Madhya Pradesh Minister Ramniwas Rawat Loses Vijaypur Bypoll
In a blow to the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh, minister Ramniwas Rawat lost to the Congress’ Mukesh Malhotra by a margin of 7,364 votes in the Vijaypur assembly bypoll.…
News for you 247
In a blow to the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh, minister Ramniwas Rawat lost to the Congress’ Mukesh Malhotra by a margin of 7,364 votes in the Vijaypur assembly bypoll.…
The Adani Group on Saturday clarified on reports of Kenya cancelling more than $2.5 billion in deals after the US’ allegations, saying it had not entered into any binding agreement…
Robin Sharma, the campaign strategist of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, told NDTV today that the Lok Sabha election results had spurred them to spruce up their act and get…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated the Mahayuti alliance for the historic sweep of Maharashtra, and warned those who in the pursuit of “opportunistic politics” lose sight of their core…
“Development won, negative politics lost,” says PM Modi on NDA’s landslide victory in Maharashtra
With his party winning three of the four Assembly seats in Punjab where bypolls were held, senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha has said the results are a stamp…
“Development, good governance, and social justice have won in Maharashtra. Lies and deceit have suffered a crushing defeat. Divisive forces and dynastic politics have lost in Maharashtra today,” Prime Minister…
Amruta Fadnavis, Devendra Fadnavis’s wife who was mocked by a Congress leader for her penchant for making reels on Instagram, today had the last laugh. The BJP, her husband’s party,…
In a light grey sports sweatshirt, flanked by party leaders in more formal attire, Hemant Soren announced in a rather slow, conversational tone the victory of his party Jharkhand Mukti…
The opposition alliance suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the BJP-led ruling alliance in Maharashtra. But what could add insult to this injury is if the figures remain…
Following a defeat in his electoral debut, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray’s son Amit has said he accepts the mandate. The 32-year-old said he did not contest this…
Sarita Fadnavis, BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis’s mother, on Saturday said her son is a “favourite” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and everyone in the BJP wants him to become the…
The “None of the Above” (NOTA) option had minimal impact in the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections. According to Election Commission (EC) data, only 0.75 per cent of voters in…
Maharashtra in the bag with a thumping majority, the ruling alliance Mahayuti is now facing the complicated task of choosing a Chief Minister — to which both BJP and current…
Crediting the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana for the MahaYuti’s landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale, on Saturday said…
Flush on the back of a resounding win in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly election, senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis – widely expected to become the next Chief Minister – took…
The Maha Vikas Aghadi’s impending defeat in Maharashtra is expected to lie the heaviest on the shoulders of former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who in a span of three years,…
A notorious gangster recently externed from Meerut district, tied the knot in Sikandrabad, a neighbouring town in Bulandshahr. However, Salman who got married on Friday night will miss his own…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the landslide win of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti coalition in the Maharashtra Assembly election. “Development wins! Good governance wins! United we will…
Former Bigg Boss contestant and actor Ajaz Khan entered into politics by contesting the Maharashtra assembly election from the Versova seat under the banner of the Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi…
As the JMM-led INDIA bloc crossed the majority mark in the Jharkhand Assembly elections, Chief Minister Hemant Soren took to social media to share a personal. The JMM chief and…
Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh, currently on his Dil-Luminati India Tour, has hit back at what he called “fake news” surrounding his songs and their alleged promotion of alcohol. Performing in Lucknow…
As the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance surges ahead in Maharashtra in early leads, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena appears to have trumped the Uddhav Thackeray-led party in the battle to prove…
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress appears set to sweep the West Bengal assembly by-elections. This includes the Madarihat constituency in Alipurduar district, which had gone to the BJP in the 2021…
Devendra Fadnavis had promised in 2019 that he will be back. And 2.5 years later he did. Cut to 2024, the Maharashtra Assembly poll results show that he is back…
As her husband Fahad Ahmed started trailing in Maharashtra’s Anushakti Nagar after leading for several rounds of vote-counting, actor Swara Bhasker threw an EVM question to the Election Commission. Mr…
Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the son of Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, a BJP ally, lost to Congress’ CP Yogeshwara by a margin of 25,413 votes in Channapatna, giving the ruling party in…
The prestige battle for Baramati in Maharashtra has the NCP’s Ajit Pawar in a commanding lead over his nephew and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar leader) Yugendra Pawar. As of 12.08 pm,…
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Zeeshan Siddique, the son of late politician Baba Siddique, is trailing from Vandre East in Mumbai as votes are being counted for the Maharashtra assembly…
Devendra Fadnavis, the BJP’s most prominent leader in Maharashtra, is leading by a margin of over 20,000 in Nagpur South West as votes are still being counted for the state…
The Aam Aadmi Party was leading in three seats while the Congress was ahead in one in the bypolls to four assembly segments in Punjab, showed initial trends today. While…
Counting of votes for Maharashtra assembly polls is underway. Fahad Ahmad, Sharad Pawar’s party candidate, is leading against Sana Mailk, of rival NCP faction led by Ajit Pawar, in Anushakti…
With leads pointing to a rout for his party and the Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut claimed that there is something amiss…
Online food delivery giant Zomato will become a part of the benchmark BSE Sensex, replacing JSW Steel from December 23. This is part of the latest reconstitution announced by Asia…
If we want to build ‘Brand Bharat’ we should not listen to the diktats of the west regarding what is right, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday at…
Maharashtra election results: Maharashtra assembly election results were trending early on Saturday (Nov 23) in the United Kingdom as Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti crossed the halfway mark, as per the…
‘Aaj phone nahi kiya, sab theek thak hai beta’ (You didn’t call today, is everything okay?) — Harshita Brella’s 55-year-old father Sabir Brella breaks into tears as he looks at…
Three children were killed and eight people were injured as their autorickshaw collided head-on with a speeding truck in Bihta on the outskirts of Patna on Friday, police said. The…
India and Japan on Friday deliberated on a reciprocal provision of supply and services agreement for greater interoperability between the militaries of the two strategic partners amid common concerns of…
Counting has begun for the Wayanad parliamentary by-election in Kerala in which Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi made her electoral debut to fill the vacancy left by her brother Rahul Gandhi…
The Association of Indian American Minorities (AIAM), a newly formed non-governmental organisation, was launched on Friday at Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church, Maryland. The initiative aims to unite and promote the…
Police have booked 25 people for allegedly attacking a team of Nagar Panchayat and Municipality officials for removing an encroachment in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar, an officer said on Friday. The…
The Supreme Court on Friday said the State cannot be permitted to acquire citizens’ land without paying appropriate compensation. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan…
Approximately 5,000 veterans participated in a grand event in Poonch on Friday to mark the 77th anniversary of the historic military link-up of Poonch, a border district in Jammu and…
The Supreme Court on Friday said the State cannot be permitted to acquire citizens’ land without paying appropriate compensation. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in 31 bilateral meetings and informal interactions with world leaders during his five days of three-country tour, officials said on Friday. The whirlwind diplomatic engagements…
Researchers from JNCASR, an autonomous institution of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have identified a new method to understand the virology of monkeypox virus (MPV). The new findings…
A customer on Friday shot and wounded a petrol pump owner and his son in a fight over money, police said. It happened around 11 am when a youth from…
Hours after 10 Maoists were killed in an encounter with the District Reserve Guard (DRG) in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma, Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao on Friday said that by the efforts…
Local residents in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar landed a fresh catch in the middle of a road, after a tempo truck laden with fish rammed into the wall of a shop…
In a relief to Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu-led Himachal Pradesh government, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the initiation of disqualification proceedings against six MLAs who were appointed as…
The government must include coking coal in the list of critical minerals and provide special dispensation to enhance the domestic production of the key raw material for steel production, according…
The government has notified the telecom cyber security rules, that aim to safeguard India’s communication networks and services, through a host of measures including specified timelines for telcos to report…
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai wrote to Chief Secretary Dharmendra on Friday, urging strict enforcement of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to address the worsening air quality in the…
Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay is scheduled to undertake a three-day visit to India starting Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs has said. The MEA shared a brief itinerary of…
The Supreme Court on Friday expunged adverse remarks made by the Delhi High Court against an additional district and sessions judge, saying the superior courts must exercise restraint while commenting…
Confident of an MVA win in Maharashtra, Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Friday said there would not be any issue among alliance constituents in deciding on the CM post…
A code of conduct and post-retirement assignments for the judges of the Supreme Court and high courts are some of the subjects selected for examination by a parliamentary panel. The…
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the response from the Gyanvapi mosque committee in Varanasi on a plea filed by the Hindu side for conducting an ASI survey of the…
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab appointed New and Renewable Energy Minister Aman Arora as the new president of its state unit on Friday. The development comes a…
More than 100 monkeys perished after inhaling a pesticide sprayed in a food godown and were stealthily buried in a pit, police on Friday said. On Friday, the bodies of…
Three persons, including two women, were killed and nine others hospitalised following a gas leak after a blast in a reactor at a fertiliser plant in Maharashtra’s Sangli district, an…
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday said that suspects involved in looting the properties of ministers and MLAs during protests on November 16 were identified and legal actions…
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chaired a cabinet meeting of his government here on Friday during which various issues, including employment, reservation and recruitment processes, were discussed and…
An Instagram reel flagged by a First Check reader claims that the teflon-coated aluminium utensils are harmful to health and urges viewers to discard them. The post from the account…
A man was arrested on Friday from Maharashtra’s Akola district in connection with the Baba Siddique murder case, an official said. The NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister was shot…
An Instagram reel flagged by a First Check reader claims that the teflon-coated aluminium utensils are harmful to health and urges viewers to discard them. The post from the account…
The Supreme Court on Friday observed the 1976 amendment to the Constitution adding the terms “socialist”, “secular” and “integrity” to the Preamble underwent judicial reviews and it cannot say whatever…
A Noida-based entrepreneur is recycling burnt cigarette butts into premium products, like teddy bears, home decor items, accessories, sculptures, and even mosquito repellents. Naman Gupta, the co-founder of Code Effort…
BJP president JP Nadda on Friday accused the Congress of pushing an “incorrect, false and politically” motivated narrative on the issue of Manipur unrest, as he hit back at Mallikarjun…
Canada rolled back its standard operating procedures for extra screening of travellers flying to India, days after the move was implemented “out of abundance of caution”. The revised measures, that…
A man who came alive on the funeral pyre on Thursday in Rajasthan, died on Friday during treatment in a Jaipur hospital. The District Collector on Thursday night suspended three…
A 51-year-old Malayalam actress who had levelled sexual abuse allegations against several male actors, including CPI(M) MLA M Mukesh, on Friday said she was not keen on pursuing her complaints…
A young boy from Kerala faced a life-threatening situation due to acute jaundice followed by acute liver failure. But, his mother who donated a part of her liver, and his…
Akashdeep Gill, arrested from Punjab for his involvement in NCP leader Baba Siddique’s murder, revealed during interrogation that he used a farm labourer’s hotspot to contact jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s…
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from the Gujarat government on a plea filed by jailed self-styled godman Asaram seeking suspension of the life sentence imposed on him…
Three Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLAs who jumped to the Congress and were served with disqualification notices gained relief Friday after the Telangana High Court stayed a single-judge bench’s September order…
Ahead of results in Jharkhand for the recently held assembly elections, Congress leader Rajesh Thakur on Friday expressed confidence over the Mahagathbandhan including Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Congress forming government…
Media reports suggesting Indian Railways has floated Rs 20,000 crore tender for installing cameras in coaches contain “misleading and false information”, according to the Press Information Bureau (PIB) report. No…
Elections concluded in Maharashtra on Wednesday, November 20, and the results will be declared tomorrow, November 23. Voting for the state’s 288 seats was held in a single phase on…
Karnataka state Congress President and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has said that all exit poll predictions regarding the Maharashtra Assembly election and Karnataka bypolls will be proven wrong and…
Jharkhand Assembly election results will be announced on Saturday, November 23. Voting was held on the state’s 81 seats in two phases – on November 13 and 20. The primary…
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar said on Friday that if his party gets the required numbers in the Maharashtra assembly polls, it will choose the side that can form…
Filmmaker Hansal Mehta has given a thumbs up to Prasar Bharati’s newly launched OTT platform ‘Waves’, calling it “quite good and bug-free.” Mr Mehta praised the public broadcaster for digitising…
Four doctors, including the principal medical officer, were suspended in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district after a man declared dead by them showed life signs while lying on the pyre for final…
Noted orthopaedic surgeon Dr Mathew Varghese was named The One International at the prestigious The One gala dinner and award ceremony in Hong Kong. Launched in 2012 by David Harilela…
Union Minister Prahlad Joshi on Monday wrote to Justice Michael D’Cunha, expressing regret and apologising for his recent comments regarding the D’Cunha Commission. According to sources, the commission, tasked with…
Showcasing the strong ties between the two countries, Indian Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi was on Thursday conferred with the prestigious rank of Honourary General of the Nepali Army. This…
Actress Kasthuri was released from the Puzhal Central Prison here on Thursday, a day after she was granted conditional bail by a court in a case of alleged derogatory comment…
Delhi emerged as the most polluted city in India, recording an average PM2.5 level of 243.3 micrograms per cubic metre air, with pollution surging by 19.5 per cent in week-on-week…
The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) and Department of Telecommunication (DoT) have blocked at least 17,000 WhatsApp accounts used by cyber criminals from South East Asia, it was announced on…
Uttarakhand was awarded the Best State in the category of the Himalayan and North-Eastern States by the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB), Hyderabad for its remarkable achievements and innovative initiatives…
Even before the first votes are counted in Maharashtra, fissures have emerged within the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on who will head the next government…
Days after British pop band Coldplay announced another concert in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad as part of its much-awaited “Music Of The Spheres World Tour 2025”, a social…
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Thursday distributed appointment letters to 47 survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. According to a statement, six additional appointment letters will be issued to…
Central pollution watchdog CAQM has issued a series of directives to address critical gaps in the enforcement of mitigation efforts, including expediting fire incident verifications and intensifying action against violators…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday emphasised the need to embrace the philosophy of Buddha to promote peace and observed that the global situation seemed “on the verge of a…
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday launched the Karnataka Milk Federation’s (KMF) Nandini brand milk products in the Delhi-NCR market, pricing them marginally lower than competitors to gain a foothold…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for home after wrapping up his “warm and productive” visit to Guyana during which he co-chaired the India-Caribbean Community Summit, held bilateral talks and…
Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida announced that the state government will launch the third phase of its cash transfer scheme, ‘Subhadra Yojana,’ on Sunday, November 24. Speaking to ANI…