The Hindu Morning Digest, February 9, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets to supporters during his arrival at the party headquarters, as celebrates over the party’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Saturday.
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Delhi Assembly results: BJP sweeps AAP out of power in Delhi

The Bharatiya Janata Party, with its win of 48 seats, returned to power in the national capital after a gap of over 26 years scuttling the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) bid for a fourth straight term. AAP won 22 seats.

After Delhi poll debacle, challenges increase for INDIA bloc, Congress

The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) defeat and the Congress’s failure in resurrecting itself in the Delhi elections have raised further challenges for the already-faltering INDIA bloc. There is a growing impatience with the Congress and many allies have accused it of contributing to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory. 

Rajasthan CM takes dip in Maha Kumbh; Cabinet meeting held in Prayagraj

Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma along with his Cabinet colleagues and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs took a dip at Triveni Sangam in the Maha Kumbh in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on Saturday (February 8, 2025). The visiting group from the State, comprising 115 members, left Jaipur for Prayagraj by a special plane in the morning.

PM Modi calls AAP ‘most dishonest party’, vows to make Delhi a ‘modern city’

Celebrating the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) thumping victory in the Delhi Assembly elections on Saturday (February 8, 2025), Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the party’s senior leadership and workers at the BJP’s national headquarters here.

Delhi election results 2025: Several strong contenders for Delhi CM’s post

Having secured a major victory in the national capital, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to decide on the next Chief Minister of Delhi. There are several contenders in the contest for the CM’s post. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) repeatedly took jibes at the BJP over the lack of a chief ministerial face in the campaign for the just concluded election.

Bangladesh launches ‘Operation Devil Hunt’ after ex-minister’s supporters resist ‘vandalism’

Bangladesh’s interim government launched an operation Saturday after a student group gave a 24-hour ultimatum to track down “culprits” who assaulted their activists during a reported attack by protesters on an Awami League leader’s house on the outskirts of Dhaka.

Three more Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases reported in Maharashtra

The cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) are rising in Maharashtra day by day, three new suspected cases of GBS were reported on Saturday, with the toll reaching 183 and deaths at six. The two more water sources were found contaminated on Saturday, as the water samples were rapidly tested. 

Trump signs order to cut funding for South Africa over land policy, ICJ case

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said on Friday (February 7, 2025), citing disapproval of its land policy and of its genocide case at the International Court of Justice against Washington’s ally Israel.

Spotlight on Rohit & Kohli as India look to wrap up series

Captain Rohit Sharma’s dip in form across formats and Virat Kohli’s recovery from a knee issue will be in the spotlight as India, after taking a 1-0 lead in the Orange City, will seek to win the second One-Day International (ODI) and seal the three-match series against England in the Silver City on Sunday.