Politics

In West Bengal’s Harirampur, Trinamool Congress’ Biplab Mitra won by 93,098 votes. Bharatiya Janata Party’s Debabrata Majumder lost by 1,986 votes, getting 91,112 votes.Harirampur in 2026 will see a contest between incumbent TMC MLA Biplab Mitra, BJP’s Debabrata Majumder, and Congress candidate Subhasish Pal (Sona).Harirampur is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district, part of…

Arunava Sen of the All India Trinamool Congress defeats Pramanshu Rana of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bagnan, winning by a margin of 11,316 votes after all 20 rounds of counting.Bagnan in Howrah district has been represented by Arunava Sen (Raja) of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He…

CHENNAI: Having won 107 seats in Tamil Nadu assembly election, TVK needs support of 11 more MLAs to form the govt. While a coalition govt seems certain, how TVK would cobble it together remains a game of possibilities and challenges.TVK’s newly elected MLAs will be in Chennai on Tuesday to elect Vijay as the leader…

In West Bengal’s Alipurduars constituency, BJP’s Paritosh Das defeated TMC’s Suman Kanjilal by 70,420 votes. Das got 1,43,242 votes while Kanjilal got 72,822 votes.Alipurduars is a general (unreserved) constituency in Alipurduar district of West Bengal. In 2026, the candidates include Suman Kanjilal of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Paritosh Das of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),…

In the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, Labsen Baskey of the Bharatiya Janata Party secured victory in Bandwan (Assembly Constituency 238), defeating Trinamool Congress candidate Rajib Lochan Saren by a margin of 29,577 votes.Baskey polled 1,34,080 votes after all 20 rounds of counting, while Saren secured 1,04,503 votes.Bandwan (ST), Assembly Constituency No. 238, is located…

SRINAGAR/SHIMLA/DEHRADUN: After a warm Sunday, temperatures dropped sharply across Kashmir Valley, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as snowfall and rains lashed many parts of the northern hill states on Monday.Snowfall was reported from Sonamarg in north Kashmir and Sadna Pass in Kupwara district, while Srinagar saw a heavy downpour in the afternoon. Heavy snowfall at Pir…

In Srivaikuntam, G Saravanan (TVK) won the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election by 1,186 votes against S Oorvashi Amirtharaj (INC), while SP Shanmuganathan contested from the AIADMK.Srivaikuntam is a competitive constituency in Thoothukkudi district and has seen representation from both the Dravidian parties and the Congress.Since the 1977 Assembly elections, the seat has alternated evenly…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the BJP headquarters to celebrate the party’s performance in Assembly elections across four states and one union territory, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Salman Ali) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday linked his “Viksit Bharat” (developed India) pledge to what he described as a “resurgence in the East,”…

The 2026 West Bengal assembly verdict is, on the surface, a straightforward story of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP )victory at the expense of the Trinamool Congress (TMC). However, beneath that dominant arc lies a more fragmented sub-plot: the TMC’s weakening hold over its traditional social coalitions has not only aided the BJP’s consolidation in several…

In the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, Dr. Pranat Tudu of the Bharatiya Janata Party registered a clear victory in Binpur (Assembly Constituency 237), defeating Trinamool Congress candidate Birbaha Hansda by a margin of 22,977 votes.Tudu secured 1,07,238 votes after all 22 rounds of counting, while Hansda polled 84,261 votes.Binpur (ST), Assembly Constituency No. 237,…