Photo credit: The Brightside If you are active on social media, you would have come across tricky images that claim to reveal your true personality within seconds. Such images are aptly called optical illusion personality tests and they are generally based on psychological principles. And so, these visual puzzles aren’t just for fun; they’re a…
Puducherry CM N Rangasamy NEW DELHI: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is poised to return to power in Puducherry and become the Union territory’s first incumbent government to secure re-election since Congress accomplished the feat in 2006.Counting for the April 9 assembly polls was held on Monday, with the election recording an 89.87% turnout—the highest…
Ravisankar.M of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won the Thuraiyur constituency with a margin of 9614 votes. He garnered 66263 votes, while All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate E.Saroja came second with 56649 votes.The AIADMK has fielded E. Saroja from Thuraiyur (SC) assembly constituency for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026, setting up a contest against…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose symbolism as much as celebration when he arrived at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Monday, hours after the party’s sweeping victory in West Bengal.Known for using attire to signal political messages, the Prime Minister appeared in a traditional Bengali ensemble, aligning his appearance with the state…
Bhavanisagar Assembly constituency is located in Erode district of Tamil Nadu and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste category. In 2026 assembly polls, VP Tamilselvi emerged as the winner, with 72,391 votes, beating A Bannari of AIADMK with a margin of 4,569 votes. Bannari stood second in the contest with 67,822 votes…
NEW DELHI: Kerala’s compass dial has swung again, after a decade, away from the Left Democratic Front. This has left the Left with no fortress standing in the country. This is the first time in several decades that India has no communist government in any state. UDF has won over 95 seats, according to the…
Nicholas Pooran and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants batter Nicholas Pooran continues to redefine power-hitting in the IPL, and this time he has moved past Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in one of the league’s most explosive batting records.With his breathtaking 16-ball fifty against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday, Pooran now has five…
NEW DELHI: Aminul Haque Laskar of the Indian National Congress won the Sonai constituency with 89,957 votes, defeating Asom Gana Parishad candidate Karim Uddin Barbhuiya by a margin of 27,170 votes. Barbhuiya secured 62,787 votes. Trinamool Congress candidate Shahajahan Laskar finished third with 2,280 votes, followed by AIUDF’s Minar Hussain Mazarbhuiya with 1,178 votes.Thirteen candidates…
NEW DELHI:The Bharatiya Janata Party has not just returned to power in Assam but secured a third consecutive term with a commanding mandate, underlining its transformation from a marginal player into the state’s dominant political force. At the centre of this emphatic victory stands Himanta Biswa Sarma — widely seen as the chief architect of…
In Kerala’s Pathanapuram, INC’s Jyoti Kumar Chamakkala emerged as the winner, defeating Kerala Congress (B)’s K B Ganesh Kumar by 8,310 votes. Jyoti Kumar Chamakkala received 68,275 votes, while K B Ganesh Kumar secured 59,965 votes. The constituency is a general seat covering Pathanapuram town and surrounding rural panchayats, with rubber plantations and forested hill…