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Sudan protest leaders seek supporters' view to end deadlock
Sudan's protest leaders said Thursday they will seek advice from demonstrators camped outside army headquarters on how to break the deadlock in talks with the military council on installing civilian rule. Talks between the two sides have been suspended since Monday after a disagreement over who should lead a new governing body -- a civilian or the military. The protest movement, the Alliance for Freedom and Change, said it will launch a campaign to urge demonstrators who have been rallying for weeks outside army headquarters in Khartoum, and in other cities, to come up with a solution to break the deadlock. "We will give them all the information, we will listen to their views on how they want to go ahead with the revolution," the umbrella protest group said in a statement. The group has led the nationwide protest movement against longtime leader Omar al-Bashir that finally led to his ouster on April 11. The generals who seized power after Bashir was toppled have resisted calls from ...
BJP appears set for major gains in Odisha
BJP appeared set for major gains in Lok Sabha polls in Odisha with its candidates leading in nine seats, while the ruling BJD is ahead in 12. As per the latest trend, BJP candidates are leading in Balasore, Bargarh, Bhubaneswar, Balangir, Kalahandi, Sundargarh, Sambalpur and Puri, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Surendra Kumar said. This is a great shift from 2014 when the saffron party had won only one out of the 21 Lok Sabha seats. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, which had a spectacular show in the 2014 polls by winning 20 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats, saw its tally sliding slightly as its candidates were now leading in 12 seats. Union Minister Jual Oram, who is leading over his nearest rival George Tirkey of Congress by around one lakh votes in Sundargarh, was the only BJP candidate to have won a seat. This time in all Lok Sabha constituencies, barring Puri, where BJP candidates are leading had seen rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the ...
Rahul concedes defeat, trailing by over 40K votes in Amethi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday conceded defeat from his traditional Amethi seat to Union Minister Smriti Irani, of the BJP, even as the Election Commission continued to update the margin by 44,082 votes.
South Goa sitting BJP MP concedes defeat
The sitting BJP MP from South Goa, Narendra Sawaikar, on Thursday accepted defeat in the Lok Sabha elections against former Chief Minister of the state and Congress candidate Francisco Sardinha.
Maharashtra: BJP-Shiv Sena script spectacular saffron success (Round-up)
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine marched to a spectacular victory in Maharashtra, leading in or bagging (as of 6 p.m.) 41 of the state's 48 Lok Sabha seats.
Sabarimala fails to help 'lotus' bloom in Kerala
The emotive Sabarimala row in which senior BJP leaders played a key role failed to help the party open its account in the Lok Sabha battle in Kerala.
Rahul Gandhi set for huge win in Wayanad
Congress President Rahul Gandhi looked set for a massive win from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, as he registered an unassailable lead against his nearest CPI rival Thursday. According to latest EC data on counting trends, Gandhi was ahead of P P Suneer by about 4.31 lakh votes in the seat, his second, clearly heading for a win. Gandhi conceded defeat in his traditional north bastion Amethi in Uttar Pradesh against BJP's Smriti Irani, now being described as 'giant-slayer'.
LS poll rout; Kumaraswamy calls informal cabinet meet Friday
With the Congress-JDS alliance in Karnataka facing a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has called an "informal" cabinet meeting on Friday. The Chief Minister has also convened a JDS legislature party meeting to review the results, party sources said. "An informal cabinet meeting has been called tomorrow, May 24, 2019 at 12:30 PM, at cabinet hall in Vidhana Soudha (the state secretariat)," an official intimation sent out to Ministers said. At the meeting, the Chief Minister, along with his cabinet colleagues from both parties, are likely to discuss the Lok Sabha poll outcome and the way ahead for the coalition, sources said. As the Congress-JDS government completed one year Thursday, it is on the edge with the Lok Sabha results widely expected to have a bearing on its stability. The meeting gains significance in the backdrop of both Congress and JD(S) facing a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls by winning just one seat each, .
Jaswant Singh's son loses in Barmer to BJP's Kailash Choudhary
Former BJP leader Jaswant Singh's son and Congress candidate in Barmer Manvendra Singh has been defeated by the saffron party's Kailash Choudhary by a margin of 3,23,808 votes. Manvendra Singh had quit the BJP in October last year after differences with then chief minister Vasundhara Raje over the issue of 'swabhiman' or self-respect as his father was sidelined and denied ticket in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. His father former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh, who is in coma for over four years now, had unsuccessfully contested in Barmer seat in the 2014 general elections as an Independent candidate. Manvendra Singh garnered public support ahead of last year's assembly polls following the bitterness in relationship of his family with Raje and BJP. He joined the grand old party and contested the polls in December last year against Raje in Jhalrapatan segment but faced defeat there. Barmer is Rajasthan's largest Lok Sabha constituency in terms of area. It covers the entire Barmer ..
Patnaik reciprocates Modi, congratulates him for BJP victory
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the impressive victory of BJP in the Lok Sabha elections. Patnaik spoke to Modi over telephone and congratulated him for the huge victory registered by the BJP in the Parliamentary election, sources in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said. Patnaik wished the prime minister almost simultaneously as Modi's congratulatory message for him for BJD's stellar performance in the assembly polls in Odisha. "Congratulations to Naveen Babu for yet another victory in Odisha. Wishing him the very best for the next term," Modi said in a twitter post. Patnaik also thanked the prime minister for his wishes. "Thank you PM @narendramodi ji for your wishes on @bjd_odishas spectacular performance in #OdishaElections2019. Congratulate #NDA and @BJP4India for the huge victory in #LokSabhaElections2019. Look forward to working together for the people of #Odisha," Patnaik tweeted. Patnaik is all set
LS results: B-town celebs pour in their wishes for PM Modi and BJP party
While the entire country is glued to their television sets and as the counting trends show BJP securing a comfortable majority, several B-town stars are pouring in their wishes on social media to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his entire party members.Varun Dhawan took to his Twitter handle and wrote, "The country has decided congratulations hon prime minister Narendra Modi sir on your victory. Looking forward to the future under your guidance and leadership where all Indians move ahead together Jai Hind."Ajay Devgn while extending out his wishes to the PM wrote, "The country knows what is right for them and they have made their choice. Narendra Modi."Praising the Prime Minister over the "crystal clear" victory, Arjun Kapoor wrote, "We have voted, India has chosen and the result is almost crystal clear Narendra Modi ji congratulations sir we hope the country heads upwards and onwards under your leadership..."While for Esha Deol, it was a moment for the actor as her mother and ..
I accept people's verdict, says Digvijaya Singh after losing in Bhopal
Congress candidate from Bhopal, Digvijaya Singh, who suffered a huge defeat at the hands of his BJP rival, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, on Thursday said he accepts the verdict of people in the Lok Sabha elections.The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister by a margin of 3,08,529 votes from Bhopal."I accept the verdict of the people of Bhopal. I will do a press conference on Friday at 4 pm," he said speaking to the media.The poll campaign of Thakur was marred with controversies over her remarks on Nathuram Godse that he was a patriot. Godse had assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948.Thakur had also made a controversial statement that the former Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare, who was killed in the terror attack in Mumbai in 2008, died due to her "curse".
Kejriwal congratulates Modi, says looking forward to working with PM
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday for the "historic" win of the NDA in the Lok Sabha election. Modi led the Bharatiya Janata Party towards what is certain to be a spectacular victory for a second term in office, as his message of nationalism, security, Hindu pride and a New India was wholeheartedly embraced by voters across large swathes of the country. "I congratulate Sh Narendra Modi for this historic win and look forward to working together for the betterment of the people of Delhi," Kejriwal tweeted. Kejriwal has been a vocal critic of Modi and has lashed out at him on several occasions during the election campaign, accusing him of indulging in politics of hatred. The BJP is also set for an astounding victory in Delhi, where it is leading in all the seven seats.
Set to sweep Madhya Pradesh, BJP seeks Nath's resignation
With the BJP leading in 28 out of the 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, the state unit of the opposition party Thursday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Kamal Nath, who is heading the Congress government in the state since December last year. State BJP chief Rakesh Singh said the counting trends indicate an overwhelming mandate in favour of the BJP, which lost power in Madhya Pradesh in the Assembly polls held late last year. In the Assembly polls, the Congress won 114 of the state's 230 seats, two short of the majority mark of 116. The BJP, which ruled the state since 2003 before being ousted from power, bagged 109 seats. The Bahujan Samaj Party, which has two MLAs, and the Samajwadi Party, which has one legislator, are supporting the Congress government besides four Independent lawmakers. "Nath should resign, not on moral ground but due to the overwhelming people's mandate in favour of the BJP in the state," Singh told PTI as trends from counting centres
Xi, Putin and Imran among world leaders to congratulate Modi on election victory
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan were among dozens of world leaders who congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday on his impressive victory in the general elections as they vowed to work with him to bolster the bilateral ties. President Xi extended "heartfelt" congratulations to Modi on his election victory and vowed to work with him to take the bilateral ties to a new height. "I attach great importance to the development of China-India relations and would like to work with you to guide the development directions of the bilateral relations, enhance mutual political trust, expand pragmatic cooperation and promote the closer developmental partnership between the two countries to a new height," Xi wrote in a letter to Modi. As important neighbours to each other, China and India are two largest developing countries and emerging economies in the world. In recent years, China-India relations have shown strong
Noida: BJP's Mahesh Sharma cruises ahead by over 1 lakh votes
Union minister and BJP leader Mahesh Sharma is leading by a comfortable margin of 1.39 lakh votes from the Gautam Budhh Nagar seat after 19 rounds of counting for the Lok Sabha polls, the district election office said. By 6.45 pm, Sharma had polled 4.37 lakh votes across the five assembly segments of Noida, Jewar, Dadri, Sikandrabad and Khurja that constitute the Gautam Buddh Nagar parliamentary seat, it said. Bahujan Samaj Party's Satveer Nagar, whose candidature is also backed by the Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal, is running second with 2.98 lakh votes. Congress' Arvind Kumar Singh is trailing with 23,425 votes, according to the district election office. So far, 4,632 NOTA (None of the Above) votes have been counted, more than what the remaining 10 candidates, including Independents, have polled, official data showed. A total of 7.73 lakh votes were counted by the end of the 19th round at around 6.45 pm, the office said. The counting is underway at Phool Mandi in Noida.
Bhojpuri singer-actor Manoj Tiwari set to win North East Delhi seat comfortably
From losing to BJP in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls as an SP candidate to becoming the saffron party's Delhi chief, life has come a full circle for Bhojpuri singer and actor Manoj Tiwari, who was set to win the North East Delhi seat comfortably as he was leading with a margin of over 3.59 lakh votes. In 2014, Tiwari had won from North East Delhi, having sizeable Purvanchali and Muslim voters, by defeating AAP's Anand Kumar by 1,44,084 votes while riding on the Modi wave. With Tiwari's stature rising in the party, his performance this time was even better as he was set to win by a huge margin. He is pitted against former Delhi Chief Minister and Congress' veteran Sheila Dikshit. While Tiwari had billed the contest with Dikshit as one of the "most interesting" in the country, the Congress leader has not even come close to giving him a fight during the counting of votes. Under the aegis of Tiwari, the Delhi unit has witnessed many highs, including winning the MCD polls in 2017, where the ...
BJP set to sweep in Karnataka,leaves ruling coalition in tizzy
: The BJP appeared headed for a spectacular win in Karnataka as it bagged 11 seats and was leading in 14 others, leaving the ruling Congress-JD(S) alliance in a tizzy over the stability of its one-year old government. Reflecting the coalition's plight, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in Gulbarga and former Prime Minister and JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda in Tumkur were trailing their BJP rivals, Election Commission trends showed. With the BJP dealing a hammer blow, Congress and JD(S) managed to win only one seat each, indicating that neither arithmetic nor chemistry worked for the two, which apparently failed to reconcile with each other at the ground level. Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh, supported by the BJP, was leading by 1,26,436 votes in Mandya in a fiercely fought battle against Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil. 87-year old Gowda was trailing by a margin of 12,387 votes in Tumkur against BJP's G S Basavaraj. Gowda's another ..
Imran congratulates Modi, 'looks forward' to work with him
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday congratulated his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on the Lok Sabha poll victory and said that he looks forward to working with him for peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia.
Return of BJP: Social media bursts into memes, jokes
Going berserk over the massive mandate received by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), users on various social media platforms on Thursday began firing memes, jokes and GIFs, especially aimed to the Opposition and the Congress Party.