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President Murmu dissolves 17th Lok Sabha on advice of the Cabinet
President Droupadi Murmu dissolved the 17th Lok Sabha on Wednesday on the advice of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet, according to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Election year reveals deep dissatisfaction among voters in democracies
Freedom House, a Washington, DC-based organisation that promotes democracy, said its Freedom Index measuring democratic health globally has declined for 18 straight years
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'Win, defeat part of politics': Modi tells outgoing cabinet in final meet
Narendra Modi chaired the final meeting of the outgoing union cabinet on Wednesday, a day after Lok Sabha election 2024 results were announced
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From Smriti Irani to Arjun Munda, Modi ministers who lost 2024 LS polls
Lok Sabha elections 2024 results: Smriti Irani lost to Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma by a margin of 167,196 votes in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi
 "From Smriti Irani to Arjun Munda, Modi ministers who lost 2024 LS polls")
Lok Sabha polls 2024: Janata Dal (U), Telugu Desam Party winners full list
With the humbling verdict for the BJP, NDA partners Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu will step in with their 12 and 16 Lok Sabha seats respectively to help the coalition reach the majority of 272
 "Lok Sabha polls 2024: Janata Dal (U), Telugu Desam Party winners full list")
Netanyahu congratulates PM Modi, hopes Indo-Israel ties reach 'new heights'
Modi was the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1992
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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Kingmaker Nitish Kumar's political flip-flops
Lok Sabha elections: For the Narendra Modi-led government to return to power for the third time, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), which won 12 seats in Bihar, has a key role to play
 "Lok Sabha elections 2024: Kingmaker Nitish Kumar's political flip-flops")
What challenges does the BJP face as India re-embraces coalition politics?
The NDA has secured 292 seats, with the BJP holding 240. However, this is insufficient for a majority, requiring support from allies like the JD(U) and the TDP
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Highlights: Never faced political pressure, says Chief Justice DY Chandrachud at Oxford
Catch all the highlights of the day here
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China congratulates PM Modi, NDA on their victory in general elections
The Election Commission of India has declared results for all Lok Sabha constituencies, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning 240 of the 543 seats and the Congress 99
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Modi 3.0: Moody's anticipates steady policies but sees reform delays
The rating agency said although it projects India to grow faster than all other economies in the G20 through fiscal 2025-26, near-term economic momentum masks structural weaknesses
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PM Modi's weaker mandate to slow India's fiscal tightening, says Moody's
India's benchmark 10-year bond yield saw its biggest surge in eight months following the poll outcome
PM Narendra Modi just learned that hype can only carry you so far
Small-town India has not seen the sort of revolution in infrastructure that cities of equivalent size in China or Southeast Asia have enjoyed over recent decades, writes Mihir Sharma
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Which candidates won by the biggest margins?
Five candidates, including four from the BJP and one from Congress, broke all previous records for the highest victory margin in a Lok Sabha election
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LS election results 2024: NDA to meet ahead of government formation
While the NDA is comfortably above the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha, the BJP has fallen short of the magic number for the first time since 2014
Lok Sabha election results 2024: Why 'all eyes are on Nitish Kumar' today
Given Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's track record of strategic alliances during pivotal moments, his role is anticipated to be significant in this election
 "Lok Sabha election results 2024: Why 'all eyes are on Nitish Kumar' today")
Lok Sabha election results: After resurgence, what next for the Congress?
Compared with 52 seats in 2019, the party's tally looks set to increase to 99 this time, with 77 seats won already and substantial leads on 22 at the time of going to press
 "Lok Sabha election results: After resurgence, what next for the Congress?")
BJP ends BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik's stint as Odisha chief minister
In terms of vote share, the BJP got 39.89 per cent votes, up from 32.8 per cent in 2019. The BJD, on the other hand, saw its vote share dip to 40.18 per cent from 45.2 per cent in the last elections
 "BJP ends BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik's stint as Odisha chief minister")
This is a victory of democracy, of faith in Constitution: PM Modi
Lok Sabha election result 2024: Every Indian is proud of our electoral system, its credibility, said PM Modi in his address after the poll verdict
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Lok Sabha 2024: Why Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar are kingmakers now
Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not secured an outright majority, the pivotal factor for achieving a majority rests with Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar