Hindu

“We have heard the petitioner in person. We are not inclined to accept the story as stated here. Let him approach the embassy,” the bench ordered.

With decisive support in reserved constituencies, massive gains in rural areas and a fractured support for the Trinamool in seats with a strong Muslim presence, the BJP flips the script in West Bengal.

Jahar Chakraborti received a total of 24,291 votes, comfortably outpacing his nearest rivals

Of the seven TMC leaders who joined BJP in the past two years, only two were fielded by the saffron party

Kelu, CPI(M) leader and Minister in the outgoing Cabinet, lost to Congress candidate Usha Vijayan by a margin of 10,543 votes

Chandy Oommen gets 84,031 votes against CPI(M)’s K. M. Radhakrishnan

Kunhikrishnan secures 76,640 votes against incumbent MLA T.I. Madhusoodanan

A lone bright spot for the Left was Domkal in Murshidabad, where CPI(M) candidate Md. Mostafijur Rahaman was leading by 8,877 votes after five rounds of counting

The BJP is aiming for a third consecutive term in Assam, while the Congress is attempting a comeback after a decade out of power

Karnataka’s Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, who is the Chancellor of the university, has approved the names for the honorary doctorates

The 2016 Act recognised only victims of acid-throwing, and not forcible acid ingestion; the order is operative retrospectively from the inception of the Act; it aids victims of forcible acid ingestion to claim disability benefits

State Best Teacher awardees attending five-day programme on global teaching practices at NIE Singapore until May 8; another 29 to be sent to the University of Turku in Finland in the second phase

The bypoll, necessitated by the demise of sitting BJP MLA Imkong L. Imchen in November last year, witnessed a strong voter turnout of 82.21% on April 9

The latest round of counting by ECI has indicated Banerjee leading from Bhabanipur seat by over 7,184 votes, while Adhikari is ahead by over 14,849 votes in Nandigram

Gaurav Gogoi, the sitting MP of Jorhat, polled 46,257 votes, while Mr. Goswami secured 69,439 votes, retaining the seat for a third consecutive term

Finance Ministry’s Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee recommends HAM model with concession period of 18 years

Additional Sessions Judge Purushottam Pathak was hearing a plea moved by Mr. Mitra seeking a stay on a magistrate order dated April 23, which directed the filing of an FIR against him

The party also hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying he has failed to effectively steer the alliance and is again absent on the counting day

While the two national parties, the BJP and CPI, were leading in one seat each, the ruling DMK was leading in the third Assembly segment

PMK and the Congress may emerge as likely parties to offer support if TVK falls short