Morning news brief: Haryana, JK election result updates; West Asia crisis and more
morning news brief
Vote counting is underway fortwo key state assemblies in northern India- Jammu andKashmir, and Haryana. The INDIA bloc, led by the opposition Congress party, is leading in early trends in the Union Territory, where elections were held after a decade and for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370. In Haryana, a major turnaround has unfolded as BJP and Congress seem to be giving tough fight to each other. In West Asia, IDF's strikes in Lebanon continued Monday as Israel targeted over 100 sites in the country, prompting the US to issue a warning against attacks on Beirut airport.
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The counting of votes in these monumentalassembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir has begun. While exit polls predict that the National Alliance- Congress coalition has an edge, both INC and BJP have expressed confidence that they will win.
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