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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed gratitude to voters across West Bengal, Assam, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies delivered a strong performance in the Assembly elections.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has acknowledged major defeats in the recent assembly elections.
The India Meteorological Department(IMD) has issued a weather alert for May 4, predicting thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds, and hailstorms over Northwest, Central, and East India.
In a stunning upset in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections, K Vijay Dhamu, an auto-driver by profession, has won the Royapuram constituency.
In a show of electoral sportsmanship on Monday, Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram congratulated actor-turned-politician Vijay for his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), achieving spectacular electoral success in its debut during the 2026 Assembly elections.
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam's VS Babu on Monday defeated Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin at his stronghold, the Kolathur assembly seat.
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-politician Vijay, has emerged as a major player in the recent Tamil Nadu elections.
Iran is currently reviewing the United States's response to its 14-point peace proposal, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei said.
Thalapathy Vijay's political party, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), has made a historic debut in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The party is leading in 105 seats and is on its way to becoming the single-largest party.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as his party continues to struggle in the ongoing assembly elections across three states and one union territory, barring Kerala.
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor's prediction about actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party is coming true as the is poised to be the single largest in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi on Monday evening.
The United States is set to launch an operation on Monday to assist ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, which is currently under Iranian control.
Nepal has objected to India and China's plan for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Lipulekh Pass.
As early trends emerge in the counting of votes for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) appears to be displaying a strong debut performance.
Early counting trends in Tamil Nadu's elections have thrown up some surprises, especially in the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency.
In a bizarre incident, election officials in Karnataka had to break into the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) strongroom due to missing keys.
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party's headquarters in Chennai, Anna Arivalayam, was a picture of despondency on counting day.
The Congress-led UDF is now leading in 83 seats, above the majority mark of 71. The CPI(M)-led LDF is leading in 42 seats, while the NDA is leading in two seats at the moment.
DMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin is trailing in the constituency of Kolathur after the eighth round of voting, where TVK's VS Babu, with 33,609 votes, is leading.
Emerging trends of the Assembly election counting show that the Congress-UDF is ahead in 90 seats in Kerala. Its rival, the CPI(M)-led LDF, was leading in 35 seats.
In a major departure from exit poll predictions, actor Vijay's TVK is leading on 106 seats, while the AIADMK-led alliance is leading in 72 seats now. The DMK-led alliance has slipped to a distant third, leading in just 54 seats in Tamil Nadu.
The Election Commission of India is likely to declare the results of the 2026 Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry on Monday, May 4.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his condolences over the tragic Delhi fire incident that claimed nine lives.
The White House has appointed Nick Stewart as an adviser to its diplomatic team in the ongoing peace talks with Iran.
Iran has said that the next move is up to the United States after President Donald Trump expressed skepticism over Tehran's latest peace proposal.
An extraordinary event unfolded on ITA Airways flight AZ855 from Dakar, Senegal, to Rome. A seven-month pregnant woman went into labor at 34,000 feet and gave birth mid-air.
In a shocking incident of road rage, a middle-aged man was dragged on the bonnet of a moving car for nearly two kilometers in Meerpet, Telangana.
Israel has approved a multi-billion-dollar deal to acquire two new combat squadrons of advanced fighter aircraft from Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
In a shocking incident, a three-year-old boy was allegedly raped and murdered by a minor in Pune.
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Samik Bhattacharya has called the upcoming assembly results an "election of rejection" against the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its leader Mamata Banerjee.
