In Haryana, the ruling BJP seeks a third consecutive term, but the Congress is equally determined to stage a comeback after 10 years out of power. This electoral contest, the first significant face-off between the two national parties since the Lok Sabha elections,

The J-K assembly election for 90 constituencies was held over three phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1, respectively. Meanwhile, polling for the 90 seats of the Haryana Assembly ended

The counting of votes cast in the Haryana Assembly elections has begun, with the ruling BJP eyeing a third consecutive term, trailing in early leads, while the Congress is hopeful of winning.

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared on course for a surprise win on Tuesday in polls in the northern state of Haryana, but was trailing the opposition in the first elections in a decade in troubled Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir.

Early trends show that an alliance of opposition parties is leading as votes are being counted after the first assembly election in Indian-administered Kashmir in a decade. This was also the first assembly election to be held since the federal government revoked the region's autonomy and changed the former state into a federally governed territory of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019.

The BJP is in the lead in the state of Haryana which borders the capital Delhi, but trails in the federal territories of Jammu and Kashmir, which are seeing their first election results in a decade. The first local elections in India since Mr Modi’s party lost its outright majority in parliament,

By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) moved into the lead in elections in the northern state of Haryana on Tuesday, reversing early trends when it was trailing the main opposition Congress party,

The BJP has staged a stunning comeback in Haryana by crossing the halfway mark while Congress-NC is leading in Jammu and Kashmir.

The BJP crossed the majority mark of 46 in the Assembly by leading on 49 seats and maintained its lead, while the Congress was on 35, according to the latest trends available on the Election Commission website.