Elections 2024
- Bollywood
5 Bollywood actors who can’t vote in India: Alia to Nora
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 started on Wednesday, with polling running from 7 am to 6 pm. With 288 constituencies and 4,136 candidates, including 2,086 independents, the elections are a big…
- World
SL vote in crucial Presidential election, Wickremesinghe seeks another term
Colombo: Millions of Sri Lankans are casting their votes on Saturday in the crucial presidential election — the island nation’s first major electoral exercise since its worst economic meltdown in 2022. The…
- India
Lok Sabha braces for Speaker’s election after 1976
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will witness a rare election for the Speaker’s post – the first since 1976 – as Congress member Kodikunnil Suresh has been made the opposition candidate against…
- India
BSP founding member RK Chaudhary, now SP MP says Mayawati ignored Bahujan movement
Lucknow: Newly elected Samajwadi Party (SP) MP R K Chaudhary, one of the founders of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), has claimed BSP chief Mayawati has been ignoring the Bahujan movement which…
- India
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…
- India
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…
- Delhi
AAP leaders discuss Lok Sabha election results with Delhi councillors
New Delhi: AAP leaders on Saturday took feedback from party councillors in Delhi on the Lok Sabha elections and resolved to strengthen the organisation at the grassroots level. AAP failed to win…
- India
Rahul Gandhi to keep Raebareli seat, to resign from Wayanad: Sources
In the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi won both seats, Wayanad in Kerala and Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh, with thumping margins. However, the Representation of the People Act,…
- India
Tharoor bats for Rahul as LoP, says he was ‘man of match’ of LS polls
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday, June 7 hailed Rahul Gandhi as “the man of the match” of the Lok Sabha polls and said it would only be fitting…
- India
‘Part of diplomatic business’: US on China’s objection to Modi-Lai exchange on Indian polls
Washington: Amid China’s protest over the exchange of greetings between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, the US State Department said such congratulatory messages between two foreign leaders are…
- India
Model code of conduct lifted, says Election Commission
New Delhi: The model code of conduct that came into force on March 16 with the announcement of the Lok Sabha election has been lifted. In a communication to the Union Cabinet…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Allegations of EVM malpractice surround TDP victory in Pedakurapadu
In the 2024 Andhra Assembly elections, Bhashyam Praveen of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) emerged victorious in the Pedakurapadu constituency, garnering 112,957 votes. However, the integrity of this victory has come under…
- News
Congress convenes CWC meet on June 8 to discuss poll result
New Delhi: The Congress has convened a meeting of its working committee on June 8 to discuss the Lok Sabha poll result. Votes of the election were counted on June 4. The…
- Chennai
TN: Ex-CM Panneerselvam calls for unity, AIADMK rejects it
Chennai: Former chief minister and ousted AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam on Thursday renewed his call to the AIADMK factions to reunite to strengthen the party, even as the AIADMK rejected his call…
- Andhra Pradesh
Chandrababu directs TDP MPs to attend NDA meeting in Delhi on Friday
Amaravati: TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday directed all party MPs to attend NDA’s Friday meeting in New Delhi. TDP alone won 16 MP seats in Andhra Pradesh while the NDA…
