Day: May 23, 2019

Amit Shah in Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Sunday

Amit Shah wins Gandhinagar seat by margin of 5.57 lakh votes

11:59 pm May 23, 2019

Gandhinagar: BJP president Amit Shah was Thursday night declared elected from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 5.57 lakh votes against his nearest Congress rival C J Chavda. Shah polled 8.94 lakh votes, while Chavda secured 3.37 lakh votes. Amit Shah has been declared elected, returning officer and Gandhinagar district collector S K […]

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Killed by militants, Aboh retains assembly seat

Killed by militants, Aboh retains assembly seat

11:58 pm May 23, 2019

Itanagar: Tirong Aboh, the National Peoples Party (NPP) candidate who was gunned down by suspected NSCN militants, has retained the Khonsa West assembly constituency in Arunachal Pradesh. Aboh, who was killed along with 10 others at 12 mile area in Tirap district on May 21, has defeated his lone rival Phawang Lowang of the BJP […]

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Former PM tells Modi to take efforts on Women's Bill

Gowda family suffers blow in LS polls

11:47 pm May 23, 2019

Bengaluru: The Lok Sabha results were a double whammy for the Gowda dynasty in Karnataka where not only former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda lost the election from Tumkur constituency but his grandson and chief minister H D Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumaraswamy too was routed badly. The only face saver for the Gowda family […]

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Kumaraswamy's son loses in Mandya

Kumaraswamy’s son loses in Mandya

11:27 pm May 23, 2019

Bengaluru: In a huge embarassment to Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, his son Nikhil was defeated by multi-lingual actress and independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh by 1,25,876 votes in Mandya Lok Sabha constituency, that saw a bitterly contested campaign. While Sumalatha got 7,03,660 votes, Nikhil secured 5,77,784 votes, poll officials said here Thursday. Mandya witnessed […]

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Gujarat: AIMIM backs Independents, denies BJP power in Godhra

Owaisi wins from Hyderabad LS seat for 4th time

9:47 pm May 23, 2019

Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi won the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat for the fourth consecutive term Thursday. Owaisi, who had been winning the seat since 2004, defeated J Bhagavanth Rao of the BJP by over 2.82 lakh votes. In 2014, Owaisi had secured 5,13,868 votes emerging victorious against the same […]

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