All exit polls predicted a BJP win in Gujarat but only a few got its scale right, while for Himachal Pradesh, most pollsters got it wrong as they failed to predict a Congress win.
President Droupadi Murmu was on Thursday felicitated at the residence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami after arriving here on a two-day visit to the state.
The Aam Aadmi Party will become eligible to get office space allotted by the central government in a prime location in the national capital after it is officially recognised as a national party by the Election Commission of India.
The Congress on Thursday wrested Himachal Pradesh from the BJP winning 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly in the hill state which maintained its tradition of not voting any incumbent government to power since 1985.
The new 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly will have just one woman MLA.
Senior BJP leader and Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said he respects the people's mandate in Himachal Pradesh, and the party will continue to work for the interest of the state.
Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh on Thursday hailed her party's win in the assembly elections and said the new MLAs will discuss who should be the next chief minister and give their opinion to the party's high command.
Health & Lifestyle
Fat around organs more susceptible to severe Covid than fat under skin: Study
A metropolitan magistrate's court here on Thursday granted bail to Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale in a case related to a tweet he had allegedly posted about the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy.
The BJP which managed to win 25 seats on Thursday in the Himachal Pradesh elections suffered a setback in the assembly segments falling under Shimla, Hamirpur and Kangra parliamentary constituencies in the hill state.
A presidential commission has recommended including aged-out kids in the Green Card applications of their parents, a move if accepted by the Biden Administration will end the risk of self-deportation to more than 2,00,000 children, an overwhelming majority of whom are Indian Americans.
Nepalese conglomerate CG Corp Global Chairman Binod Chaudhary has expressed confidence in Sri Lanka despite turbulence in the island nation.
The Biden Administration is aware of the long delays in visa appointments in India and is working to respond to the "significant demand of these visa services", the White House said Thursday.
The White House believes that the relationship between India and the United States is strong, a presidential spokesperson said Thursday.
A temporary stay on the sale of a new book on Tipu Sultan written by Rangayana director Addanda C Cariappa was vacated by a court here on Thursday.
In the Gyanvapi mosque case, the counsel representing the Hindu side on Thursday argued that even with the temple’s demolition at the site, the land does not lose its nature of being a temple land, and thus the Places of Worship Act does not apply in the case.
Hugo Boumous scored a 91st-minute penalty to give ATK Mohun Bagan a narrow 1-0 win over Jamshedpur FC in the Indian Super League here on Thursday.
India's HS Prannoy went down fighting in three games to China's Lu Guang Zu in his second Group A match to bow out of the semifinal race at the BWF World Tour Finals here on Thursday.
East
Lt Gen K C Panchanathan cremated in Meghalaya
Senior Army officer Lt Gen K C Panchanathan was cremated here on Thursday with full military honours, officials said on Thursday.
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West
Man stabbed to death in Thane
A man was stabbed to death by unidentified persons on Thursday night in Vartak Nagar area of Thane city, police said.
North
Six antiquities reportedly stolen till date from ASI structures in Odisha: Govt
Six antiquities have been reportedly stolen till date from the ASI-controlled structures in Odisha, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
South
Final voters list in Dakshina Kannada district to be published in Jan: Official
The final voters list in Dakshina Kannada district after the revision in the electoral rolls will be published on January 5 next year ahead of the assembly elections due in May, DK Deputy Commissioner M R Ravikumar said on Thursday.
Veteran actor Dharmendra and megastar Amitabh Bachchan's grandson Agastya Nanda are set to play the lead roles in director Sriram Raghavan's upcoming film on the life of the youngest Param Vir Chakra recipient Arun Khetrpal.
Superstar Aamir Khan on Thursday said he will be returning to acting after a year and would like to spend time with his family while away from the big screen. Khan, whose last theatrical release "Laal Singh Chaddha” opened to mixed reviews and poor box office collections, will be seen in a special role in the upcoming movie "Salaam Venky".
Scientists have found that the fat around the liver, intestines and other organs, or visceral fat, contributes more towards severe COVID-19 than does subcutaneous fat, or fat under the skin as in "love handles", according to a study.
Most countries in Asia have failed to achieve a global minimum target of protecting at least 17 per cent of land by 2020, according to a study based on data from 40 countries. Under current trends, the outlook for achieving the UN Global Biodiversity Framework's 2030 target to protect at least 30 per cent of land is bleak, with Asia set to miss this by an even greater margin, the researchers said.