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'INDIA bloc not invited to Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony': Congress

Narendra Modi is scheduled to be sworn in as the PM of India for the third consecutive term on June 9 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi

Congress reviews scorecard, future of INDIA after Lok Sabha polls

To review its Lok Sabha polls performance, the Congress' top decision-making body - the Congress Working Committee (CWC) - held its key meeting in New Delhi

NEET-UG 2024 row explained: 6 students from same exam centre get top rank

NEET result controversy: Several candidates alleged that the inflation of marks has resulted in 67 candidates securing the top rank. Six of these candidates are from the same exam centre in Haryana

Poll results 'moral defeat' for Modi, 'morale booster' for Cong: Ramesh

The Congress on Saturday claimed the mandate of the Lok Sabha polls has been a "moral, political and personal" defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said efforts were now being made to justify his "pathetic" electoral performance. The BJP has won 240 seats in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls, falling short of the halfway mark in the 543-member House, but the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) together won 293 seats. The Congress has won 99 seats. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the drumbeat to find silver linings in the mandate that has been a "moral, political and personal" defeat for Modi has started. "It is being propagated that Mr. Narendra Modi is the first to receive a mandate thrice in a row after Jawaharlal Nehru. How leading a party to 240 seats and becoming an 'one-third' Pradhan Mantri is a mandate is not explained," the Congress leader said. "Nehru, on the other hand, got 364 seats in 1952, 371 seats in 1957, and 361 seats in 1962 - a 2/3rd majorit

Senior Congress leaders begin deliberations on poll results at CWC meet

The Congress' top leadership on Saturday began crucial deliberations on the Lok Sabha election results to chalk out its future strategy at a meeting of the party's working committee here. The extended meeting of the party's top decision-making body -- the Congress Working Committee (CWC) -- started at Hotel Ashok here. Senior party leaders and members of the CWC, along with Congress Legislature Party leaders and Pradesh Congress Committee presidents from various states, will analyse the party's performance and suggest measures to strengthen the organisation. The Congress' top brass, including party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, besides other leaders will participate in the deliberations. Kharge, who has convened the meeting, will also host a dinner for all extended CWC members and party MPs at the hotel. A meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party comprising all newly-elected MPs of the Lok Sabha and those of the Rajya Sabha will

Lok Sabha will now have over 500 crorepatis, up from 88% in 2019: ADR

This time, the average assets of winners are Rs 46.3 crore, compared to Rs 14.7 crore in 2014

Traders left stunned by surprise election results from India to Mexico

In India, exit polls drastically overestimated the size of victory for Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP relocated Shivaji statue in Parliament over Maha poll result: Congress

The statues of tribal leader Birsa Munda and Maharana Pratap have also been shifted to a lawn between the old Parliament building and the Parliament library as part of a landscaping exercise

93% winning candidates in 2024 General Elections are 'crorepatis': ADR

There has been an increasing proportion of 'crorepatis' winning the Lok Sabha elections in recent years, it says

UP people established the ideal that real issues are paramount: Priyanka

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hailed the people of Uttar Pradesh, saying they gave a solid message to the whole country of saving the Constitution and re-established the old ideal that public issues are paramount. The BJP-led NDA suffered a jolt in Uttar Pradesh, where it won just 36 seats as against the INDIA bloc which bagged 43 -- a significant contribution to the overall tally of the opposition alliance. In a post in Hindi on X, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "My salute to all my colleagues of UP Congress. I saw you working hard in the sun and dust, you did not bow down, you did not stop, you showed courage to fight in the toughest of times." "Atrocities were committed against you, fake cases were filed against you, you were put in jail, you were repeatedly put under house arrest but you did not get scared. Many leaders left in fear, you stood firm," she said. Gandhi further said she was proud of the vigilant people of Uttar Pradesh,

This is how foreign media reacted to India's 2024 Lok Sabha poll results

Election results 2024: Most foreign press noted that Narendra Modi's third term will be riddled with challenges as the party has failed to cross the majority mark single-handedly

Sensex jumps 2,300 pts, Nifty above 22,600: Why markets rallied on June 5?

The recovery came after the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) looked firm in securing support from its allies to form a coalition government

LS election results: Vote shares of both BJP, Congress increase in Assam

The vote shares of both the BJP and Congress have increased by over one per cent in the Lok Sabha elections in Assam, according to EC statistics. The vote share of the saffron party, which bagged nine of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state, increased by 1.02 per cent from 36.41 per cent in 2019 to 37.43 per cent in 2024, while that of Congress, which secured three constituencies, rose by 1.69 per cent from 35.79 per cent in the previous elections to 37.48 per cent this time. The overall vote share of the NDA, which won 11 seats in Assam, however, registered a marginal dip of 0.45 per cent. The vote share of NDA ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which managed to win a Lok Sabha seat after 10 years, declined to 6.46 per cent in 2024 from 8.31 per cent in 2019. The NDA's other constituent in Assam, the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL), opened its account in the Lok Sabha by winning Kokrajhar seat, garnering 2.43 per cent vote share in the state. The AIUDF suffered the biggest loss w

China congratulates PM Modi, NDA on their victory in general elections

China on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the victory of the BJP-led NDA coalition in the general elections and said it stands ready to work with India bearing in mind the overall interests of bilateral ties. 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. The BJP-led 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. "We noted the results of India's general election and extend congratulations on the victory of BJP led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and NDA," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said. A sound and stable India relationship is conducive to the interests of both the countries and conducive to the peace and development in the region and beyond, she told a media briefing here answering questions on the outcom

Congress takes dig at BJD, YSRCP after parties face crushing defeats

The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at the BJD and YSRCP after they suffered crushing defeats in the assembly and Lok Sabha polls, saying that from the BJP's "B-teams" they have become the "has-been" teams. The BJP on Tuesday stormed to power in Odisha by dethroning the BJD which has been in power for the last 24 years. The BJD drew a blank in the Lok Sabha polls. The Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP suffered a crushing defeat in the assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh at the hands of the Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP in the assembly polls. The YSRCP secured just four seats in the Lok Sabha polls. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "Over the past ten years, the BJD was the B-team of the BJP in Parliament. It supported Mr. Modi on every issue." "Over the past ten years, YSRCP was another B-team of the BJP, which supported Mr. Modi on every issue. From B-teams, they have become the has-been teams," Ramesh said. This is what happens to regional parties who place their trust in

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

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Party-wise result status of total seats won

Lok Sabha elections 2024 result: The BJP and its allies are ahead on 295 seats while the Congress-led INDIA coalition is leading on 231 seats, 3 pm data showed

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

LS election result 2024: BJP-led alliance suffers jolt in Maharashtra

The BJP suffered a setback in Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra on Tuesday, with its tally dwindling by less than half compared to 2019, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) was on a roll, set to pocket 30 of the 48 seats. The BJP-led NDA fell significantly short of its target of bagging 45-plus seats in Maharashtra, going by the results and latest trends in counting of votes till 11.40 pm. The BJP won nine seats, a far cry from the 23 it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in the state. Its ally Shiv Sena won seven seats. Another ally, the Ajit Pawar-led NCP bagged a seat, but his wife Sunetra Pawar faced defeat in Baramati from Supriya Sule, daughter of Sharad Pawar. The Congress won nine and was leading in four seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) won eight and was leading in a seat. NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) won five seats and was leading in three seats. Vishal Patil, a Congressman-turned-independent won the Sangli seat. He later said he

Lok Sabha polls 2024: What election results look like at 12 pm on June 4

Lok Sabha elections 2024: BJP leads in 236 constituencies, Rahul Gandhi leads in both Raebareli and Wayanad