

TMC leader Saket Gokhale granted bail by Ahmedabad court in fake news case, arrested again by police after release

TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale had shared a fabricated news report about an RTI query and its response that does not exist

Sonia Gandhi reaches Sawai Madhopur to celebrate her birthday in Ranthambore after Congress faced a rout in Gujarat elections

Sonia Gandhi is on a two-day tour to Rajasthan starting Thursday. She will be celebrating her birthday in Ranthambore.

Strikes by lawyers one of the reasons why courts are burdened with pending cases, Salman Khurshid seeks solution

Salman Khurshid, along with journalist Manoj Raghuvanshi, laboured through a grilling online RoundTable discussion on ‘Khul Ke’ last Sunday on the issue.

Agnipath Scheme, The Kashmir Files, Nupur Sharma – topics that Indians searched the most in 2022 on Google

On Wednesday, the search engine giant Google released a list of what Indians searched for the most in the year 2022

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge credits Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ for the party win in Himachal Pradesh

"I want to thank Priyanka Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra also helped us with this. Sonia Gandhi's blessings are also with us," Kharge told reporters.

By-polls results: Samajwadi Party loses Rampur while retaining Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, here is who won in CG, Odisha, Rajasthan

Both BJP and Congress won 2 assembly seats each while RLD and BJD won an assembly seat each. Samajwadi Party retained the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in the by-election.

Gujarat Election: Congress candidate Bharat Solanki attempts suicide at the counting centre after alleging EVM tampering

Bharat Solanki claimed that the EVMs were not properly sealed and were not signed, and then attempted suicide before being stopped by police

Gujarat elections: Muslim voters dance on posters of Asaduddin Owaisi after defeating the AIMIM candidate in Ahmedabad’s Jamalpur

Muslim voters danced on posters of Asaduddin Owaisi after AIMIM candidate lost from Jamalpur constituency.

Congress calls its newly elected MLAs in Himachal Pradesh to Chandigarh as soon as possible

Congress calls its winning MLAs in Himachal Pradesh to Chandigarh for a strategy meeting as the party is set to in Himachal

Chinese hackers stole over 20 million dollars of the US government’s Covid relief benefits, says report

Last month, in three separate cases, the US government charged 13 individuals, including members of China's security and intelligence apparatus and their agents, for alleged efforts to unlawfully exert influence in the United States for the benefit of their government.

Gujaratis get hate and abuse from ‘liberal voices’ as Gujarat gives a historic majority to BJP in the assembly elections

While the regular anti-Modi, anti-BJP brigade continues to have a meltdown on Twitter, the BJP is set to get the biggest majority ever in the history of Gujarat.

AAP on track to lose deposit in all 67 seats it contested in Himachal Pradesh

In Himachal, the party contested 67 seats and is currently on track to lose the deposit on almost all of them.

Gujarat results: ‘Liberals’ who rant and rave day in, day out about ‘democracy in danger’ observe radio silence as BJP charts a historic win

A sense of dismay and grief seemed to have gripped many left-leaning 'liberals' as BJP scripted a historic win in Gujarat.

Gujarat Elections: Bhupendra Patel to take oath as next CM on December 12 after a landslide victory, PM Modi, Amit Shah to attend the...

Bhupendra Patel will take oath as the new chief minister of Gujarat on December 12 at 2 pm, state BJP chief CR Paatil said on Thursday

People have given a befitting reply to those who insulted Gujarat: state Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi

As BJP inches closer to a record-breaking victory in Gujarat, state Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Thursday said that the people have given a befitting reply to those who insulted the state.

ED attaches properties worth Rs 4.5 crore belonging to former Samajwadi Party minister and gangrape convict Gayatri Prajapati

ED attached properties of former SP minister Gayatri Prajapati, who is serving life sentence in a gangrape case

Arvind Kejriwal had promised AAP government in Gujarat: Here’s how his two prime candidates are trailing by massive votes in assembly elections

Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP's prime candidates, Gopal Italia and Sudan Sadhvi, are both trailing in assembly elections.

BCCI announces schedule of Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and Australia’s tour of India

Sri Lanka will play 3 T20s and 3 ODIs, while New Zealand will play 3 ODIs in India, Australia will tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

USA: 100s employees at The New York Times go on a 24-hour strike over poor pay and work conditions

The employees reportedly said in a statement that the walkout was “due to the company’s failure to bargain in good faith, reach a fair contract agreement with the workers, and meet their demands.

Assembly elections 2022: BJP heads for historical win in Gujarat, Congress likely to form govt in Himachal Pradesh

Latest updates on initial trends, results and who will form the government in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh

Rahul Gandhi who prefers foreign holidays over Parliament sessions, claims he is not allowed to speak in the Parliament

“Our mics are turned off when we want to speak on China issue, demonetization or GST. Speaker (Om Birla) is from Rajasthan, they show his face 24 hours,” Gandhi said in Kota.

‘Lock men, set girls free’: Kerala HC criticizes restrictions on women staying at hostels, asks, ‘why curfew for girls alone?’

The Court was hearing the plea filed by some female students of Government Medical College Kozhikode against the notification issued by college authorities restricting female students from going out of the hostel after 9.30 pm.

US govt clarifies India will not be added to their watchlist for religious freedom violations this year, India had slammed their previous reports as...

The United States has made it clear that India will not be placed on its list of 'Countries of Particular Concern' or 'Special Watch list' this year for violations of religious freedom. 

‘We don’t have a problem with love, but with those who do jihad in the name of love’: Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra

Dr. Narottam Mishra said that MP govt will never allow those who are planning to convert the innocent and conspire to grab immovable property

CBI files chargesheet in 2016 Mathura violence case where 2 cops were killed, read how Akhilesh Yadav govt was accused of helping criminals

CBI files chargesheet in 2016 Jawahar Bagh violence case in Mathura, 96 people named as accused

MP: Bajrang Dal hands over love jihad accused Irfan Sheikh to police, was reportedly harassing Hindu girls outside a school in Indore

A picture of a minor Hindu girl was found on the cellphone of Irfan Sheikh, who said that he had married her 6 months ago.

Historic parliamentary mandate was undone by SC using judicially evolved doctrine: VP Dhankar lambasts judiciary over scrapping of NJAC

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said that NJAC was scrapped by SC using judicially evolved doctrine of 'Basic Structure' of Constitution.

Ex-Indian Navy officers detained in Qatar are in touch with their families, embassy actively pursuing the case on priority: EAM

During a presser on December 1, the official spokesperson of MEA, Arindam Bagchi also underlined that India is regularly responding to the case of ex-Indian Navy officers arrested in Qatar as the embassy is actively pursuing the issue.

Counting of both Postal Ballots and EVM votes to take place simultaneously for the first time in Gujarat

Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer P Bharati said that this time EVMs and postal ballot papers will be counted simultaneously

Himachal Pradesh: Congress expels 30 Shimla office-bearers ahead of counting over anti-party activities

Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee expelled 30 Shimla office-bearers for indulging in anti-party activities.

Absconding president of Christian organisation awarded by Dainik Bhaskar after he was named in an FIR for illegal conversion of minors

Vivrat Lall and 9 others of a Christian organisation in Madhya Pradesh have been booked for illegal conversion of minors

Money laundering during Covid: NRI Academy of Sciences raided by ED for collecting large amounts of money from patients and medical students

ED also seized cash and incriminating documents and froze the properties of various persons involved in this case.

Delhi anti-Hindu riots accused Sharjeel Imam moves SC against Delhi HC order calling him ‘main conspirator’

Imam wants remarks to be expunged where he has been called the 'main conspirator' and where the court said that Khalid was in constant touch with other co-accused, including Sharjeel Imam, who arguably is at the head of the conspiracy.

Baruipur residents Sajjat and Sarfuddin killed by Abdul in a fit of rage in West Bengal, read details

The victims, along with their friends, were having drinks with Abdul where in a fit of rage Abdul shot them.

Chandigarh: Drunk man bites off another man’s tongue during a brawl in Dera Bassi

Drunk man Vipul Garg allegedly bit off Harpreet Singh’s tongue during a brawl in Chandigarh

Melinda Gates lauds Yogi governance, says UP model not only for India but for whole world

During their discussion, Gates lauded the work done by Uttar Pradesh in recent years underlining the Covid management and encephalitis control despite a dense population. 

AAP workers burst firecrackers to celebrate victory in MCD polls, forget about cracker ban imposed by Kejriwal from Diwali to New Year

On September 7 this year, Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal announced the re-imposition of a ban on manufacturing, selling, storing, and bursting firecrackers till January 1, including Diwali and other festivals.

Canada: Filmmaker slams book publisher Penguin for publishing a memoir by her assailant who described the sexual assault as consensual

Zoe Greenberg accused Penguin Random House Canada of publishing a memoir that described her sexual assault as consensual.

Tihar videos effect? AAP loses all three wards in Satyendar Jain’s constituency

BJP candidates won all three wards in Satyendra Jain's constituency Shakurbasti, Delhi.

Christian groups beat up each other over which direction to face while praying, 35 churches closed in Kerala

35 churches closed in Kerala after confrontation at St Mary’s Cathedral Basilica in Kochi over unified mass on Sundays

MCD elections: AAP wins 132, leads in 2, BJP secures 104 while Congress manages 9

AAP wins the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections comfortably.

Pakistan Government locks Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh Gurdwara for worship in Lahore, declares it a ‘Mosque’

Evacuee Trust Property Board of Pakistan shuts down Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh in Lahore for worship, declaring it a mosque

6 Maharashtra trucks attacked on their entry in Karnataka, hundreds of Kannada Rakshana Vedike activists arrested for pelting stones at vehicles

In Belagavi, security has been strengthened on all roadways bordering Maharashtra and Karnataka, and over 1,000 police officers have been posted at 21 border checkpoints and villages.

‘I did no wrong, so I won’t apologise’: Anand Ranganathan in contempt case over ‘whatever happened to dissent being safety valve of democracy’ remark

Anand Ranganathan said he has done nothing wrong, and he continues to remain a free speech absolutist, so he won't apologise.