Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren after JMM-led INDIA bloc crossed half-century mark in the state on Saturday. Assembly Election Results Live Updates Maharashtra Election Results Jharkhand Election Results Bypoll Election Results Modi also thanked the people of Jharkhand for their support and said that BJP will continue to raise their issues in the state. "I thank the people of Jharkhand for their support towards us. We will always be at the forefront of raising people’s issues and working for the state. I also congratulate the JMM-led alliance for their performance in the state," Modi wrote in a post on X. — narendramodi (@narendramodi) JMM leads; BJP trails As Jharkhand's 2024 Assembly election results continue to roll in, the JMM-led INDIA bloc has surged ahead, with wins coming in for Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his wife, Kalpana Soren, as both lead in their respective constituencies. 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According to the latest data from the Election Commission of India (ECI), the JMM has secured 17 seats so far and is leading in another 17. Meanwhile, the BJP has won five seats, with a lead in 16 others. The Congress (INC) has taken seven seats, and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI(ML)(L)) has bagged two seats. Smaller parties, including the AJSUP and JD(U), have struggled to make a significant impact. The counting of votes, which began early Saturday morning, has revealed a closely watched contest between the JMM-led INDIA bloc and the BJP-led NDA . As of 9:30 am, the BJP was leading in 11 seats, while the INDIA bloc (JMM, Congress, RJD) had secured 9 seats. However, by 10:00 am, the tide began to shift, with the INDIA bloc taking a commanding lead, ahead in 39 seats compared to the NDA’s 28. At 10:40 am, the INDIA bloc breached the majority threshold of 41 seats, continuing to hold its lead into the afternoon. As of 1:15 pm, the alliance had secured 51 seats, prompting celebrations among JMM supporters who were confident of victory. The Soren family's winning streak In one of the most closely watched races, Chief Minister Hemant Soren is leading by 2,812 votes from Barhait, with his brother, Basant Soren, also emerging victorious in Dumka after defeating BJP’s Sunil Soren. Meanwhile, Kalpana Soren, contesting from Gandey, had earlier trailed by over 3,000 votes but made a strong recovery, eventually leading her BJP rival by more than 300 votes by mid-afternoon. The ongoing results highlight the complex political dynamics at play in Jharkhand, a state where tribal and non-tribal interests often intersect. In the 2024 election, 28 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (STs) and 9 for Scheduled Castes (SCs), making these constituencies critical battlegrounds. The JMM has historically dominated the ST seats, and their strong showing in these areas appears to be continuing in 2024. Key figures in the election included prominent BJP leaders like Amar Kumar Bauri (Chandankiyari) and Babulal Marandi (Dhanwar), as well as JMM stalwarts like Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato and Congress’s Deepika Pandey Singh. The election battle saw intense campaigns from both the ruling alliance and the opposition. The BJP-led NDA accused the JMM government of corruption and mismanagement, with top leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah focusing on allegations against Hemant Soren related to money laundering. In contrast, the INDIA bloc emphasised its record of welfare schemes, accusing the BJP of using central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for political purposes. Assembly Election Results Live Updates Maharashtra Poll Results Highlights 2024 Jharkhand Poll Results Highlights 2024 (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel )
An inferno at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology ( LAUTECH ) Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, on Saturday destroyed properties worth millions of naira. Naija News understands that the fire broke out in the early hours of the day, affecting the hospital’s Emergency and Accident Unit. It is reported that the blaze originated around 5 a.m. in a pediatric consultant’s office, with an electrical spark being the suspected cause. The fire led to the loss of equipment, books, engines, and electronic devices, as well as damage to the roofs and ceilings of the impacted unit. According to sources, 16 patients were evacuated from the ward to ensure their safety. The hospital’s Public Relations Officer, Omotayo Ogunleye, confirmed the incident and noted that normal operations have resumed at the facility. “Yes, it is true. It is a minor incident. But, normal activities have resumed in the hospital,” the Nation quoted Ogunleye saying.
The Texas A&M football program added a much-needed top 10 recruiting class earlier this month, but the players the Aggies add through the transfer portal could have a big say in how many of those players remain at A&M. A year ago, Mike Elko signed the 19th-ranked class according to 247sports.com . He had been on the job for just over three weeks and it showed. Eight Southeastern Conference teams signed higher-ranked classes, six of them in the top 10. Elko did much better in the portal, signing 25 players to fill the holes left by the fallout that typically comes with a coaching change. Fourteen of the transfers started at least one game this season. Leading the way were cornerback Will Lee III, right offensive guard Ar’maj Reed-Adams, safety Marcus Ratcliffe and defensive end Nic Scourton who all started 12 games. Tight end Tre Watson started 11 games, while linebacker Scooby Williams and center Kolinu’u Faaiu both started 10. A&M would have struggled without those players. With them, the Aggies went into the last game of the regular season with a chance to play for the Southeastern Conference championship. A&M took a step forward this season on many fronts, but it should have come into this season talented enough to compete for a championship, considering the last four recruiting classes were ranked eighth, first, 15th and 19th. The only remnants of those recruiting classes remained for Elko to work with, which is why the transfers accounted for 108 of the possible 264 starts by the 22 starters. Elko needs another solid portal class. Williams and Lee have announced they’ll return. Faaiu, Ratcliffe and Ricks are expected to be back as well. That will give A&M much needed veterans along with the seven returning starters from previous recruiting classes, eight if you count senior cornerback Tyreek Chappell who started the first two games of the season and then was lost to an injury. Some thought A&M would be in position to make a run at national championship after adding the top-ranked 2022 class, which was the best of the recruiting era. It turned out to be fool’s gold. Only 16 players from that class remained when the season started. Seven already have entered the portal and junior defensive tackle Shemar Turner will declare for the NFL Draft. Turner and junior running back Le’Veon Moss are the only players from that class to earn all-conference honors for the Aggies. Turner was a second-team pick last year and a third-team pick this year, while Moss was a second-team selection this year and was on his way to being a first-team pick until he got injured. The 2023 freshman class was much smaller but might turn out to be more productive. Offensive guard Chase Bisontis, safety Dalton Brooks, quarterback Marcel Reed and linebacker Taurean York combined for 34 starts this year. That class also includes running back Rueben Owens, defensive end Rylan Kennedy, linebacker Daymion Sanford and defensive tackle DJ Hicks, players with a high ceiling along with punter Tyler White who has been a weapon this season. Last year’s freshman class didn’t have a player make a start this season. Multi-talented five-star recruit Terry Bussey was the plum. Assistants on both sides wanted him. He ended up at wide receiver and kick returner, showing potential, but his statistics don’t jump out. He has 13 receptions for 179 yards, 14 carries for 97 yards, seven punt returns for 37 yards and seven kickoff returns for 175 yards. His highlights were a 65-yard touchdown run against McNeese State and a 52-yard kickoff return against Auburn on the final play of the first half. Other than Bussey, the only true freshmen from the signing class to appear in more than three games have been defensive back Myles Davis (11) and linebacker Tristan Jernigan (8). None have entered the transfer portal, so they must be happy with their status. A few might become starters next season and others supply depth, but A&M needs help in the portal. It was remarkable A&M had all its goals within reach heading into the Texas game when you look at production. A&M ranks 52nd in the country in total offense at 402.7 yards per game, which is 10th in the SEC. On defense, A&M ranks 64th in the country at 364.6 ypg, which is 12th in the SEC. Elko and his staff got pretty much the most out of what they had. The team’s strength was the defensive line, and that unit underachieved, though you can’t lay all the blame there, but the bottom line is A&M ranked 49th in the country in run defense, allowing 137.7 ypg to rank 11th in a league where you have to win along the line of scrimmage. Maybe the most disappointing statistic is A&M is ranked 65th in the country in sacks at two per game, which is 13th in the SEC. A&M might rank first in the country in almost getting quarterbacks tackled with 42 quarterback pressures. If the Aggies could have just averaged one more sack a game, they’d be in the top 10 in the country. A&M might need to hit the portal to find a defensive end to replace All-American Nic Scourton or Stewart, though it is high on Kennedy and junior Cashius Howell. The Aggies certainly need to find one or two stud wide receivers. History shows those players can be found in the portal and they can make a huge difference. The SEC announced its all-league teams earlier this week that included 95 players on the three teams. Almost a third of the players – 31 – were transfers. South Carolina fifth-year senior end Kyle Kennard, the defensive player of the year, spent his first four seasons at Georgia Tech. Ole Miss senior Jaxson Dart, the first-team quarterback, spent his first season at Southern California. Dart is among nine Ole Miss players on the All-SEC teams and all but two of started their college careers elsewhere, including junior defensive tackle Walter Nolen, a first-team pick. Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin is the master of the portal and this was by far his best collection, but the Rebels failed to make the 12-team College Football Playoff because of losses to Kentucky at Florida. There’s still something to be said for recruiting and developing players, which is the case with the SEC teams headed to the CFP. Georgia had 13 players earn All-SEC honors and the only two transfers were running back Trevor Etienne (Florida) and deep-snapper Beau Gardner (UCLA). Texas had seven all-league players with defensive back Andrew Mukuba (Clemson) and quarterback Quinn Ewers (Ohio State) starting their careers elsewhere. Tennessee had five players earn all-league honors with defensive back Jermod McCoy (Oregon State) being the lone transfer. The Vols’ home-groomed players include running back Dylan Sampson, the league’s offensive player of the year. Winning is still about developing players, but coaches are expected to do that in one or two years, not four or five. The transfer portal has changed that. Name, image and likeness has changed that. And schools and alums are pumping more money than ever into the program. You must win now. Teams have used the transfer portal to close the talent gap on the likes of Georgia and Alabama, which had six players earn all-conference honors with none of them being transfers. Elko and his staff did a great job developing last year’s transfers with Scourton and cornerback Will Lee III earning all-conference honors. They also developed the players he inherited with Moss and junior offensive tackle Trey Zuhn III both earning all-league honors for the first time. The key for A&M is getting to the point where it is complementing the players it has developed with a few transfers, not completing revamping the roster every year. The sky is the limit for A&M’s incoming class, which has two five-star recruits and 13 four-star recruits, but the Aggie might need one more strong portal class to bridge the gap. The two reasons a player might leave would be the most important, not winning enough and getting a better NIL deal. A&M checks all the other boxes along with a few unique ones. “I think what we have to offer that’s completely different is we don’t talk about NIL in terms of what we have to offer,” Elko said. “What we have to offer [is] a phenomenal university with the best fan base in the country, the best stadium atmosphere in the country, the best facilities in the country, unbelievable mentorship development in every aspect of their life, [and] tremendous support in every aspect of their life, whether it be nutrition, academics, mental health, being an Aggie forever, and everything that that stands for, and everything that that needs, and that's what this university is, and that sells.” A&M’s atmosphere for games this season against Notre Dame, LSU and Texas was off the charts. A lot of big-time recruits in the 2026 and ’27 recruiting classes were in attendance for one or more of those games. “We’ve been dealing with this all the way back to when I was a defensive coordinator,” Elko said. “When you get kids on this campus for the first time, they’re always blown away by what this is. I don’t think the message is out there as loud and as clear as it needs to be about what Texas A&M really is. And so I think the more that word travels, the more they understand what this place and what this university is really all about that makes his process a lot easier.” The word that is out there is A&M’s not a national championship contender, at least not now. If A&M had knocked off Texas, it’s a different story. The Aggies would have arrived. That’s not the case. The reality is the Aggies are headed to the Las Vegas Bowl, which is much better than a year ago when they were headed to the Texas Bowl with nothing but questions. A&M knows exactly what it needs. It needs to do well in the transfer portal. It also needs to put the finishing touches on another top 10 recruiting class and most of all it needs to be better on the field next year. There’s no time like the present. Scourton grabs honors. Scourton was named a second-team All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation on Thursday night. Scourton, who transferred from Purdue, had 37 tackles, 14 of them for losses, including five sacks. The 6-foot-4, 285-pounder had four quarterback pressures and broke up two passes. The former Bryan High standout, who has declared for the NFL Draft, forced a fumble. The first-team defensive lineman on the Walter Camp All-American team were South Carolina's Kennard, Michigan junior Mason Graham, Marshall sophomore Mike Green and Penn State Junior Abdul Carter. Linemen joining Scourton on the second team were Virginia Tech senior Antwaun Powell-Ryland, Boston College senior Donovan Ezeiruaku and Ole Miss’ Nolen. Colorado junior Travis Hunter made the first team at both wide receiver and defensive back. SEC players on the first team were LSU junior offensive lineman Will Campbell and Texas junior offensive lineman Kelvin Banks Jr. SEC players on the second team were Alabama junior offensive lineman Tyler Booker, junior Tennessee’s Sampson, senior place-kicker Alex Raynor, Texas sophomore linebacker Anthony Hill Jr., Georgia junior linebacker Jalon Walker, Georgia junior defensive back Malaki Starks and Texas senior defensive back Jahdae Barron. A challenging 2025 schedule. Next year’s A&M football schedule is exactly what we all thought it would be: challenging. Road trips to Notre Dame, Arkansas, LSU, Missouri and Texas are daunting. It also doesn’t matter who A&M is playing on the road, it’s a challenge for a program that’s lost 12 of its last 14 road games. That in turn puts a premium on home games, another concern with A&M having been unbeaten at home only once in 25 years. Let me repeat that: A&M has been unbeaten only once since the 1999 team went 6-0 to cap a 55-4-1 decade at Kyle Field. Oh, those were the days. With history in mind, pencil in A&M for a 6-1 record at home. The Aggies probably will go 3-2 on the road. Las Vegas probably will set the over/under for road victories at 2.5. So that means A&M goes 9-3 or 8-4. The Aggies could be much better as a team yet go 8-4 or even 7-5. Such is life in the SEC. A&M had an easier schedule this year and took advantage of it until ending SEC play with three straight losses. Maybe next year it’ll be the one pulling off upsets and finishing strong a la South Carolina. Next season obviously hinges on a trio of three-game stretches. A&M better take advantage of having Auburn, Mississippi State and Florida at home. A&M needs to flourish in those games with up next road games to Arkansas, LSU and Missouri, though there is a bye between LSU and Missouri. A&M needs to be at 5-1 or 6-0 starting the second half of the season at Arkansas. Ending with a smile. The best bumper sticker I saw last week was “be careful of the idiot behind me.” I hate it when they are factual. The best marquee sign was C&J Barbeque with “Who had medians on their Christmas list?” At least I knew to go the back way to avoid William Joel Bryan Parkway. I wonder what happens when residential folks complain about more traffic? Maybe more medians. Robert Cessna’s email address is robert.cessna@theeagle.com .
New method uses lactic acid bacteria to produce vitamin B2Investec Champions Cup Sale Sharks (12) 29 Tries: JL du Preez, Roebuck, Carpenter, B Curry Cons: R du Preez 3 Pen: R du Preez Racing 92 (7) 7 Tries: Gogichashvili Con : Le Garrec Sale righted their Champions Cup campaign as they took advantage of Racing 92's errors and inconsistencies to earn a comfortable victory at Salford Community Stadium. Jean-Luc du Preez and Tom Roebuck's tries established a five-point half-time advantage for the hosts, before Joe Carpenter scampered in and Ben Curry shoved over to ensure the Sharks could see out the contest in comfort. With the home fans serenading their team, Rob du Preez powered over, only to see his try chalked off for a knock-on. But it couldn't take the shine off a deeply satisfying night for coach Alex Sanderson. Bottom of pool four after coming away from Glasgow without a losing bonus point in the opening round, Sale climb to second with a weekend of action to come elsewhere. The top four qualify for the last 16, with the top two in each of the four pools having home advantage for the knockouts. The Sharks delivered on Sanderson's pre-match request to test Racing's commitment to the competition with their physicality. The swirling Salford drizzle didn't add to the attraction for Racing, who beat Harlequins at home in the opening round, as they underwhelmed throughout. Neither side could gain supremacy for much of an opening quarter which featured a touchline skirmish that pitted England second rows past and future – Jonny Hill and Junior Kpoku – against each other and a hooked drop-goal shot from Racing fly-half Dan Lancaster. But after repelling Racing from a similarly promising attacking platform, Sale made territory count as Jean-Luc du Preez battered his way over around the remnants of a driven line-out. Racing, who have had a patchy start to their Top 14 season but are three-time runners-up in this competition, rarely threatened to get their expensively assembled side into gear. Henry Arundell, ineligible for England since he extended his contract with the Parisians after the 2023 World Cup, spilled a routine pass. Sale started to win scrum penalties against the heavier French pack. The home front row provided immaculate set-piece ball for Sale's second try, with George Ford looping out the back after Rob du Preez's line had fixed the defence and, via Carpenter, putting Roebuck into the corner to nudge Sale 12 unanswered points clear. Racing's route back was less intricate. The visitors leaned into their considerable bulk and a succession of heavy cavalry charges culminated in prop Guram Gogichashvili picking through the wreckage to score on the stroke of half-time. Sale's lead was cut to five, but they kept the upper hand. Luke Cowan-Dickie was held up over the line shortly after the restart before an aimless kick from Racing's Antoine Gibert was brilliantly snaffled by Roebuck. The wing cantered through before carefully putting Carpenter under the posts for a 19-7 advantage. Ben Curry marked a busy performance by bustling over for a try and, with Racing flanker Maxime Baudonne having been sin-binned for illegally stopping a Sale surge on the previous play, the game was done. The main remaining interest was in the subplots involving England Test wannabes. Sale came out on top in those as well, with Roebuck dumping Arundell to his shorts with a thumping hit two minutes from time. Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson: "We just wanted to be on it for longer defensively this week. I think we were, that was one of our best defensive performances. "We are a little more connected and we have a little more bite to us when the collision comes, when we have to 'find the monster'. We were lacking some bite, and I feel like we have it back." Player of the match Ben Curry: "My favourite moment was Tom Roebuck's tackle on Henry Arundell. Henry is not a small boy, a great player, but I was very impressed with Roebuck tonight, he showed a different side of him which perhaps coaches have questioned. I was really happy for him. "The work he puts in day in and day out doesn't get seen. He is knocking on the door. "He was very disappointed after the summer - he came on against Japan and played really well and to get dropped, hit him really hard. "You can start feeling sorry for yourself or you can show people what you can do. He has gone multiple steps forward since the summer." Sale: Carpenter; Roebuck, R du Preez, James, O'Flaherty; Ford, Warr; Rodd, Cowan-Dickie, Harper, Bamber, Hill, JL du Preez, B Curry (capt), D du Preez. Replacements: McElroy, McIntyre, John, Beaumont, Dugdale, Quirke, Nayacalevu, Wills. Racing 92: Tedder, Arundell, James, Chavancy, Spring; Lancaster, Le Garrec; Gogichashvili, Chat, Sordoni, Kpoku, Rowlands, Woki (capt), Baudonne, Dayimani. Replacements: Escobar, Julien, Kharaishvili, Sanconnie, Diallo, Le Bail, Gibert, Naituvi. Referee: Craig Evans (Wal)Teqtivity Shares Five Ways to Beat Competition with Better IT Asset ManagementKyle McCord leads Syracuse to first eight-win regular season in six years with win over UConn