2024 elections
- India
EC assures transparency in Maha Elections, invites Congress for discussion
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Saturday asserted that all poll procedures it followed in Maharashtra were transparent and assured that it would review all legitimate concerns flagged by the Congress, which…
- World
Musk highlights India’s 640mn votes counted in a day vs. california’s slow process
Washington: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has applauded the Indian electoral system after vote counting for two state Assembly elections and by-elections were concluded in a single day, while also taking a jibe…
- India
BJP’s Archana Patil loses to Congress’ Amit Deshmukh in Latur City election
Latur: BJP nominee Archana Patil Chakurkar, daughter-in-law of former Lok Sabha speaker Shivraj Patil, was defeated by Congress MLA Amit Deshmukh, son of late Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh, in Latur City constituency…
- Bangalore
Karnataka bypolls: Congress leads in all 3 segments, Nikhil trails
Bengaluru: As the counting for three Assembly segments for which bye-elections were held was progressing in Karnataka on Saturday, the Congress was leading in all three seats and also taking major leads…
- India
Govt not concerned about farmers’ woes, must be removed from power: Sharad Pawar
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The ruling alliance in Maharashtra must be removed from power as it is not concerned about the suffering of farmers due to drop in prices for crops, NCP (SP) chief…
- India
Maharashtra polls: Nominations of 7994 candidates found valid
Mumbai: The nomination papers of 7,994 candidates filed across the 288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra, where polling will take place on November 20, were found valid after scrutiny, election officials have said.…
- World
Over 10% votes cast in US polls, two weeks before election day
Washington: More than 10 per cent of registered voters in the US had already voted by Tuesday with election day still two weeks away. The University of Florida’s Election Lab, which tracks…
- Kashmir
Over 70 pc of 90 newly-elected MLAs in J&K graduates
Srinagar: More than 70 percent of the 90 MLAs elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly have declared their minimum educational qualification as graduates, including three who hold doctorate degrees. According to…
- World
Sri Lanka: Big names missing in parliamentary elections
Colombo: Big names such as the Rajapaksa brothers, former presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe and Maithripala Sirisena are missing as the nominations for the November 14 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections closed on Friday, October…
- India
No repoll recorded in J&K assembly polls: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission said no repolls have been recorded so far in the three-phased Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls which concluded on Tuesday. It also noted that despite an increase…
- India
Setback to AAP as its Faridabad candidate joins BJP
Chandigarh: In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party in Haryana, its Faridabad candidate Pravesh Mehta joined the ruling BJP on Saturday. Mehta, 69, joined the BJP in Faridabad in the presence…
- Technology
Evidence shows Brazil’s ‘fake judge’ deliberately interfered in election: Musk
San Francisco: Calling Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes “a fake judge”, tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday said that evidence is growing to show that he deliberately interfered in the…
- World
US election: ‘Boring, rambled incoherently’, Trump on Kamala
New Delhi: Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump on Friday slammed his rival Kamala Harris over her first major interview since her entry into the election after Joe Biden’s…
- World
Hope is making a comeback, says Michelle Obama as she bats for Harris
Chicago: Hope is making a comeback in America, former first lady Michelle Obama has said as she made an impassioned case for Kamala Harris and described her as the most qualified person…