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Key overhang removed, focus to shift on earnings, liquidity: Brokerages

Results give message of political continuity and 'augur well' for macroeconomics, say brokerages

Mizoram election highlights: ZPM coasts to victory, Zormathanga defeated

Mizoram Assembly poll result 2023: ZPM stormed to victory in Mizoram, ending the MNF's grip on the northeastern state. Catch all the highlights here

Congress' greed, lust of power led to defeat in Assembly elections: Vijayan

In a strong criticism of the Congress, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said that the grand old party's "greed and lust for power" were the reasons for its defeat in the Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Vijayan said that the Congress thought it was competent to win against the BJP on its own and therefore, did not join forces with the other INDIA alliance parties in these states to present a united front against the saffron party. "Had they joined hands with the other parties, this would not have been the result. They were greedy and lusted for power. They wanted it all for themselves. That is what led to this situation in those states. "If everyone was together, the result would have been an entirely different one," the Kerala CM said at a press briefing here. Vijayan was responding to queries on what led to the resounding poll defeat of Congress in the three states, two of which -- Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh

Mizoram Assembly election results: ZPM gets majority, bags 21 of 40 seats

The opposition ZPM was ahead of the ruling MNF as the initial trends poured in for the assembly elections in Mizoram on Monday morning. The Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) was ahead in 11 seats, while the Mizo National Front (MNF) was leading in six seats, TV channels showed. According to PTI correspondents at the counting centres, the ZPM was ahead in two seats and the MNF in one. The Election Commission website showed that the ZPM was leading in one seat and the BJP was leading in one. The counting of votes for the 40 assembly seats in the state began at 8 am. The counting was being held in 13 centres. Postal ballots were counted first, and from 8.30 am, the counting for votes polled in the EVMs began. Besides three counting centres in the Aizawl district, which has 12 assembly constituencies, one centre each has been set up in the 10 other districts, he said. In some of the seats that have a lesser number of voters, only two rounds of counting will be held, but in most of the .

Mizoram Assembly poll results: ZPM gets majority, Lalduhoma to meet Guv

According to the Election Commission of India, the incumbent the Mizo National Front (MNF) is trailing with 11 seats

Assembly election results 2023: How did sitting MPs perform in five states?

Assembly election results 2023: Several national parties fielded their sitting members of the Parliament in these assembly polls. Here's a look at how they performed

Don't vent frustration of poll defeat inside Parliament: PM Modi to Oppn

Ahead of Parliament's Winter Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged the opposition not to vent its frustration of the assembly polls defeat inside the House and move forward leaving behind its "negativity" of last nine years. Speaking with the media outside the Parliament building, Modi said the country has rejected negativity and asserted that the Winter Session was a golden opportunity for the opposition. "If I speak on basis of the assembly poll results, this is a golden opportunity for opposition. Instead of making plans for venting frustration over defeat, they should learn from this defeat, leaving behind the habit of negativity of the last nine years, if they move forward with positivity this session, the country will change its views towards them," he said. "A new door could open for them. I am giving them advice even if they are in opposition," he said. "Everyone's future is bright, there is no need to lose hope but please don't vent the frustration of the .

Urge all members to come prepared: PM Narendra Modi ahead of Winter Session

On the Assembly election results 2023, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won in three states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, PM Modi said that the country has rejected negativity

Chhattisgarh poll: 'Modi ki Guarantee' trumps Cong's promises of freebies

It seems the promises made by the BJP, which it promoted as 'Modi ki Guarantee 2023', worked in its favour as it emerged victorious in the tribal-dominated state

MP polls: Bharat Jodo Yatra fails as BJP wins 17 of 21 seats it covered

The Congress' hopes of the Bharat Jodo Yatra paying dividends in the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls have been dashed with the Bharatiya Janata Party winning 17 of the 21 seats from which the Rahul Gandhi-led yatra passed. The BJP on Sunday cruised to a two-thirds majority in Madhya Pradesh assembly, winning as many as 163 of the 230 seats in the House, leaving the Congress a distant second at 66. Between November 23 and December 4 last year, the Bharat Jodo Yatra covered 380 kilometres through six districts of MP's Malwa-Nimar region, namely Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargone, Indore, Ujjain and Agar Malwa, which cumulatively have 21 seats. In 2018, the BJP won 14 of these seats, while the Congress emerged victorious on seven. This time, the BJP bettered its tally to 17, reducing the Congress to four seats. BJP's Archana Chitnis won Burhanpur and Manju Dadu won Nepanagar assembly segments in Burhanpur district. The Burhanpur seat was won in 2018 by Independent candidate Surendra Singh She

Modi's win in state polls seen as boosting case for equity inflow in India

India's benchmark NSE Nifty 50 Index closed at a record high on Friday while the futures climbed as much as 1.6% early on Monday

Congress Legislature Party to meet in T'gana today to elect new leader

The newly-elected Telangana Congress MLAs will meet here on Monday and are likely to elect their Legislature Party Leader. The meeting will be held in the presence of senior leaders and AICC observers. After clinching 64 seats in the 119-seat assembly, a delegation of Congress leaders on Sunday met Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and staked claim to form the government in the state. Speaking to reporters after the meeting with the Governor, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar had said a meeting of the newly-elected Congress MLAs would be held Tuesday morning. Anumula Revanth Reddy, the PCC president who led the Congress' charge, finds himself on the brink of chief ministership. Reddy won from Kodangal constituency with a margin of over 32,000 votes defeating his nearest BRS rival Patnam Narender Reddy. The Congress leader however lost from Kamareddy. The near 10 year-old rule of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) came to an end on Sunday, even as Chief Minister

Assembly polls: Counting of votes for Mizoram begins amid tight security

The counting of votes polled in the assembly elections in Mizoram began at 8 am on Monday amid tight security, officials said. Additional Chief Electoral Officer H Lianzela told PTI that the counting was being held in 13 centres across the state. One counting hall has been set up for each of the 40 assembly seats at these 13 centres, he said. The counting was supposed to happen on Sunday along with Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. However, it was deferred by the Election Commission following appeals by political parties, NGOs, churches and students' bodies as Sunday holds a special significance for the people of Mizoram, a Christian-majority state. Postal ballots were being counted first, and from 8.30 am, the votes polled in the EVMs will be counted, Lianzela said. Besides three counting centres in the Aizawl district, which has 12 assembly constituencies, one centre each has been set up in the 10 other districts, he said. In some of the seats that have a .

Citizens believe in only one guarantee, that of PM Modi: Assam CM Sarma

The BJP, with its stunning mandates in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, stumped not just their rivals but also some pollsters who had predicted tight races in these states

Nobody can stop PM Modi, BJP from scoring hat-trick in 2024: Jairam Thakur

Thakur alleged that the corruption in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan under the incumbent Congress governments was at its peak, adding that the people have now shown the door to the 'corrupt' leaders

Assembly polls: Focus shifts to NE as votes for Mizoram to be counted today

Four major contenders are in fray in the northeastern state, which voted to elect its 40-member legislative assembly on November 7

Former Minister Konda Surekha bats for Revanth Reddy as Telangana CM

She said that with the Congress coming to power in the state, Telangana is going to witness the "people's governance"

Verdict 2023: State poll outcome blueprint for interim Budget 2024-25

The effective containment of the fiscal deficit in the first half of FY24 provides the government with leverage to announce pro-people schemes in the interim Budget

Telangana election results 2023: Rural booster puts Congress in power

Revanth Reddy leads race to become the chief minister; BJP makes inroads, doubles voteshare

Promise of higher MSP in Assembly polls: That's easier said than done

If states have to fall in line with MSPs declared by political parties, they will have to do so in violation of this central order or bear the full expense of the surplus procured at above MSP rates