Congress candidate and present deputy mayor T. J. Vinod has won the Ernakulam assembly seat. This has been the sitting seat of the Congress for a while now, but the margin of victory has come down from over 21,000 votes to around 4000 votes.
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) candidate M.C.Kamurdeen on Thursday won the Manjeswaram Assembly constituency by 7,923 votes.
After being out of power in Haryana for five years, the Congress is elated by the emerging trends even as the counting of votes continues. The party is confident to be able to form the government in the state. The Congress has said that the saffron party's propaganda on the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir did not work in the state.
After an elbow injury suffered in this year's French Open Japananese Tennis ace Kei Nishikori has decided to undergo surgergy. Following that surgery he will not take part in any furthet competitions this season.
The ubiquitous independent candidates and smaller political outfits - the bane of mainstream parties - appeared to have put up a surprising performance in the Maharashtra assembly elections, as per trends available by Thursday noon.
Ankur Bhatia, Executive Director of diversified travel and hospitality player Bird Group, said that air travel demand has not been very strong this festive season and most of the major routes have not seen much increase in airfares.
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang alias P.S. Golay has won the Poklok-Kaamrang constituency on Thursday in the Assembly by-poll vote count in the Himalyan state.
Cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra tweeted a video in which a girl can be seen copying out-of-favour off spinner Harbhajan Singh's bowling action. Video goes viral as many people believe her action is also similar to that of Indian Bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
In a sudden twist in early trends in the Haryana Assembly election results that threw up a close contest between the BJP and Congress, BJP president Amit Shah cancelled his prescheduled engagements, including an ITBP event that he was to attend in the capacity of the Home Minister.
Actor Salman Khan was in a mood to take potshots at critics at the trailer launch of his upcoming film Dabangg 3. "I have worked on script of this film so, I want all the critics to criticise it.
Lionel Messi strike and a own goal helps Barcelona get past Slavia Prague in UEFA Champions League Group F encounter. Barcelona go on top of their group while Slavia remain at the bottom.
With BJP not managing the show as was expected by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in the Assembly election, there was silence at his official residence on Thursday as the results threw up a close contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress.
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan plays a cop once again in the recently-announced Radhe. The film marks his return with director Prabhdheva after Wanted, which saw him play an undercover cop, and the upcoming Dabangg 3, which sees him return as Inspector Chulbul Pandey. Salman says Raadhe will be a 'baap' in the cop-action drama genre.
There is a stringent procedure to issue licenses for firecrackers. Shopkeepers send their requests to the Station House Officer of their areas. The Deputy Commissioner of Police office then gives its consent over the applications. Thereafter, the Fire Service Headquarters issues the No Objection Certificate to all who fulfil the criteria.
"However, the downturn in sales might be mitigated vis-a-vis previous months." Besides deep discounts, government measures such as additional 15 per cent depreciation on vehicles bought till March 2020 are likely to give impetus to sales. On its part, ratings agency ICRA said that it has seen a mixed trend so far.
The ruling Congress in Puducherry has retained the Kamaraj Nagar Assembly seat by winning the bypoll held on October 21. Congress' A. John Kumar won the polls with 14,782 votes, defeating his nearest rival and AINRC party nominee S. Bhuvaneswarane, who managed 7,611 votes.
The ruling BJP was ahead in barely a few seats more than the majority mark of 46 in the 90-member Haryana Assembly on Thursday, but appeared set to retain power in Maharashtra along with ally Shiv Sena.
Maharashtra's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena's dream run continued with their candidates leading in over 125 constituencies while the opposition Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) nominees were ahead in around 75 seats, in the early trends of the October 21 Assembly elections vote count here on Thursday.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena candidates were leading in over 30 constituencies, while the opposition Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) nominees in around 12, as early trends of the October 21 Maharashtra Assembly elections became available here on Thursday.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has announced that his party will contest the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls alone. Akhilesh Yadav has virtually ruled out any alliance with his estranged uncle Shivpal Yadav's Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party Lohia (PSPL).
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