Elections
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Biden’s path to victory has diminished says Obama: Report
Milwaukee: Former US president Barack Obama and ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have spoken to President Joe Biden and informed him that his path to victory against his Republican rival Donald Trump has…
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ECI seeks report on violence in Bengal Assembly bypolls
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought an action taken report from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) West Bengal on reports of poll-related violence in the bypolls…
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Hyderabad: Police thwart OU students protest rally for jobs
Hyderabad: The Osmania University police arrested some Osmania University student leaders when they tried to hold a rally from the OU Arts College to the NCC gate on Monday. The protesters were…
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SL election commission directs authorities to prepare for presidential polls
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s election commission has asked authorities to prepare for the Presidential election in the coming months, a media report said on Saturday. The election commission had earlier declared that the…
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INDIA bloc defeated Modi in Lok Sabha elections: TN CM Stalin
Coimbatore: The victory of the INDI Alliance in the Lok Sabha poll was historic as the people deprived the BJP of a decisive mandate to form the government on its own, Tamil…
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Indian elections largest exercise of electoral franchise: US
Washington: Indian elections is the largest exercise of electoral franchise in the world, the United States said Thursday. “We celebrate the election that happened in India; it was the largest exercise of…
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Jaishankar takes charge as external affairs minister
New Delhi: Diplomat-turned-politician S Jaishankar on Tuesday assumed charge as external affairs minister for the second consecutive term. Jaishankar, 69, was among the senior BJP leaders, including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin…
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Will PM fulfil promise? Congress questions Modi’s silence on AP, Bihar special status
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he would fulfil his promise of giving special category status to the states of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar. Congress general…
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LS polls: 105 winning candidates’ education between class 5 and 12
New Delhi: About 105, or 19 per cent, winning candidates declared their educational qualification to be between class 5 pass and 12, while 420, or 77 per cent, such candidates declared having…
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Former CMs, film stars among 280 first-term members of Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Former chief ministers, film stars, political activists and a former high court judge figure among the 280 first-term members of the Lok Sabha. Uttar Pradesh, the largest state that sends…
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NDA partners unanimously elected Modi as leader of NDA: Chandrababu Naidu
Hyderabad: Dispelling rumours about the possibility of TDP negotiating with the INDIA Bloc to form the next government at the Centre, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu has announced that the NDA partners…
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Five ‘young’ LS candidates win poll battle in West Bengal
Kolkata: Among the 42 candidates who have won the Lok Sabha, five – three of the Trinamool Congress and two of the BJP – are ‘young’. One of them is union minister…
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AP: KA Paul to move court against poll officials of not providing CCTV footage
Amaravati: Praja Shanthi Party chief Dr KA Paul has alleged that the official machinery prevented lakhs of votes from getting polled for him. Accusing the election officials of not sharing the CCTV…
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Naidu says Jagan a case study of “what a leader shouldn’t be like”
Amaravati: Calling YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s political history as a ‘case study’ to show the world as to how a ruler shouldn’t be, TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu said that many leaders…
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Bhumana Karunakar Reddy resigns TTD chairman post
Amaravati: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) chairman Bhumana Karunakar Reddy has tendered his resignation for his post after YSRCP suffered a defeat in the hands of TDP-Jana Sena-BJP alliance in Andhra Pradesh on…
