Assembly election results highlights: Bharatiya Janata Party has won a majority in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. Congress crossed the halfway mark in Telangana

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Rajasthan state Assembly elections LIVE: Catch all the latest updates of Rajasthan elections 2023 here, counting of votes to take place today

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An American warship and multiple commercial ships came under attack on Sunday in the Red Sea, the Pentagon said, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war.
We're aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as it becomes available, the Pentagon said.
The British military earlier said there had been a suspected drone attack and explosions in the Red Sea, without elaborating.
The Pentagon did not identify where it believed the fire came from. However, Yemen's Houthi rebels have been launching a series of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, as well as launching drones and missiles targeting Israel as it wages war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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Britain's government said on Thursday it has asked media and market competition officials to look into a potential Abu Dhabi-backed takeover of The Telegraph newspaper.
Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said she issued a public interest intervention notice after considering the possible impact of the offer by the investment fund RedBird IMI to the previous owners of The Telegraph and The Spectator magazine to repay debts owed by them.
RedBird IMI  a joint venture between RedBird Capital and Abu Dhabi's International Media Investments, and led by former CNN chief Jeff Zucker  said earlier this month it agreed to provide loans to Britain's Barclay family and ensure the family's debts, worth some 1 billion pounds ($1.25 billion), are paid.
The Barclay family owned the right-leaning newspaper and magazine before they were put into receivership. The family also previously owned London's luxurious Ritz Hotel before selling it in 2020.
RedBird IMI has said it would provide a loan of up to 600

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BRS president and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday won from the Gajwel Assembly constituency in Siddipet district in the Telangana Legislative Assembly polls.
Rao defeated his nearest BJP rival Eatala Rajender by a margin of 45,031 votes.
Rao, however, lost from Kamareddy, the second constituency he contested.
The BRS lost the elections to the Congress, securing 39 out of the total 119 seats. The Congress bagged 64 seats.

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Senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel resigned as chief minister on Sunday night after the party lost power to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the assembly polls.
"I respect the mandate of the people. Congress will play a positive role in the opposition," Baghel told reporters outside Raj Bhavan after submitting his resignation to Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan.
He said the Congress came to power in 2018 and served the people very honestly.
Baghel said the reasons for the Congress' defeat in the elections will be known after analysis.
"The BJP has got the mandate of the people and I congratulate them," he added.
As per the latest tally of votes being counted on Sunday, the BJP has won 53 constituencies out of a total of 90 and leading in one, while the Congress bagged 34 and leading in one. Gondavana Gantantra Party emerged victorious on one seat.
In the 2018 assembly polls, the Congress had won 68 seats and the then ruling BJP 15. The Janata Congress Chhattisgarh had won five ..

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The Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) continued to hold sway over its traditional bastion of the Old City of Hyderabad as it retained the seven seats held by it in the outgoing Telangana Assembly on Sunday.
AIMIM candidates won from seven out of the nine seats it contested in the Telangana assembly election.
The party, which has held on to these seven segments in the outgoing assembly, has been winning from these seats since 2009.
Akbaruddin Owaisi, younger brother of AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, registered an emphatic win in Chandrayangutta seat, his sixth in a row since 1999, with a margin of 81,660 votes.
Akbaruddin polled 99,776 votes while his nearest rival got 18,116 votes.
In Malakpet, Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala won his fourth straight term with a majority of 26,106 votes against his nearest Congress rival Shaik Akbar while Jaffar Hussain emerged victorious from Yakutpura by a margin of just 878 votes against Majlis Bac

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