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NEW DELHI: BJP’s stellar performance in West Bengal will give the party an advantage in the Upper House only after the next parliamentary polls as the earliest vacancies from the state would be reported in Aug 2029.Similarly in Tamil Nadu, the impact will be seen two years from now. The state assembly election results will...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130813105,imgsize-1540321,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-63.jpg" alt="Assembly election results 2026: Assam & Bengal verdicts shift the minority needle" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo NEW DELHI: Bengal and Assam poll results have thrown up a challenge for the Muslim community, which has been pushed into a political whirlpool post-2014 by BJP’s ‘communal card’ to polarise the majority...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130812030,imgsize-859642,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-62.jpg" alt="Left out: Kerala gone, Communists not in office in any state after almost 50 years" title=" File photo ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> File photo NEW DELHI: For the first time since 1977, India will have no Communist-governed state as Kerala voters oust the CPM-led LDF and hand a victory to the Congress-led UDF.The loss...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130811620,imgsize-121426,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/pm-modi-in-bengal.jpg" alt="West Bengal election results: 'Poriborton hoye gechhe; let's talk change, not revenge,' says PM Modi" title=" PM Modi in Bengal ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> PM Modi in Bengal NEW DELHI: “Banglaye poriborton hoye gechhe (change has happened in Bengal),” said a triumphant PM Narendra Modi, clad in traditional Bengali attire of ‘dhuti-panjabi’, in his...

Change reaction in 3 states; Assam keeps Biswas in HimantaIt was a day of dramatic upheavals. BJP finally managed to win the state that had virtually become its final frontier over the past 10 years, Tamil superstar Vijay made a stunning political debut and looks set to be the next chief minister of Tamil Nadu,...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130811365,imgsize-1360280,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-60.jpg" alt="Gun scare near White House: Person shot by law enforcement at Washington Monument; lockdown briefly imposed" title=" Gun scare near White House: Person shot by law enforcement at Washington Monument ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Gun scare near White House: Person shot by law enforcement at Washington Monument An individual was shot by law enforcement...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130811262,imgsize-1119238,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-59.jpg" alt="Assembly election results: Blockbuster debut! Vijay Tamil Nadu's Gen-nayagan" title=" Calling himself ‘Vijay Mama’, the TVK chief thanked kids for his victory ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Calling himself ‘Vijay Mama’, the TVK chief thanked kids for his victory MGR, the biggest crossover star from cinema to Tamil Nadu politics, never drank or smoked on...

NEW DELHI: “Counting will begin in the morning of May 4. Ballot box will open at 8 am, first round will be over at 9 and second round at 10. Counting will be over at 1 pm and it will be ta ta, good-bye to didi.” Thus spoke Union home minister Amit Shah at one...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130810978,imgsize-1547152,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/untitled-design-58.jpg" alt="Assembly election results: Kerala throws Congress a lifebuoy, but boat still in choppy waters" title=" Not shipshape: Poor campaign planning and failure to find an answer to BJP’s identity politics have been a hindrance for Congress ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Not shipshape: Poor campaign planning and failure to find an answer to BJP’s identity...

<img src="https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130810867,imgsize-152664,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4/supreme-court-1.jpg" alt="Supreme Court reverses 2 key tenets of law to deter acid attacks" title=" Supreme Court ” decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high”> Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Reversing two cardinal principles of the criminal justice system for acid attack cases, Supreme Court on Monday said once an acid attack survivor names the accused, the onus will be on...