Ruling parties held sway in most of the 13 states in the assembly by-election results declared on Saturday, with the BJP and its allies wresting seats in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan and the Trinamool Congress sweeping West Bengal. Out of the 46 seats where byelections were held, the BJP and its allies won 26, a gain of nine seats, followed by Congress with seven -- a loss of six seats. The Trinamool Congress won six, the Aam Aadmi Party three and the Samajwadi Party two seats. The LDF in Kerala and BAP in Rajasthan got one each. Apart from this, two seats in Sikkim were won unopposed by Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) candidates. In the bypolls to two Lok Sabha constituencies, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi cruised to her maiden electoral victory from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala with a margin of over 4.1 lakh votes against CPI(M)-led LDF's Sathyan Mokeri, but the party lost Nanded in Maharashtra to the BJP. After the reverses in the Lok Sabha election, the ruling BJP-led alliance secured its hold over the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh with its candidates winning seven out of nine seats. The BJP retained four seats -- Ghaziabad, Khair, Majhawan and Phulpur -- and wrested Katehari and Kundarki from the SP while its ally RLD retained one. The Samajwadi Party, which had four of these seats, retained Sishamau and Karhal. The ruling BJP won five of the seven seats in Rajasthan, wresting three from Congress and one from the RLP. The Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) and the Congress retained one seat each. In a boost to the Bhagwant Mann-led government, the ruling AAP in Punjab wrested Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak and Chabbewal assembly segments from the Congress, which ousted AAP from Barnala. The ruling NDA in Bihar swept the bypolls to four assembly segments, retaining Imamganj (HAM) and wresting from the INDIA bloc Tarari (BJP), Ramgarh (BJP) and Belaganj (JD-U), receiving a boost ahead of the assembly elections due next year. The TMC trounced the opposition in West Bengal, retaining five seats and wresting Madarihat from the BJP, further cementing its political dominance in the state despite the the ongoing protests over the RG Kar incident. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the results of the byelections would help her work for the people. "I would like to thank and congratulate the 'Maa, Mati and Manush' from the bottom of my heart. Your blessings will help us work for the people in the coming days. We all are common people and that is our identity. We are not zamindars, but the custodians of the people," she posted on X. The ruling National People's Party (NPP) in Meghalaya also got a boost as party candidate and Chief Minister Conrad Sangma's wife Mehtab Chandee Agitok Sangma wrested the Gambegre seat from Congress. The Congress won the byelections to all three assembly seats in Karnataka, wresting one each from the BJP and its ally JD(S). In Kerala, it retained the Palakkad assembly seat while the ruling LDF maintained its hold in Chelakkara assembly seat. Giving credit to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's leadership as well as the five guarantees for the Congress party’s success, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said it was a prelude to the 2028 assembly election where the party would once again win. The BJP long with its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL) won all five assembly constituencies in Assam. The AGP and UPPL retained the Bongaigaon and Sidli (ST) constituencies, respectively. The BJP retained Behali and Dholai (SC), and wrested Samaguri from the Congress. The ruling BJP wrested the Vav assembly constituency in Gujarat from the Congress and retained the Raipur City South assembly seat in Chattisgarh and Kedarnath assembly seat in Uttarakhand. In Madhya Pradesh, BJP retained the Budhni seat, where byelection was necessitated following the resignation of former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, but suffered a setback as state minister Ramniwas Rawat lost in the Vijaypur assembly seat with the Congress retaining the seat. Rawat had won the seat on a Congress ticket in the 2023 assembly polls but then switched over to the BJP, which made him forest minister in the Mohan Yadav government. He had won from Vijaypur in Sheopur district as a Congress candidate in 1990, 1993, 2003, 2008 and 2013 as well. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) candidates Aditya Golay and Satish Chandra Rai were on Saturday elected unopposed in the bypolls to Soreng-Chakung and Namchi-Singhithang assembly constituencies, officials said. The assembly bypolls were held in nine seats in Uttar Pradesh, seven seats in Rajasthan, six seats in West Bengal, five seats in Assam, four seats each in Punjab and Bihar, three seats in Karnataka, two seats in Madhya Pradesh and Kerala, and one seat each in Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and Meghalaya. (With inputs from PTI) Follow us on: Facebook , Twitter , Google News , Instagram Join our official telegram channel ( @nationalherald ) and stay updated with the latest headlinescockfighting drawing 。

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Mexico fears losing US-Canada trade pact, to alter its laws and remove Chinese partsA Newhall man was left in intensive care last month with a through-and-through gunshot wound to his pelvis after asking local gang members to stop tagging the Newhall apartment complex on Pine Street where he lived, according to court records. The investigation into an Oct. 5 shooting details the latest in the ongoing violence within a cluster of Santa Clarita neighborhoods racked by gang activity that residents and investigators say has escalated since March 2023. Two men were in the underground parking garage of their apartment complex after a long day’s work, sorting tools from a work truck, when the gang members came in looking for trouble, according to the detectives’ report from security footage and witness statements. The two men tried to stop a group of at least 10 boys after they entered the garage and began filming themselves tagging the walls and causing problems around 7:30 p.m. Through the use of surveillance footage and recollections from past encounters, Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies said they later identified several suspects as boys and men ranging from their early teens to early 20s who were in the same local street gang. At least four were younger than 16. One of the victims asked the boys to not disrespect their home by tagging the walls, according to the victim’s statement to deputies. The males responded “by saying something to the effect of, the area belonged to them, and it was their territory,” according to the report. “Both victims carried on with themselves and suddenly the group of males approached them.” The victims were punched and kicked by the assailants until a suspect, identified by deputies as a 15-year-old gang member who lives on Valle Del Oro, pulled out a 9mm handgun and shot the victim, according to a detective’s report in a sworn affidavit. As the victim fell to the ground, the group dispersed. He ultimately was placed in a medically induced coma for two days as a result of blood loss, according to investigators in their report. Growing incidents The Signal does not identify criminal street gangs at the behest of law enforcement officials, who have repeatedly stated the notoriety and attention only help gang members intimidate the community and create fear. However, deputies recognize in court records the local gang in question “has been involved in and responsible for a great number of shootings and violent crimes in the past year all involving firearms.” The detective also stated in his report that the juvenile appeared to have drawn the firearm and shot the victim without cause after the physical assault on him had concluded. Local investigators stated the gang’s membership at 80 to 100, according to court documents, with 20 to 30 at any one time who are actively out committing crimes in the community. “Those crimes range from, murders, assaults, robberies, burglaries, thefts, gun possession, drug-related crimes, vandalism, and other crimes,” according to SCV Sheriff’s Station officials, who also identified the apartment complex where the shooting happened as an area the gang has claimed. It’s part of the complex, The Village Apartments, where a double murder in March 2023 was cited as a flashpoint in the recent reignition of the decadeslong gang rivalries in some of the SCV’s most hardscrabble communities. Village, Walnut Street taken by storm A late-morning double murder by the community pool at The Village apartments is cited in a number of subsequent reports from officials as what marked a ratcheting up of the cycle of intimidation tactics, violence and retaliation, officials said. The two suspects in that shooting , 16-year-old Steven Rosas and 19-year-old Anthony Martinez Ortiz, are due back in court in January for their next hearing dates. By December, deputies had recorded evidence of a number of retaliatory actions, ranging from violent threats posted to social media to subsequent shootings . While much of the violence has been tied to gang activity, residents have repeatedly expressed concerns because they say other gang members are not the only ones being victimized . In June, Walnut Street resident Juan Ruiz expressed his frustration with the violence, speaking through an interpreter. “It’s a big problem,” he said in Spanish. “You can hear the blasts in the night and then police arrive but they don’t arrest anyone.” He said he wasn’t that worried for himself because he doesn’t go out much, but for younger people and potential innocent bystanders, he was. There have been numerous arrests made involving more than one of the local gangs believed to be involved in the area’s criminal activity, the result of countless hours of investigative work by local deputies and detectives, which has led to dozens of charges. Detectives also have lamented the difficulties in some circumstances where witnesses have been hesitant to come forward due to fear of the violence they just saw. In July, yet another fatal shooting, which had followed weeks of similar incidents, prompted an outcry from residents. The Signal put together a timeline of the violence that showed more than a dozen incidents of gun violence on a single street, Walnut, which is also claimed by a local gang. In October, court records obtained by The Signal alluded to a gang “power struggle ” that might have played a role in the increasing violence. The activity there is well-known to the SCV Sheriff’s Station’s Juvenile and Gangs Unit, or JAG Team.Lewandowski scores his 100th Champions League goal. He is the 3rd player to reach the milestone