NDA RETAINS KARNATAKA EVEN AS CONGRESS MAKES A COMEBACK

The NDA has soared ahead of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc in Karnataka. The BJP-led alliance has won 19 seats in the state, while the ruling Congress has won 9 seats. Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and H.D. Kumaraswamy, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani are among the winners.

'Miracle was imminent', says Suresh Gopi after BJP's historic Lok Sabha victory in Kerala

Actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi who is poised for a historic win in the parliamentary seat of Thrissur said he is \"ecstatic\" about the BJP breaching the bastion in Kerala according to trends announced by the Election Commission on Tuesday in the counting of votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

DMK-led alliance sweeps Tamil Nadu

The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu is set to achieve a clean sweep in the Lok Sabha polls, winning all 39 seats as of around 4:30 PM, even bettering its 2009 sweep tally.

Bloodbath on D-street

Stock indices witnessed bloodbath on the day the Lok Sabha results are being announced, where incumbent BJP performed below par and seems it may fall short of exit poll predictions and the majority mark on its own.

Congress to hold discussion with alliance partners, 'new partners', says Kharge

As none of the major parties has received a full majority in the Lok Sabha elections with counting almost coming to an end, the Congress party will hold discussions with its allies as well as \"new partners,\" party president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Tuesday.

'Congress Does Not Believe In Supreme Court, Election Commission'

After Congress MP Rahul Gandhi referred to the exit polls as "Modi media polls" that predicted the BJP-led NDA getting a majority to form the government for the third term, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the Congress party does not believe in top institutions of the country like the Supreme Court and the Election Commission and does not even believe themselves which is why people, in turn, do not believe them.

20 Sunstroke Deaths In Odisha

Since Friday, a total of 99 suspected sunstroke deaths were reported by different districts. After post-mortem and inquiry, 20 were confirmed as sunstroke deaths.

After Amul, Mother Dairy Hikes Milk Prices

After Amul, Mother Dairy too has announced an increase in prices of its liquid milk by Rs 2 per litre across all operating markets of the country, effective June 03, 2024.

All Eyes On Counting Of Votes Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi eyes a record-equalling third straight term in power amid the I.N.D.I.A opposition bloc’s hope of springing a surprise as the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election is set for Tuesday, bringing an end to a marathon polling exercise stretching over 80 days.

Blinken Calls Up Israel Officials To Discuss Gaza Plan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Israeli Minister Benny Gantz about Israel's proposal to achieve a full and complete ceasefire in Gaza, the State Department said.

China Beats The War Drums At Shangri-La Dialogue

Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an international defence and security conference held in Singapore from May 31 to June 2, Chinese Defense Minister Admiral Dong Jun declared, "We will not allow hegemonism and power politics to undermine the interests of Asia-Pacific countries. We will not allow anyone to bring geopolitical conflicts or any war, whether hot or cold, to our region. We will not allow any country or any force to create conflict and chaos in our region."

Cong Prepares Strategy To Shield Rahul Gandhi

Congress high command organised a high-level meeting right before the big day.

West Indies Open T20 World Cup With Nervy Win

West Indies scrapped to a nervy five-wicket win and Namibia edged Oman in a Super Over on Sunday as the first two Twenty20 World Cup games in the Caribbean produced low-scoring but tense finishes.

FRENCH OPEN: DIMITROV VS SINNER, ALCARAZ VS TSITSIPAS IN QUARTERS

Grigor Dimitrov advanced to a Grand Slam milestone at the French Open 2024 as the Bulgarian registered a 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(3) victory against Hubert Hurkacz to reach his maiden quarterfinal at the clay-court major.

Norway Chess: Carlsen leads after 6th round, Vaishali slips to third spot

The round six of the ongoing Norway Chess 2024 saw exciting developments on Sunday at SpareBank 1 SR-Bank in Stavanger.

Mexico elects Claudia Sheinbaum as its first female prez

Claudia Sheinbaum has won a landslide victory to become Mexico's first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose popularity among the poor helped drive her triumph.

Killer of 2 Israeli soldiers at large

A terrorist who turned himself in to the Palestinian Authority police after killing two Israeli soldiers is now at large, The Press Service of Israel can confirm.

Rs 10K cr project to curb air pollution

Haryana Chief Secretary T V S N Prasad on Monday said the state government will soon roll out a Rs 10,000-crore project funded by the World Bank to address air pollution.

Section 144 imposed around airport; drones banned

Delhi police have imposed prohibitory orders banning drone and laser beam activities in the funnel area falling within the approach path of flights to the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI).

WATER CRISIS: SC ASKS YAMUNA BOARD TO CONVENE URGENT MEET

Appearing for the govt, Singhvi submitted that there is an extreme heatwave and the water level at the Wazirabad plant must be maintained.

Akhilesh alleges Oppn workers being kept under 'house arrest' in several UP districts

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday night alleged that in many districts of Uttar Pradesh, the district magistrate and the police administration are \"illegally\" putting workers of opposition parties under house arrest so that they cannot participate in the counting of votes.

Bengal Police helping TCM rig counting, alleges BJP

A day before the votes for the Lok Sabha elections are counted, the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party today alleged that the State police was trying its best to undermine the vote counting process in order to give an unfair advantage to the Trinamool Congress.

'Change imminent in Odisha': Dharmendra Pradhan

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday exuded confidence and reiterated his earlier statements that this time a change has been confirmed in Odisha.

Shivakumar rubbishes exit polls

Congress leader and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar claimed on Monday that the opposition coalition, the INDIA bloc, will form government at the Centre as he dismissed the exit poll results.

If it is 300 paar, it is not vote of people but of EVM': Digvijaya Singh

A day ahead of the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said that the INDIA alliance will get 295 seats and form the next government.

‘Our victory will be unprecedented, historic'

After the exit polls predicted a third straight term for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), party's MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday exuded confidence that the mega alliance would emerge victorious in an unprecedented and historic way.

SC to hear Sisodia's bail plea in liquor policy cases today

Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday moved Supreme Court seeking bail in liquor policy cases.

Markets log biggest single-day gain in 3 years as polls predict 3rd term for Modi

After the exit polls predicted the return of the Modi government for the third straight term, benchmark Sensex and Nifty zoomed more than 3 per cent on Monday, recording their biggest single-day gain in three years and closing at lifetime highs.

Bodies of two terrorists recovered in Pulwama, operations underway

Bodies of two terrorists have been recovered in Pulwama’s Nihama area following an exchange of fire between terrorists and security personnel, police said on Monday.

CEC says 'fake narratives' spread to sway elections

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday said \"fake\" and \"mischievous\" narratives were spread to sway the general elections and sought proof from the opposition to back its claim that district magistrates were influenced to vitiate the poll process.