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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

Patna, Nov 10: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Manoj Jha on Tuesday alleged that leaders of Janata Dal (United) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were delaying the handover of certificates to winning candidates. "Numbers are close and the margin is low. Our strike rate is better than others. JDU-BJP leaders are sitting at the chief minister's residence. I urge these leaders and the administration

Lucknow, Nov 10: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won six of the seven seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-elections, while the Samajwadi Party (SP) secured one seat in the state. According to Election Commission, the BJP won Tundla, Bangermau, Ghatampur, Deoria, Naugawan Sadat, and Bulandshahr seats, while Samajwadi Party won Malhani seat. In Bangermau constituency, BJP's Shrikant Katiyar

Ahmedabad, Nov 10: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has bagged all eight Assembly seats in Gujarat for which the bypoll was held on November 3, as per the Election Commission. The Congress, meanwhile, drew a blank in bypoll in Gujarat. As many as 81 candidates contested the bypoll across the eight seats -- Abdasa, Karjan, Morbi, Gadhada, Dhari, Limbdi, Kaprada and Dang. All eight seats were