After a close contest victory over JDU's Santosh Kumar, independent candidate from Bihar's Purnia constituency Pappu Yadav got emotional when his followers congratulated him on the victory in Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday. Pappu Yadav won with 16,000 votes over Santosh Kumar.
Pappu Yadav contested as an independent candidate after his hopes of getting a Congress ticket dashed when the seat went to RJD. However, the RJD candidate Bima Bharti remained at the third place.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, legal expert Harish Salve discussed the constitutional crisis in West Bengal following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's refusal to resign despite losing her seat and the decisive mandate against her party.
An India Today ground report from Tehran details the ongoing conflict, its impact on the city's infrastructure and how Iranians have gathered at Enghelab Square to demonstrate solidarity and unity amid war.
The Congress state unit in Tamil Nadu held an online meeting and decided to extend support to TVK. Congress is seeking a power-sharing agreement and is likely to demand two cabinet portfolios, along with a few board and corporation chairman posts, and other government roles such as trust members and directors.
Watch as India Today's Geeta Mohan brings this exclusive ground report from Iran's fourteenth-century Golestan Palace, which was damaged during the US-Israel airstrikes on Tehran.
