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New Delhi, May 23: Narendra Modi will be India’s prime minister again after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looked set for a landslide win on Thursday in the world’s biggest general election. With all 542 seats reporting, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance was ahead in 331 seats, a near-repeat of its remarkable 2014 win, and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance was ahead in 106

Patna, May 23: Fiery young politician Kanhaiya Kumar is trailing BJP leader Giriraj Singh in Begusarai constituency in Bihar, according to leads at 10.46 am. The former student leader from Jawaharlal Nehru University is contesting on a CPI ticket and is making his Lok Sabha election debut. One of 36 Lok Sabha seats in the state, Begusarai voted on April 23 in the fourth phase of polling. For years

Bhubaneswar, May 23: Counting of votes for 21 Lok Sabha seats and 146 Assembly segments in Odisha began at 8 am on Thursday amid tight security, an official said. As many as 6,700 officials have been engaged in 63 centres across the state for the exercise, he said. According to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Kumar, every counting hall has at least seven tables each for Assembly and Lok Sabha vote

New Delhi, May 23: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is leading against BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh in the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency, early trends during vote counting indicate. In this election, the seat holds significance because Sonia Gandhi is no longer involved in active party politics and has handed over reins of the party to her son and Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Rae Bareli seat is

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is surging ahead in Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, according to early trends. His main opponents Ajay Rai of Congress and Shalini Yadav of the Samajwadi Party are trailing. Modi's constituency went for polls in the last phase of Lok Sabha election 2019 on May 19. A total of 25 contestants fought elections against the PM from Kashi. These candidates belong to various states

Lucknow, May 23: Smriti Irani in Amethi after he trailed her for some time shortly after counting began Thursday. The fight to retain the family bastion of Amethi has been one of the fiercest of contests of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. With the SP-BSP alliance staying out of the contest in Amethi, Rahul faced a straight contest from Union minister Smiriti Irani who accused him of shifting to

Mumbai, May 22: The Mumbai (North) Lok Sabha seat with 167 votes saw the highest turnout of transgender voters, followed by Bengaluru (North) constituency. According to the preliminary data in Election Commission's Voter turnout app, the voters listed in "other" category continue to be low all across the country. In most of the constituencies, the number of votes polled by transgenders voters was

Dubai, May 22: The UAE's decision to grant permanent residency to investors will attract long-term residents, investors and world's best talent in diverse fields, hence increasing the size of the UAE's economy and stabilising it, analysts, businessmen and entrepreneurs have said. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on

New Delhi, May 22: A day before the counting of the votes polled in the Lok Sabha election, the Congress on Wednesday termed as "constitutional travesty" the EC's rejection of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's demand that dissent notes should be recorded and alleged that the poll watchdog wanted to set a new precedent of "dark secrets" and "secluded chambers" in performing its duties. "A

Colombo, May 22: Sri Lankan social networks saw a surge in fake news after the Easter suicide bombings a month ago despite an official social media blackout, highlighting the inability of governments to contain disinformation, experts said. A nine-day ban on platforms including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp was introduced following the Islamic State-claimed attacks on churches