By-elections are being held on Thursday across five assembly constituencies in four Indian states, Kerala, Punjab, Gujarat, and West Bengal.

Key bypolls across four states, counting on June 23

India News | Discover the newly appointed ministers in Rekha Gupta's cabinet as BJP MLAs Parvesh Verma and Ashish Sood take oath alongside the incoming Delhi chief minister

Rekha Gupta's Cabinet: Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood, 4 other BJP MLAs to be ministers in Delhi government

Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister on December 5, News agency PTI reported Wednesday. The final decision to confirm Fadnavis's name as the chief minister of India's richest state was taken in the BJP core committee meeting earlier in the day (Dec 4). Watch in for more details!

Maharashtra New CM Announcement: Devendra Fadnavis To Be Next Maharashtra Chief Minister: PTI

Maharashtra CM Announcement: Devendra Fadnavis To Be Sworn In As Maharashtra CM On Dec 5

The political suspense continues in the Indian state of Maharashtra over the selection of the next chief minister. The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance is yet to decide on the issue after the coalition won a landslide last week. Caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who belongs to the Shiv Sena, is expected to continue in the post. However, leaders in the BJP, which won 137 seats on its own compared to Shiv Sena's 57 seats, want the party to hold the chief minister's position. Watch in for more details!

Who Will Be The Next Maharashtra CM? All Eyes Are On BJP's New Legislature Party Leader

Maharashtra, the most sought after state for major parties, is witnessing a fierce political battle. With more than 9.6 crore voters going to cast their votes today, 4,136 candidates – 2,050 from various parties and 2,086 independents – are vying to make it to the 288-member assembly. Watch in for more details!

Maharashtra Election 2024: Mahayuti Or MVA? Which Side Will Voters Pick?

Haryana Assembly Election 2024 Date: Check phase-wise, constituency-wise voting schedule, result date: Details

India's top poll officials meet J&K political parties, likely to announce assembly election dates soon

India's poll body to visit Jammu and Kashmir, parties hopeful of election dates announcement

Following billionaire Elon Musk's call to eliminate electronic voting machines, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi termed the EVMs in India a "black box" and questioned its transparency. Watch in for more details!

Elon Musk cites high risks of EVM's being hacked by humans or AI

The nascent alliance between HD Kumaraswamy's JD(S) and the BJP is showing signs of strain early on, primarily over economic policies and subsidy allocation.

Coalition friction? : JD (S) in focus

Rare opposition-RSS bonhomie emerges amid rumours of rift in Sangh-BJP ties

Nirmala Sitharaman has been reappointed as India's finance minister in prime minister Narendra Modi's new coalition government. Despite the Bharatiya Janata Party failing to secure a majority in the recent elections, key portfolios have remained with Modi’s party.

Modi 3.0 Cabinet : Nirmala Sitharaman reappointed as India's finance minister

Narendra Modi takes oath as India's Prime Minister for a historic third consecutive term. PM Modi took the reins in 2014 when BJP won clear majority in the Lok Sabha elections 10 years ago.

India's PM Modi takes oath along with other coalition allies

The Modi government 3.0 is set to get on its way the day after Prime Minister Modi and 72 Ministers of his new coalition government took oath. All eyes are now on the distribution of portfolios in the new Modi cabinet. Reportedly, the cabinet is likely to meet this evening.

Modi 3.0: All eyes on portfolio allocation; new government to hold first cabinet meeting

Newly elected members of parliament of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance are meeting today to elect Narendra Modi as their leader, paving the way for him to take oath as Prime Minister for a third term.

NDA Meeting: What NDA partners are demanding from the BJP?

There were many surprises and setbacks in parliamentary elections in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. On the one hand, J&K created history with over 58% voting, breaking records for the last 40 years. On the other hand, it also came as a setback for former CMs who lost their elections by hug margin.

India elections 2024: Former CMs face defeat in J&K polls; two independent candidates win

PM Modi addressed the NDA meet today in the capital. While addressing the members present at the meeting he said, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was synonymous with "good governance" and asserted that the alliance was the "most successful" in India's political history. Watch in for more details!

India Elections 2024 | NDA Meet: JP Nadda, Amit Shah congratulate PM Modi

Modi, along with NDA leaders including TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister and JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar, is expected to meet President Droupadi Murmu today to formally stake claim for government formation.

NDA meet: Rajnath Singh formally forwards Modi's name as NDA leader

India's alleged exit poll controversy is gathering pace. BJP's Piyush Goyal has hit back at Rahul Gandhi after he alleged that PM Modi and Amit Shah are directly involved in what he described as the biggest stock market scam.

Piyush Goyal rejects market scam charge, says 'Rahul Gandhi is conspiring to mislead investors'

In India, preparations are underway for Narendra Modi's oath-taking ceremony. India's neighbouring countries are likely to be foreign guests at the ceremony.

India: Which world leaders are invited to Narendra Modi's oath-taking ceremony?

A parliamentary panel report in Canada has accused India of being the second biggest foreign threat to its democracy. China tops the list, Russia is third. The big question is: Does Canada have any evidence to back its claim? Or is this Trudeau's vote bank politics?

Gravitas: Canada accuses India of being the second biggest threat to its democracy

The number of women elected to the Lok Sabha has decreased to 73 from 78 in 2019. West Bengal leads the nation with 11 female MPs elected to the Lower House, out of all the women elected to the House nationwide.

India Elections: Slight dip in number of women in Lok Sabha

NDA coalition leaders including TDP's Chandrababu Naidu and JDU's Nitish Kumar have jointly signed the letter of support paving a third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However it has not come without caveats even though there is no official word. Watch in for more details!

India Elections 2024: What are the likely demands of JD(U), TDP from BJP?

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