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Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) delivered an unexpected jolt to the political landscape in Bihar by securing two Assembly seats in the latest election results. The party also maintained leads in three additional constituencies, marking one of its strongest performances in the state to date. In Kochadhaman (Constituency 55), AIMIM candidate Md. Sarwar Alam clinched victory with 81,860 votes, defeating his nearest rival by a margin of 23,021 after all 22 rounds of counting. AIMIM candidate Mohammad Murshid Alam won in Jokihat (50) with 83,737 votes and a margin of 28,803. The Election Commission’s latest figures show in…

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is set to win the by-election in central Kashmir’s Budgam constituency, which has been represented by the National Conference (NC) since 1977 and last elected Chief Minister Omar Adbulllah as its representative in the 2024 Assembly elections.A bypoll was necessitated in the constituency after Omar Abdullah, who won two seats in 2024, chose to keep the family bastion of Ganderbal and relinquish Budgam. On Friday, PDP’s Aga Muntazir Mehdi led his nearest rival, Aga Syed Mahmood of the NC, by 4,500 votes after 13 rounds of counting. In last September’s election, Muntazir had lost to…

Elizabeth Sisson/NBC Contains spoilers for “Chicago P.D.” Season 13, Episode 7 — “Impulse Control” As the guy who breaks the most rules on “Chicago P.D.,” Sergeant Hank Voight (Jason Beghe) has never been one to take things lying down, so when he’s targeted by an anonymous person who keeps taunting him with images of the abuse he suffered as a child, he knows exactly what to do. Voight uses his years of experience to discover that the person behind it is none other than Internal Affairs District Commander Devlin (Joel Murray),…

NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (AP) — A restaurant in central Thailand was bursting with a stream of customers coming for a unique dining experience: Enjoying a meal while sitting in flood waters, surrounded by live fish they bring into the establishment. Since an adjacent river breached its banks 11 days ago, the flooded riverside restaurant has become an internet sensation, drawing customers keen to pose in the lapping brown water or toss fish food to photograph the feeding frenzy.Families enjoyed lunch at Pa Jit restaurant in Nakhon Pathom province, about 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from Bangkok, with enthralled toddlers gawping at…

New Delhi: Bhojpuri actor and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Khesari Lal Yadav is locked in a close contest with Chhoti Kumari of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as he trails by 1,960 votes in Bihar’s Chapra assembly constituency.The BJP candidate has got 35,312 votes after 11 rounds of counting at 4.05 pm. Yadav has 33,352 votes in his favour. Yadav, a well-known Bhojpuri artiste, joined the RJD just before the assembly elections after months of speculation about his political entry. Initially, it was expected that his wife would contest the polls, but at the last moment, he filed the nomination…

On 14th November, the authorities in Assam successfully drove back 6 Bangladeshis and 10 Rohingyas via Gate 39 along the India-Bangladesh border, at around 12:30 am, in an efficient night-time operation intended to strengthen border security. The synchronised action, according to officials, was a part of the state’s stepped-up efforts to prevent unauthorised immigrants from staying on Assamese soil as well as to stop unlawful infiltration. Chief Minsiter Himanta Biswa Sarma also lauded the firm action as “clean and precise” on social media. “Another smooth operation! Six Bangladesh nationals and ten Rohingyas safely sent back through Gate 39 at 00:30…

In yet another reminder of the rising influence of welfare-driven politics, the Bihar Assembly election results have underscored how targeted cash-transfer schemes—especially those aimed at women—continue to shape voter behaviour across India. The NDA is poised to secure close to 200 seats, buoyed by a strong BJP tally, a revitalised JD(U), and the support of allies like LJP (RV) and HAM (S). While the leadership blend of Nitish Kumar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chirag Paswan played a decisive role, the verdict also reflects the impact of expansive welfare incentives. Observers note that the electoral patterns of the last two…

The Belagavi police on Tuesday busted a fake call centre operating in the city, which targeted US citizens for cyber fraud, and arrested 33 individuals employed at the centre. Thirty-seven laptops, 37 mobile phones and other devices used to store data were also seized.Story continues below this ad The arrested employees hail from various states, including Gujarat (4), Rajasthan (2), Maharashtra (7), Jharkhand (4) as well as Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and West Bengal. Some of the accused have been identified as Pritesh Naveen Chandra Patel, Meeta Rajubhai Gupta, Karan Bahadur Rajput, and Harikishan Vishnu Prasad Upadhyaya…

Social commerce—or shopping through platforms like TikTok and Instagram—hasn’t been a smash hit in the US, in part due to ongoing distrust of tech giants among consumers and big retailers. To help ensure AI initiatives don’t encounter similar resistance, major payment processors such as Visa and software startups like New Generation, which helps stores develop or partner with chatbots, are trying to broker technical compromises with retail partners. “We do think that a service provider like us will be faster to earn the trust of retailers, which is pretty important,” says New Generation CEO Adam Behrens.Retailers want in because chatbots…

“Predator: Badlands” blew everyone away at the box office, and it’s not hard to see why. The way the film uses themes of found family and intergenerational trauma brings a fresh perspective to the “Predator” world, and that’s without mentioning the fact that it makes a Yautja (the real name of the franchise’s titular species) the good guy for the first time. Want to learn more about how the film changes the “Predator” franchise forever? Click our video above for all the details. In previous “Predator” films, the Yautja characters are typical movie monsters for the most…