New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has announced results for all 543 Lok Sabha constituencies, with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) securing 293 seats and the opposition coalition, INDIA, winning 235 seats. The remaining 15 seats were distributed among five non-aligned parties and seven independent candidates. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as…
Bengaluru: JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday hinted that his party was interested in the Agriculture portfolio in the new NDA Government. JD(S), headed by his father and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, joined the NDA last year. BJP and JD(S) fought the Lok Sabha elections together in…
Thiruvananthapuram: In a bid to create a gender neutral outlook among children, the Kerala government has introduced text books with pictorial representations of kitchens where husbands and other family members are also involved in cooking and other family members are also involved in cooking and other kitchen work along with wives, breaking the usual depiction…
New Delhi: World leaders have congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on winning a historic third term after his party and its allies bagged a victory in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said PM Modi’s victory makes it certain that the two leaders will continue to work together to strengthen India-Italy…
New Delhi: Preparing to take office for a record third consecutive term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday pledged to work with all states, regardless of the party in power, to build a developed India. In his first speech after the results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Modi laid out his vision for the…
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 showed readiness to explore opportunities of government formation saying it will decide on further action on Wednesday after meeting other INDIA bloc partners….
New Delhi: After the Lok Sabha election results, the INDIA bloc leaders will meet at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence on Wednesday evening to decide on their further strategy and whether to reach out to their former allies Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu for government formation. Sources said top opposition leaders of the alliance would…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday poised to form the government for a third consecutive term notwithstanding crushing losses in three Hindi heartland states after a bitterly fought election that was projected as a referendum on his popularity. The Bharatiya Janata Party, whose candidates had contested in the name of Modi, won…
Patna: Powered by a better-than-expected show from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), the ruling NDA was poised to retain the upper hand in the state where its candidates were leading in 34 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats. The JD(U) was leading in all but two of the 16 seats it had contested, as…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi eyes a record-equalling third straight term in power amid the INDIA opposition bloc’s hope of springing a surprise as the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election is set for Tuesday, bringing an end to a marathon polling exercise stretching over 80 days. While most experts have long…
