Tamil Nadu Election Results 2026: Who is VS Babu? TVK giantkiller defeats CM Stalin in Kolathur stronghold

Actor-turned-politician Vijay-led TVK, which is fighting its first-ever election, has given a blockbuster performance as it is leading in more than 100 of the 234 total seats. Amid the TVK wave, VS Babu has delivered one of the biggest political upsets in the southern state.
Mamata Banerjee suffers setback in Bhabanipur as BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari wins by 15,105 votes margin

After 20 rounds of counting, the incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal lost in the Bhabanipur seat by a margin of over 15,000 votes to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari.
West Bengal Election Results 2026: BJP storms to 192 seats, TMC crashes to 68

BJP secured a thumping majority in West Bengal. BJP won 192 Assembly seats and is leading in 15 seats out of the total 293 seats. According to the latest trends, All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) won 68 Assembly seats and is leading in 12 seats.
West Bengal Election Results 2026: RG Kar rape-murder victim’s mother Ratna Debnath wins in Panihati by 28000 votes

According to the final results published by the ECI after all 13 rounds of vote counting, Debnath received 87,977 votes, comfortably defeating Tirthankar Ghosh of the TMC, who managed to secure 59,141 votes.
West Bengal Elections Results 2026: Rahul Gandhi backs Mamata Banerjee’s claims, says ‘100 seats were stolen’

The latest trends from the ECI show a clear majority for the BJP in West Bengal, throwing Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress out of power and marking a major shift in the state’s political landscape.
‘Only Punjab can stop BJP’s attempt to break democracy’: Harpal Singh Cheema ahead of AAP meet With President Murmu

Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema alleged the BJP is attempting to break and attack the country’s democracy, and stated that only Punjab can stop it.
Civil rights groups sue to stop Texas immigration law

Senate Bill 4, scheduled to take effect next week, lets Texas police arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Classic unfunded mandate”: San Antonio school districts reveal costs of new seat belt requirements

Texas wants all school buses to have 3-point seat belts by 2029-30. But the price tag is high for local districts also facing budget challenges.
Nearly 96,000 students receiving Texas school voucher award notices

Families have until July 15 to opt in to the education savings accounts, or ESAs, which launches next school year.
Texas leads nation in utility shutoffs as electric bills rise, federal report finds

The state accounted for more than 3 million of the 13.4 million disconnections that occurred in the U.S. in 2024, the highest total in the country.