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• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 01:10 PM

  Lok Sabha election results LIVE: Key NCP meeting chaired by Ajit Pawar underway

  Lok Sabha election results LIVE: A meeting of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders, chaired by Chief Ajit Pawar, is currently underway at his residence in Mumbai, Maharashtra. This gathering follows the Lok Sabha election results, where the ‘Mahayuti’ alliance, consisting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena (Shinde faction), and NCP, suffered a setback, securing only 17 out of 48 seats in the state. Leaders include state party chief Sunil Tatkare, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Valse Patil, Hasan Musrif, and Aditi Tatkare.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:59 PM

  Lok Sabha election results LIVE: 280 MPs elected for first time, shows data

  Lok Sabha election results LIVE: In the 18th Lok Sabha, approximately 280 MPs are newly elected, marking an increase from the 2019 elections which saw 267 first-time MPs. Among these, 263 MPs have prior experience in the Lok Sabha, while 16 have served in the Rajya Sabha. Notably, one MP has served an unprecedented seven terms in the Lok Sabha. According to PRS Legislative Research, eight re-elected MPs contested from different constituencies, with one MP winning from two constituencies in the recent elections.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:50 PM

  Lok Sabha election results LIVE: Akhilesh Yadav on Ayodhya win

  Lok Sabha election results LIVE: In response to Samajwadi Party’s victory and BJP’s loss in Faizabad (Ayodhya), party chief Akhilesh Yadav remarked, “The truth is that the BJP could have suffered even greater losses in Uttar Pradesh. I express gratitude to the people of Ayodhya. They have endured hardships over time. They were not adequately compensated for their land, subjected to injustice, and their land was acquired below market rates. False cases were filed against them, and their land was forcibly taken away… the poor were sacrificed for a holy cause. Therefore, I believe the people of Ayodhya and surrounding areas voted against the BJP.”

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:32 PM

  Lok Sabha election results LIVE: 41 political parties members to be in parliament

  Lok Sabha election results LIVE: The upcoming 18th Lok Sabha will witness representation from 41 political parties, marking an increase from the 36 parties in the dissolved 17th Lok Sabha, according to post-poll data.

  Read in detail- 41 parties to have MPs in 18th Lok Sabha; 339 members from BJP, Congress alone

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:29 PM

  Lok Sabha election results LIVE: BJP’s win Kerala mark political shift in Kerala, say analysts

  Lok Sabha election results LIVE: Political analysts note a significant shift in Kerala’s political landscape as the BJP secures a strong foothold in the state, winning from Thrissur and witnessing a rise in vote share. Actor-politician Suresh Gopi’s victory in Thrissur, coupled with the NDA’s increased vote share from 15% in 2019 to nearly 20% presently, underscores this change. The traditionally bipolar contest between Congress-led UDF and CPI(M)-led LDF is evolving into a tripolar scenario, with this transformation becoming increasingly apparent since the 2011 Assembly elections.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:17 PM

  Election results LIVE: Andra CM oath shifted to June 12

  Election results LIVE: TDP National spokesperson Prem Kumar Jain assured Chandrababu Naidu’s full support for the NDA. He added that Naidu’s oath ceremony as Andhra Pradesh CM is likely on June 12, with the PM and other leaders expected to attend.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:05 PM

  Election results LIVE: Abhishek Banerjee meets Akhilesh Yadav

  Election results LIVE: TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee meets Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Delhi.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:04 PM

  Election results LIVE: BJP’s outreach programme

  Election results LIVE: BJP leader Tejasvi Surya meets JD(S) leader and former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy in Bengaluru.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:03 PM

  Election results LIVE: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP asks BJP state chief to retire

  Election results LIVE: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant has taken a swipe at Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar, saying people are eagerly awaiting his retirement from politics. This follows Shelar’s declaration to retire if the opposition MVA won even 18 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra. On Wednesday, Sawant, who secured his third term as the Mumbai South MP, also criticised Shelar and his allies for their arrogance.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:01 PM

  Election results LIVE: AAP leaders meet Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Sanjay Raut

  Election results LIVE: AAP MP Raghav Chadha met Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut at his residence, joined by AAP MP Sanjay Singh.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:54 AM

  Election results LIVE: BJP calls all NDA MPs, CMs to Delhi by tonight

  Election results LIVE: The BJP will hold a meeting at 10:30 a.m. with all NDA-ruled state chief ministers and MPs, and has asked leaders to arrive in New Delhi by tonight.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:38 AM

  Election results LIVE: CEC to present list of newly-elected MPs to President

  Election results LIVE: Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar, along with election commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, will meet President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday to present the list of newly-elected Members of Parliament (MPs) for the formation of the 18th Lok Sabha. Following this, the President will invite the largest party to form the government.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:35 AM

  Election results LIVE: Indian stocks rally for second day

  Election results LIVE: Indian stocks are set for a second day of gains as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on track for a third term after securing support from two key allies. The benchmark NSE Nifty 50 Index rose by as much as 1.2%, extending Wednesday’s 3% rally, and is on course to recover losses from the unexpected election result where Modi’s party lost its parliamentary majority.

  Investors are closely watching the appointments to key cabinet positions and whether the coalition’s policies will continue to prioritize infrastructure and manufacturing development.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:16 AM

  Election results LIVE: AAP MLAs to huddle at 5 pm

  Election results LIVE: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has called a meeting of all Delhi MLAs at the Chief Minister’s residence today at 5 pm to discuss the election results. All senior party leaders are expected to attend.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:52 AM

  Election results LIVE: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to depart for New Delhi tomorrow

  Election results LIVE: Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to depart for New Delhi tomorrow, June 7, to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony on June 8. She will stay in Delhi until the afternoon of June 9.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:34 AM

  Election results LIVE: ‘”Engineer Rashid’s victory will empower secessionists in J-K,’ says Omar Abdullah

  Election results LIVE: Jammu Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, who lost the Baramulla seat in the Lok Sabha polls to Abdul Rashid Sheikh, has expressed concerns over Rashid’s victory. Sheikh, currently jailed on terror funding charges, won the election, prompting Abdullah to warn that this outcome will empower secessionists and revive Kashmir’s “defeated” Islamist movement.

  “Rashid’s victory will undoubtedly empower secessionists and give Kashmir’s defeated Islamist movement a renewed sense of hope,” Abdullah said in a post on X.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:14 AM

  Election results LIVE: Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Golden Temple in Amritsar on Operation Blue Star anniversary

  Election results LIVE: Pro-Khalistan slogans were chanted by members of the Sikh community at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Thursday, marking the 40th anniversary of Operation Blue Star. Protestors carried posters of the slain separatist leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. Simranjit Singh Mann, the chief of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), was also seen among those raising slogans and displaying posters of Bhindranwale at the Golden Temple. In response, security around the Golden Temple has been significantly increased.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 10:11 AM

  Election results LIVE: Priyanka Gandhi’s special message to UP Congress

  Election results LIVE: Congratulating the Congress workers of Uttar Pradesh for their efforts in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday congratulated the workers and “people of Uttar Pradesh sent a clear message that public concerns are paramount.”

  Congress contested the elections in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, following a 63:17 seat-sharing formula, and won seven out of the 17 seats allotted to them.

  On X, Priyanka Gandhi, Congress General Secretary, praised the dedication of the UP Congress workers, saying, “My salute to all my colleagues of UP Congress. I saw you working hard in the sun and dust, you did not bow down, you did not stop, you showed courage to fight in the toughest of times. You were tortured, false cases were filed against you, you were put in jail, and you were repeatedly put under house arrest but you did not get scared. Many leaders left in fear, but you remained firm.”

  “I am proud of you and the conscious people of UP. You gave a strong message to the whole of India to save our Constitution,” she added.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:48 AM

  Election results LIVE: Sensex jumps in early trade

  Election results LIVE: Indian shares opened higher following their best one-day jump in over three years as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepared for a third term. The NSE Nifty 50 index rose 0.5% to 22,733, and the S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.6% to 74,774 by 9:17 a.m IST. The benchmarks had surged over 3% higher the previous day. Twelve out of 13 major indexes were trading in positive territory on the day.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:43 AM

  Election results LIVE: Who are the 7 independent winners in Lok Sabha polls

  Election results LIVE:

  • Amritpal Singh – Khadoor Sahib (Punjab)

  • Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa – Faridkot (Punjab)

  • Patel Umeshbhai Babubhai – Daman and Diu (Daman and Diu-UT)

  • Mohmad Haneefa – Ladakh (Ladakh-UT)

  • Rajesh Ranjan – Purnia (Bihar)

  • Vishal Patil – Sangli (Maharashtra)

  • Abdul Rashid Sheikh – Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir-UT)

  Read in detail- Lok Sabha elections: Meet seven candidates who won as independents

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:05 AM

  Election results LIVE: Can jailed Lok Sabha winners take oath?

  Election results LIVE:

  • PDT Achari, a constitutional expert and former Lok Sabha secretary general, elucidated the legal aspects.

  • MPs have the constitutional right to be sworn in, but those in prison need permission to attend.

  • Once sworn in, they’ll return to prison, as per Article 101(4) of the Constitution.

  • MPs must inform the Speaker of their inability to attend, post-oath.

  • The House Committee on Absence of Members decides if they can remain absent; the Speaker puts it to a vote.

  Read in detail: Can jailed Lok Sabha elections winners take oath?

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:51 AM

  Election results LIVE: When will PM Modi take oath for third term?

  Election results LIVE: PM Narendra Modi is expected to be sworn in on June 8.

  While the BJP fell short of a majority in the polls, the party-led alliance clinched 293 seats out of 543 in the Lower House, surpassing the required majority mark of 272.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:50 AM

  Election results LIVE: Top leaders of neighbouring countries to come for Modi’s swearing-in ceremony

  Election results LIVE: India is expected to extend invitations to leaders from neighboring nations, such as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming swearing-in ceremony over the weekend, according to sources familiar with the situation, PTI reported.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:25 AM

  Election results LIVE: Fatwas helped Shiv Sena-UBT win seats in Mumbai, says Eknath minister

  Election results LIVE: Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar asserted on Wednesday that “fatwas” played a role in the rival Shiv Sena (UBT) winning Lok Sabha seats, suggesting that Muslim voters believed Uddhav Thackeray had abandoned Hindutva principles.

  In Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde secured victory in seven out of the 15 parliamentary seats it contested. In the Mumbai region, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) won three seats, while the Congress, BJP, and Shiv Sena each secured one seat.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:23 AM

  Election results LIVE: Kamal Nath says to do a ‘post-mortem’ on Chhindwara poll defeat

  Election results LIVE: Kamal Nath said he was being called to New Delhi by the Congress leadership after the Lok Sabha poll results, but he told them he will first go to Chhindwara to meet people who stood by him all these years and then only will travel to the national capital.

  Earlier, addressing party workers, the former CM said the people of Chhindwara have given him a “farewell” and he has accepted it.

  The former Union minister maintained he shares a 45-year-long relationship with the people of Chhindwara and said there was a need to do a “post-mortem” of the poll defeat in his home turf.

  He asked party workers to find out reasons behind this defeat and tell him about the same.

  Speaking on the occasion, Nakul Nath asserted he will not leave Chhindwara and said his party’s next aim was to win the assembly bypoll in Amarwada in the district.

  In a major setback to the Congress and its stalwart Kaml Nath, BJP candidate Vivek Bunty Sahu defeated Nakul Nath from Chhindwara by a margin of 1,13,618 votes.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 08:18 AM

  Election results LIVE: Which seat show most NOTA in Assam?

  Election results LIVE: According to Election Commission data, the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency, which elected Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, registered the highest number of NOTA votes in Assam.

  Out of the total 2,40,301 ‘None of The Above’ (NOTA) votes cast in the state, Dibrugarh received the highest count of 32,255 votes.

  On the other hand, the lowest number of NOTA votes, 2,940, were recorded in Karimganj, where BJP’s Kripanath Malla secured re-election.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 07:47 AM

  Election results LIVE: Modi gets congratulatory wishes from foreign leaders

  Election results LIVE: Over 75 world leaders have congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

  Leaders from various regions, including Asia, Europe, Africa, West Asia, and the Caribbean, have extended their best wishes to PM Modi. Leaders from Nordic nations, such as Denmark and Norway, also congratulated him on his electoral success.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 07:30 AM

  Election results LIVE: 98 out of the 220 candidates lose deposits in Chhattisgarh

  Election results LIVE: According to an analysis of the results, 198 out of the 220 candidates who contested in the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh have lost their security deposits, indicating a significant rejection by the voters in the state.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 07:11 AM

  Election results LIVE: ‘Decisions for the Indian people to make,’ US on coailition government

  US state department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that the composition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition and the different governments are decisions for the Indian people to make, and we respect their will. We look forward to continuing our work with Prime Minister Modi, as president Joe Biden has done since taking office. This will remain a priority for us, he added.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 07:07 AM

  Election results LIVE: US commends Indian govt on conduct of Lok Sabha polls

  Election results LIVE: Calling India the world’s largest democracy, US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller commended the Indian government, voters and poll workers for the successful conduct of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

  Addressing the media briefing, the US State Department Spokesperson said that the elections that just played out over the last six weeks were the largest exercise of democracy in the history of the world.

  “So India is, of course, the world’s largest democracy and the election that just played out over the last six weeks was the largest exercise of democracy in the history of the world. We commend the government of India, voters and poll workers, for this massive undertaking…,” Matthew Miller said.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:49 AM

  Election results LIVE: ‘Leaders present in the NDA are with Narendra Modi,’ says JDU MP

  Election results LIVE: JDU MP Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh expressed confidence in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), saying all the leaders who were present at the meeting have reaffirmed their support for Narendra Modi, adding that he should become the prime minister for the third time.

  Following the alliance’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Singh said that the constituent parties are united in their backing for Modi to take the oath for his third term as prime minister.

  “Leaders of all the constituent parties were present in the NDA meeting and everyone has said that we are with the Prime Minister and for the third time, he should take the oath as soon as possible,” Singh said.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:29 AM

  Election results LIVE: PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina vow to continue working together

  Election results LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received congratulatory telephone call from his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina for his electoral victory.

  “The two leaders pledged to continue working together to further deepen the historic and close ties under the renewed mandate towards achieving under the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047 and Smart Bangladesh 2041,” the Prime Minister’s office said in a statement.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:15 AM

  Election results LIVE: US NSA Sullivan prepares for India visit

  Election results LIVE: During a call to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his electoral win in the Lok Sabha polls, US president Joe Biden discussed US national security advisor Jake Sullivan’s upcoming visit to New Delhi.

  Earlier on Wednesday, president Biden spoke with PM Modi to congratulate him and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on their victory in India’s general elections.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:14 AM

  Election results LIVE: ‘Government will have to grant relief…’ says lawyer of jailed Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh

  Election results LIVE: Rajdev Singh Khalsa, the lawyer for jailed Khalistani separatist and Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha seat winner Amritpal Singh, said that Singh’s efforts focused on combating drug abuse in Punjab.

  Khalsa detailed their legal strategy, emphasizing the pursuit of bail for Singh. He expressed confidence that both the BJP and AAP governments would be pressured to grant relief to Singh due to significant public support.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:13 AM

  Election results LIVE: Uddhav Thackeray skipped INDIA bloc meeting

  Election results LIVE: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray skipped the INDIA bloc meeting while his party was represented by Sanjay Raut.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:11 AM

  Election results LIVE: People voted against Modi government, says CPI (ML) leader

  Election results LIVE: “We talked about the support we received during the election campaign. The result clearly indicates opposition to the Modi government. While they are claiming the right to form the government, the people have clearly expressed that they do not want a continuation of the government they experienced over the past 10 years,” said CPI(ML) leader Dipankar Bhattacharya after attending the INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi.

• Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:10 AM

  Election results LIVE: PM Modi invites President Wickremesinghe to his swearing-in ceremony

  Election results LIVE:

  The President’s Media Division of Sri Lanka said in an X post that president Ranil Wickremesinghe congratulated Prime Minister Modi on the BJP-led NDA’s electoral victory during a phone call. In the conversation, PM Modi invited President Wickremesinghe to his swearing-in ceremony, which the Sri Lankan President accepted.