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- By-poll results 2022 LIVE updates: Counting of votes for by-elections to one Lok Sabha seat and four assembly seats across Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Bengal is currently underway. TMC is fielding two major candidates – Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo to represent the Asansol Lok Sabha and Ballygunge assembly seat respectively.
Updated on Apr 16, 2022 08:52 AM IST
By-poll results 2022 LIVE updates: The counting of votes for one Lok Sabha and four assembly seats has begun. Bengal’s Ballygunge, Chhattisgarh’s Khairagarh, Bihar’s Bochahan, and Maharashtra’s Kolhapur North are the four assembly constituencies that went to polls. Meanwhile, one Lok Sabha seat is West Bengal’s Asansol.
The TMC has fielded actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha to represent Asansol in the Lok Sabha seat, against BJP’s Agnimitra Paul. Meanwhile, the TMC is fielding Babul Supriyo – who had quit the BJP and joined the Mamata Banerjee-led party recently – from the Ballygunge assembly seat.
Follow all the updates here:
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Apr 16, 2022 08:52 AM IST
15 candidates in the fray for Maharashtra’s Kolhapur North constituency
15 candidates are in the fray for the Kolhapur North constituency assembly seat in Maharashtra.
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Apr 16, 2022 08:20 AM IST
Visuals from the counting centre at Asansol Engineering College in Asansol
Counting of votes for the by-elections to one Lok Sabha seat in Asansol being held today. See the visuals here – (ANI)
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Apr 16, 2022 08:19 AM IST
‘I’m confident…’, says TMC fielded Babul Supriyo
“I’m confident. The 41% voters turnout here rubbishes opposition’s unnecessary claim of false voting. Had that been the case, would turnout have been this? West Bengal is with Didi, TMC,” said Babul Supriyo, as quoted by news agency ANI.
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Apr 16, 2022 08:11 AM IST
The counting of votes or by-elections to one Lok Sabha seat and four assembly seats across Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Bengal has begun and is currently underway.
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Apr 16, 2022 08:11 AM IST
Late MLA Chandrakant Jadhav’s wife contesting for Kolhapur North seat
The Congress has fielded Jayashree Jadhav – the wife of the late MLA from the Kolhapur North seat, while the BJP has fielded Satyajit Kadam.
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Apr 16, 2022 08:09 AM IST
Kolhapur North seat left vacant after demise of sitting Congress MLA Chandrakant Jadhav
The bypoll to Kolhapur North Assembly constituency in Maharashtra was necessitated following the death of sitting Congress MLA Chandrakant Jadhav due to Covid in December 2021.
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Apr 16, 2022 08:09 AM IST
CPI(M) fielded actor Naseeruddin Shah’s niece Saira Halim for Ballygunge assembly seat
A known activist against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Saira Shah Halim, the daughter of former deputy chief of Army staff, lieutenant general Zameer Uddin Shah, and niece of actor Naseeruddin Shah, will contest the April 12 Ballygunge assembly by-election in Kolkata for the CPI(M). Read more
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Apr 16, 2022 08:07 AM IST
BJP fielded Baby Kumari for Bihar assembly seat
The BJP fielded Baby Kumari for the Bihar assembly seat who enjoys the image of a “giant killer” in the Bochahan constituency.
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Apr 16, 2022 08:06 AM IST
Congress Vs BJP in Chhattisgarh
The counting of votes in the Khairagarh Assembly bypoll in Chhattisgarh is at a godown of the State Seeds Development Corporation. While 10 candidates are in the fray, political observers have predicted a neck-and-neck fight between the ruling Congress’ Yashoda Verma and the BJP’s Komal Janghel.
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Apr 16, 2022 08:03 AM IST
BJP took a swipe at TMC for fielding ‘outsider’ Shatrughan Sinha in Bengal by-poll
Months after dubbing Hindi-speaking Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders as “outsiders” in Bengal, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee is drawing flak from the saffron camp for fielding former Union minister and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha for the April 12 by-poll at the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Burdwan district. Read more
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Apr 16, 2022 08:01 AM IST
Asansol and Ballygunge vacant, calling for by-elections
Bengal’s Asansol seat was left vacant after Babul Supriyo quit BJP and joined TMC. Meanwhile, the Ballygunge assembly seat was left vacant after its sitting TMC MLA Subrata Mukherjee passed away in November last year.
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Apr 16, 2022 07:57 AM IST
TMC fielded Babul Supriyo from Bengal’s Ballygunge assembly seat
The TMC has fielded Babul Supriyo – who had recently quit BJP and joined the party – from the Bengal’s Ballygunge assembly seat, against BJP’s Keya Ghosh. Read more
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Apr 16, 2022 07:53 AM IST
TMC fields Shatrughan Sinha from Asansol
West Bengal’s Asansol and Ballygunge is seeing a major fight between the TMC and BJP. The TMC has fielded actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha for the Asansol seat, while the BJP has fielded MLA Agnimitra Paul.
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Apr 16, 2022 07:49 AM IST
Counting of votes in 1 Lok Sabha and 4 assembly seats today
The counting of votes for one Lok Sabha and four assembly seats will be held today.
‘Even if victim’s breasts were not developed’: Court ruling on sexual assault
The accused, who had entered the house of the victim in the absence of her parents and touched her breast, kissed her, has rightly convicted under Section 8 of the POCSO Act, the high court ruling said.
Published on Apr 16, 2022 09:07 AM IST
Bypolls: Counting of votes in Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra today
In Asansol, the TMC fielded actor Shatrughan Sinha in Asansol, while the BJP has nominated Asansol Dakshin MLA Agnimitra Paul from the constituency. Here are all the details for the By-elections 2022.
Published on Apr 16, 2022 08:00 AM IST
By-poll results 2022 LIVE: Counting of votes for 4 assembly, 1 LS seat begins
- By-poll results 2022 LIVE updates: Counting of votes for by-elections to one Lok Sabha seat and four assembly seats across Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Bengal is currently underway. TMC is fielding two major candidates – Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo to represent the Asansol Lok Sabha and Ballygunge assembly seat respectively.
Updated on Apr 16, 2022 08:52 AM IST
Army feels strain of manpower crunch amid recruitment freeze
- The army is currently short of around 120,000 soldiers in the personnel below officer rank (PBOR) cadre, with the deficiency growing at the rate of at least 5,000 men every month, HT learns.
Published on Apr 16, 2022 07:37 AM IST
Niti Aayog plans data and analytics platform
- Conceived in 2020, the platform aims to standardise data across government sources and provide flexible analytics that make it easy for users to analyse information using multiple datasets, they said.
Published on Apr 16, 2022 07:29 AM IST
CJI stresses need to fill judicial vacancies
- The CJI agreed that there has been a substantial increase in the number of pending cases due to various reasons.
Updated on Apr 16, 2022 07:25 AM IST
BREAKING: IED recovered in J&K’s Rajouri, terror plot foiled
- Breaking news updates April 16, 2022: Read latest news, breaking news, latest updates, live news, top headlines, breaking business news and top news of the hour.
Updated on Apr 16, 2022 08:57 AM IST
On MP’s action in Khargone, Khurshid asks ‘what respect is left for patriotism?’
In a Facebook post, Khurshid said Muslims are hurt when their “children are attacked in pointless hate”, calling on the governments to give up the “policy of divide and rule at home”.
Published on Apr 16, 2022 06:23 AM IST
Narrow escape for Union minister in Agra as iron mast falls on stage; 1 dead, 4 hurt
Agra’s Sadar police station officials confirmed that at least half-a-dozen people were injured. General secretary of the organising committee of Bhim Nagari Dharmendra Soni was among those injured.
Published on Apr 16, 2022 01:03 AM IST
Allow Tamil Nadu to ship essentials to Lanka from Thoothukudi port: Stalin
During his meeting in March, Stalin had apprised the Prime Minister about Tamil Nadu’s willingness to provide essential commodities and life-saving medicines to the Lankan Tamils
Published on Apr 16, 2022 12:35 AM IST
TRS, BJP in war of words over Centre’s ‘injustice’ to Telangana
The political slugfest between the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) intensified on Friday with TRS working president K T Rama Rao and BJP state president Bandi Sanjay indulging in a war of words over “injustice” done to the state by the Centre.
Published on Apr 16, 2022 12:33 AM IST
SDPI worker stabbed to death in Kerala’s Palakkad
A 43-year-old worker of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political wing of Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), was stabbed to death in Kerala’s Palakkad district on Friday.
Published on Apr 16, 2022 12:30 AM IST
Police invoke cyber terror provisions in bomb threats case
At least 15 schools in Bengaluru had received a bomb threat via email on Friday last week. According to police, The email was sent multiple times to schools on the IDs available on their website
Published on Apr 16, 2022 12:29 AM IST
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