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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Williams had moments of brilliant shot-making to win long rallies, then would put a drop shot into the net and sigh in disappointment.
The U-23 Indian football team suffered defeat from the U-23 Syria as they could not capitalize on the chances that were created.
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.
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.
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
New Zealand defeated India 1-0 in the Six Nations Invitational Hockey Tournament 2016 here on Thursday.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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