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Farooq Abdullah wins Srinagar seat by over 70,000 votes after 2014 defeat

Abdullah polled 1,06,750 votes, while his his nearest rival Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Aga Syed Mohsin polled 36,700 votes, an election official said

Modi drops chowkidar prefix: says it remains integral part of him

Several BJP leaders including party president Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley also followed suit and dropped the prefix from their profiles

Giriraj Singh wins Begusarai; beats Kanhaiya by margin of 420,000 votes

Singh got 6.88 lakh votes out of a total of 12.17 lakh polled on April 29

Lok Sabha election result big picture: What worked, what did not and why

While the BJP made nationalism the centerpiece of its election campaign in Uttar Pradesh, the opposition banked on consolation of the middle and low-caste votes - the latter did not work

Imran Khan congratulates Modi, says looking forward to working for peace

The results of India's general elections are very significant for Pakistan as the formation of the next government in New Delhi will determine the course of Indo-Pakistan ties

With NDA's convincing victory, KCR's federal front plans in tatters

Anticipating a hung parliament, the TRS was gearing itself to play a "king-maker" role along with parties not aligned with the Congress and the BJP

Priyanka Gandhi congratulates PM Modi, says we respect people's mandate

Modi led his Bharatiya Janata Party towards what is certain to be a resounding victory for a second term in office

Country enthralled by Modi, none can counter him for 25 years: Shiv Sena

Sanjay Raut questioned the opposition over its poor poll performance, pointing to the fact that even former chief ministers lost in the polls

BJP silences anti-incumbency buzz in Gujarat with another clean sweep

Takes all 26 seats in PM's home state, secure 62% vote share, up from 59% in 2014; massive win for Amit Shah

Modi-Yogi trump 'mahagathbandhan' in UP as Rahul trails Smriti by 25,000

BJP had sealed wins in 28 parliamentary seats, and was leading in 34 others across UP at the time of filing this report

Narendra Modi: India's electoral Midas with the golden touch of victory

The Modi wave has led to the first-ever consecutively elected non-Congress government

Amit Shah: BJP's 'Chanakya' who strategised and delivered Modi Wave 2.0

In state after state, he has put a robust organisational machinery for publicising the government schemes, carrying out political programmes and making full use of social media to reach out to voters

After historic second mandate, Modi vows to build 'strong, inclusive India'

BJP about to get the first back-to-back majority for a single party since 1984.

Market direction to depend on steps taken to accelerate growth: Nilesh Shah

Changing the orbit of Indian GDP growth from current 7 per cent to a higher level is what markets are expecting from the new government

Rahul Gandhi loses parliamentary seat in family bastion of Amethi

Gandhi said his opponent, cabinet minister Smriti Irani, had won the election in Amethi

From Rahul Gandhi to Milind Deora, scions trail in family bastions

Going by the trends, Congress is set to lose its Amethi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh to Bharatiya Janata Party's Smriti Irani, for the first time since 1977

BJP leader Mahesh Sharma leads by over 1 lakh votes in Gautam Buddh Nagar

BSP's Satveer Nagar is trailing at number two spot while Congress' Arvind Kumar Singh is running third

The bhatija's story: Akhilesh's attempts at regaining lost glory in UP

Akhilesh Yadav tried to keep the BJP at bay with the gathbandhan, but the attempts did not get the results they were looking forward to

India's credit rating to depend on policies adopted by new govt: Moody's

In 2017, the US-based rating agency upped India's rating to 'Baa2' from 'Baa3', changing outlook to 'stable' from 'positive', and said reforms would help stabilise rising levels of debt

Priyanka Gandhi 'factor' fizzles out, Congress fails to revive UP hopes

Congress has managed to lead only in Raebareli while traditional bastion, Amethi has been a neck-to-neck fight