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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

Mumbai, Nov 10: Republic TV's distribution head Ghanshyam Singh was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the alleged TRP (Television Rating Point) rigging scam, a Mumbai crime branch official said. Singh, who is also Assistant Vice President of the Republic Media Network, was picked up from his residence around 7.40 am, the official said. The latest arrest has taken the number of people held by

The RJD on Tuesday claimed that reports from its candidates and workers from across Bihar have suggested that the Grand Alliance is winning the state elections, even as poll trends project otherwise. According to the trends available so far, the NDA is headed for a majority in Bihar, while the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan is trailing. "We are in touch with our candidates and workers from all areas and

Bengaluru, Nov 10: A whopping 44.5% of Karnataka’s population was infected with Covid-19 by the end of August, said a team of Indian and American researchers who completed a randomised Covid-19 testing study. This estimate stands in sharp contrast to the state’s official sero-survey which determined that 27.3% of the population was exposed to the virus. The diverging studies appear to suggest that

Bhopal, Nov 10: The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh is leading in six of the 28 Assembly constituencies for which byelections were held while the Congress is ahead in two seats, as per the early trends of counting on Tuesday. BJP's Tulsiram Silawat is leading from Sanver, while Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon is ahead in Badnawar, Brajendra Singh Yadav from Mungaoli, Narayan Singh Pawar from Biora

Tumakuru, Nov 10: In yet another blow to Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party has managed to register victory in bypoll to the Sira assembly segment in Tumakuru district. BJP candidate Dr CM Rajesh Gowda wins by a margin of 12,949 votes. The Vokkaliga heartland has always been JD(S) bastion. Saffron party has finally won it for the first time in the Karnataka assembly

Bengaluru, Nov 10: The department of higher education has formulated SOPs (standardized operating procedure) as per the UGC guidelines, in view of the opening of degree, engineering, and diploma colleges in the state from November 17. Deputy Chief Minister Dr CN Ashwatha Narayana, who is also the minister of higher education informed on Monday that preparation is underway to enable the start of

Bengaluru, Nov 10: Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Monday demanded the state government withdraw the hike in electricity tariffs. He also threatened to protest if the demand was not fulfilled. "With the suggestion of the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), Karnataka government has increased 40 paise per unit. At this point of time, increasing the electricity bill is a

Pfizer Inc PFE.N said on Monday its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed more than a million people, battered the world's economy and upended daily life. Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE BNTX.O are the first drugmakers to release successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine. The

New Delhi, Nov 9: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the Modi government of destroying countless homes due to the ‘deliberate’ lockdown and demonetisation. He tagged a news report of a 19-year-old Telangana girl who took her own life, citing financial stress on the family due to the lockdown. "My condolences to the family members of the girl in this very sad moment. The BJP government