Election Results: Why Shashi Tharoor survived the Modi wave

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Arun Raveendran, Here's what's trending on Twitter this week.         Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor A view by @firstpostin on my victory: firstpost.com/politics/elect… 18 May Election Results: Why Shashi Tharoor survived the Modi wave On the counting day today, it was Rajagopal who kept a healthy lead almost throughout the day, but in the end Tharoor won in a photo finish. With the result, Tharoor has yet again proved that he is a tough survivor. Dilip K. Pandey @dilipkpandey RT.@TOIBusiness: RIL, BP may gain $5.5bn from oil minister plan timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india… 16 May RIL, BP may gain $5.5bn from oil minister plan A proposal for the Cabinet, prepared by the oil ministry after elections were announced, could end up giving Reliance Industries Ltd and its partners – BP plc and Niko – benefit of over $5.5 billion over a period of… 1 Related tweet Aam Aadmi Party @AamAadmiParty Don’t count our MPs, weigh them. - @DrKumarVishwas thepoliticalindian.com/kumar-vishvas-… pic.twitter.com/caxRBiYo6K 15 May D-Day predictions: Don’t count our MPs, weigh them, says Kumar Vishvas Ghaziabad: Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishvas is locked in a three-cornered electoral battle in Amethi against Rahul Gandhi and BJP’s Smriti Irani. The 44-year old AAP leader, known for his off the cuff remarks, says… Faking News @fakingnews Arnab grows restless, breaks into strong rooms where EVMs are kept to count votes himself fakingnews.firstpost.com/2014/05/arnab-… pic.twitter.com/Unueh1i5hj 14 May Arnab grows restless, breaks into strong rooms where EVMs are kept to count votes himself Growing restless waiting for election results, Arnab Goswami today took it upon himself to count votes by breaking into strong rooms where EVMs are kept. 1 Related tweet RushdieExplainsIndia @RushdieExplains Ran into Shashi Tharoor at Macy's. We both wonder if there will be any place for P. G. Wodehouse in Modi's India 18 May 1 Retweet ✌Vote 4 AAP - झाड़ू✌ @Vote4AAP My Role Model - Arvind Kejriwal: youtu.be/bNHX5gfHYgI #AlwaysWithAAP @ChaudharyRamesh pic.twitter.com/OI34brlwxn 18 May 1 Retweet Royal Challengers @RCBTweets It's the 16th #CSKvsRCB game! No 2 teams have played as many games against each other! #Statosphere #RCBLive #IPL7 pic.twitter.com/Udmeweu8v8 18 May 1 Retweet Prithi Ashwin @prithinarayanan Banganapalli, Alphonso, Jahaangir, Mulgoa, Nadu theru(?) all bought. Set for the game,yes. pic.twitter.com/hlrZZyfZ0j 18 May 1 Retweet Don't miss out. Stay up to date on what's happening. Go to Twitter Forgot your Twitter password? Get instructions on how to reset it. You can also change your email digest frequency or unsubscribe from these emails. Need help? If you received this message in error and did not sign up for Twitter, click not my account. Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St., Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103