Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll election results LIVE: Counting of votes to begin shortly amid tight security

Vote counting for the bypoll in the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat in Assam will begin at 8 am amid tight security. The by-election was necessitated as Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi resigned and successfully contested the assembly elections from Dispur on a BJP ticket earlier this year. Fifteen candidates contested the elections, but the main contest is expected to be triangular: BJP candidate Devashis Sharma, a former IAS officer; Congress candidate and former MLA Sibamoni Bora; and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal. According to the CEO’s office, 76.19…

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Nandigram Bypoll Results LIVE Updates: Can BJP retain Suvendu’s bastion or INDIA bloc spring a surprise?

The counting of votes to declare the results for byelection to the Nandigram assembly constituency in West Bengal will take place on Friday. The byelection in Nandigram, which was the epicentre of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s anti-land acquisition movement that ultimately led to the rise of Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 2011, was necessitated after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari vacated the seat and retained the Bhabanipur constituency.

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Infosys, TCS, Wipro among 8 IT firms suspended from US green card programme in major H-1B crackdown

President Donald Trump-led US administration has intensified its crackdown on the US immigration system, suspending several major technology and IT outsourcing companies from the Permanent Labour Certification (PERM) programme — a key route through which employers sponsor eligible foreign workers for employment-based green cards. The companies named in the latest action include Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, Capgemini, Microsoft and Adobe. The move comes amid a broader US government push to investigate alleged abuse of H-1B visas and other immigration programmes, with officials arguing that foreign-worker hiring practices could hurt American employees. US…

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Nana Patekar No More – ‘Indian Cinema lost one of its fiercest’: Nation mourns veteran actor’s demise

India is morning the death of veteran actor Nana Patekar who passed away at the age of 75 on Thursday morning after suffering a “severe cardiac arrest” at his residence in Goa. Rohit Pawar, NCP MLA in a post on X reacted, “the news of the demise of veteran actor Nana Patekar, who was socially aware and conscious, due to a heart attack is extremely shocking and heart-numbing. With his passing, the Indian film industry has lost a sensitive, impactful, and multifaceted artist.

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