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Bhopal, Nov 11: The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh won 19 out of the 28 assembly constituencies, where bypolls were held on November 3, giving it a comfortable majority in the House and providing stability to its eight-month-old government in the state. The opposition Congress clinched nine seats. With this, the BJP now has 126 MLAs in the 230-member House, while the Congress has 96 legislators. Due

New Delhi, Nov 11: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Wednesday said that "India has scaled an unprecedented peak as the active COVID-19 cases have dropped below the 5-lakh mark for the first time after 106 days". "This assumes significance in the context of many countries reporting a surge in their active caseload," the Ministry of Health tweeted. This landmark achievement

With a donation of ₹7,904 crore, Azim Premji, the founder-chairman of Wipro, topped the list of philanthropists in India for 2020. He donated ₹22 crore per day. "On 1 April, Azim Premji Foundation, Wipro, and Wipro Enterprises have committed ₹1,125 crore towards tackling the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. These are in addition to the annual CSR activities of Wipro, and the usual philanthropic

Patna, Nov 11: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday extended an olive branch to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, asking him to dump the BJP and play a national role in uniting socialist and secular forces. In a series of tweets, Singh said the BJP had reduced the stature of Nitish Kumar and brought an end to the legacy of late Ram Vilas Paswan through its political tactics. Singh

Patna, Nov 10: BJP leader Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday said that National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has again won an absolute majority in Bihar elections and returned to power in the state. "NDA has once again won absolute majority in Bihar elections. We want to thank PM Narendra Modi and our party president JP Nadda for leading the party in the biggest polls of the country," Yadav said at a press

Bhopal, Nov 10: In a setback to the BJP, its woman minister in Madhya Pradesh Imarti Devi lost bypoll from the Dabra assembly seat on Tuesday, an election official said. Congress candidate Suresh Raje defeated Imarti Devi, considered a loyalist of BJP Rajya Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia, by a margin of 7,633 votes, the official said. The minister got 68,056 votes, while her Congress rival

New Delhi, Nov 10: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday said after RJD's statement that it had won 119 seats by around 9 pm, that results were declared for only 146 seats by that time. "About an hour ago at 9 pm, a message was broadcast by a political party on social media that it has won 119 seats. Our website is in the public domain. The factual status is that we have published results

Hyderabad, Nov 10: AIMIM, which appeared set to win five Muslim-dominated seats in the Bihar assembly polls, will take a call onextending support to the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan once the final results were declared, party's chief Asaduddin Owaisi said here on Tuesday. Asked once the final results are out and if there will be a need whether AIMIM will support RJD, the Hyderabad MP told reporters

Imphal, Nov 10: The BJP won all three Assembly constituencies where the party contested in the by-elections in Manipur, while an Independent candidate backed by the saffron camp secured one seat, the results of which were announced on Tuesday, officials said. In a closely fought bypoll in Wangoi seat, ruling BJP's candidate Oinam Lukhoi Singh defeated coalition partner National People's Party

Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen, which was given tags like ‘vote cutter’ and spoiler in the Bihar assembly polls, has won five assembly seats in Bihar with counting of votes still underway. The party, which opened its Bihar account last year with a win in the 2019 bypolls, now won in Amour, Kochadhamam, Jokihat, Baisi and Bahadurgunj, where it had fielded Akhtarul Iman