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  UK Elections: Conservative leaders suffer 'bloodbath' as heavyweights lose their parliamentary seats

  World | July 05, 2024 13:01 IST

  With almost all the results in, Labour had won 410 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons while Rishi Sunak's Conservatives have won only 118. A record number of senior ministers and heavyweight leaders lost their parliamentary seats, including former PM Liz Truss.

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  British PM Rishi Sunak's party may face worst election defeat, new survey shows

  World | April 04, 2024 11:34 IST

  The Conservatives have been in power since 2010 and have been embroiled in political turmoil, including Britain's controversial handling of the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic. Sunak, 43, has has struggled to restore his party's sinking popularity amid a high cost-of-living crisis.

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  Misconception over NRC, lack of campaign on CAB led to bypoll defeat, say BJP leaders

  India | December 01, 2019 9:28 IST

  Several senior BJP leaders, including its state vice-president Chandra Kumar Bose, have blamed the campaign over NRC for the party's defeat in the bypolls and called for a separate Bengal-specific strategy.

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  'Not finished yet': Udayanraje Bhosale after defeat

  October 26, 2019 8:04 IST

  Pawar's frankness, his simple appeal and the circumstances in which it was made seemed to have struck a chord in the hearts of the people - who overwhelmingly voted for Patil - to ensure Bhosale's defeat.

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  Opposition parties should come together to defeat BJP: Sharad Yadav

  August 05, 2018 21:32 IST

  Yadav alleged the state government had worked to destroy rivers that restricted water inflow to Ramgarh dam, a lifeline for residents of Jaipur, to sell the land to mafia and builders.

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  Serena Williams falls to the worst defeat of her career

  Tennis | August 01, 2018 10:34 IST

  Williams had moments of brilliant shot-making to win long rallies, then would put a drop shot into the net and sigh in disappointment.

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  India lose 0-2 to Syria in AFC Qualifying opener

  Football | July 20, 2017 14:45 IST

  The U-23 Indian football team suffered defeat from the U-23 Syria as they could not capitalize on the chances that were created.

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  In 'farewell speech', ISIS chief Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi acknowledges defeat in Iraq

  World | March 02, 2017 11:22 IST

  The ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has acknowledged the group's defeat in Iraq in a 'farewell speech' and ordered his non-Arab fighters to either return to their countries or detonate themselves, according to media reports.

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  MS Dhoni blames Team India’s poor batting for loss against Kiwis in second ODI

  Cricket | October 21, 2016 8:03 IST

  Team India's limited-over skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed the host's poor batting for the narrow six-run loss to New Zealand in the second One-Day International (ODI) here on Thursday.

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  Execution of last ball was wrong, admits Dhoni after one-run loss against WI

  Cricket | August 28, 2016 11:49 IST

  Disappointed with India’s one-run loss against the West Indies in the nerve-breaking T20I match yesterday, limited-over skipped Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that the execution of his last ball, which cost the team his wicket and the match, was wrong

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  India defeated by New Zealand 1-0 in six nation hockey tournament

  Hockey | July 01, 2016 7:47 IST

  New Zealand defeated India 1-0 in the Six Nations Invitational Hockey Tournament 2016 here on Thursday.

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  McEnroe says struggling Nadal needs a new coach

  Tennis | July 04, 2015 11:07 IST

  London: Spain's Rafael Nadal, whose dismal season continued with a second-round loss this week at Wimbledon, needs a new coach to overcome his struggles, American former tennis great John McEnroe said in an interview with

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  Hafiz Saeed vows to avenge Pakistan's defeat in 1971

  World | December 05, 2014 16:29 IST

  Lahore: Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed today vowed to avenge Pakistan's defeat from Indian hands in 1971 and said that Kashmir will be freed very soon. “Ghazwae Hind is inevitable, Kashmir will be

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  Lok Sabha defeat due to lack of coordination between government, party, says Nitish Kumar

  Politics | November 21, 2014 23:51 IST

  Kathihar/Purnea:  Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today admitted that lack of coordination and distance between government and the party was an important reason for defeat of JD(U) in the recent general election saying it would

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  Barak Obama 'confident' of Islamic State group's defeat

  World | September 13, 2014 8:53 IST

  BALTIMORE:  President Barack Obama cast the worldwide campaign he's leading to destroy the Islamic State group on Friday as part of a broader effort to root out extremism within the Muslim world, telling Jewish donors

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  Defeat casts shadow on Pakistan's World Cup preparations

  Cricket | September 02, 2014 8:21 IST

  Karachi: Pakistan cricket team is under fire after it suffered a humiliating series defeat against Sri Lanka in the ODI series.Pakistan were beaten by seven wickets in the third and final One-day Interna¬tional against Sri

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  India suffer 0-2 defeat against Pak in football friendly

  Football | August 21, 2014 8:17 IST

  Bangalore: India today suffered an embarrassing 0-2 defeat at the hands of a spirited Pakistan in the second football friendly to end the two-match series 1-1.     Wim Koeverman's team, which won the first friendly 1-0

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  India shot themselves in the foot by deciding to bat first: Farokh Engineer

  Cricket | August 11, 2014 18:09 IST

  Manchester: “India shot themselves in the foot right from the moment they decided to bat on a green top surface,” said Former India wicket-keeper Farokh Engineer, who spent several seasons at Old Trafford playing for

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  Sania-Cara lose in French Open quarters

  Tennis | June 03, 2014 19:31 IST

  Paris: Indian tennis player Sania Mirza along with partner Cara Black bowed out of the French Open after losing their women's doubles quarter-final here Tuesday.The Indo-Zimbabwean fifth seeds went down 2-6, 6-3, 3-6 in two

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  World Cup: Reality is we have no points:Terry Walsh

  Hockey | June 03, 2014 10:51 IST

  The Hague:  India's chief hockey coach Terry Walsh was left dejected after the team again conceded a late goal to go down 1-2 to England for their second consecutive defeat in the FIH Hockey World