elections
- Kolkata
Kolkata fire destroys 4,000 EVMs used in Bengal elections
Kolkata: West Bengal minister Kaushik Chowdhury on Thursday, June 11, said that around 4,000 EVMs were gutted in a government building fire here, as the police launched an investigation following the registration…
- Bangalore
Race for 20 cabinet berths intensifies in Karnataka Congress
Bengaluru: With the formation of the new Congress government under Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and the swearing-in of 13 ministers in the first phase, attention has now shifted to the next round…
- Bangalore
BJP fields Prof M Nagaraj for Rajya Sabha from Karnataka
Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its official candidates for the 2026 Rajya Sabha and Karnataka Legislative Council elections, bringing an end to intense political speculation in Karnataka. The list,…
- Pakistan
Voting underway in PoK’s Gilgit-Baltistan region
Islamabad: Voting was underway on Sunday, June 7, in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Gilgit-Baltistan region for elections to the so-called legislative assembly. India has lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over the elections to…
- Telangana
TGSRTC union elections to be held, returning officer appointed
Hyderabad: In what could be seen as a significant move, the Telangana government has given its nod to conduct the trade union elections in the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC), after…
- Bangalore
Muslim leaders seek four more cabinet berths in Shivakumar govt
Hubballi: A section of Muslim religious leaders and community representatives has urged the Congress high command to provide greater representation to the Muslim community in the Karnataka cabinet headed by Chief Minister…
- World
Brazil set to join other Latin American countries with 40-hour, 5-day workweek
Sao Paulo: Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours as the lower house approved a constitutional amendment on Wednesday, May 27, establishing a 40-hour, five-day…
- India
Dark day for judiciary: Lawyers, Opposition react to SC’s order upholding SIR
New Delhi: An uproar followed the Supreme Court’s approval of the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with advocate Prashant Bhushan terming it a “dark day for the judiciary”…
- News
Advances free, fair polls: SC upholds Election Commission’s SIR drive
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, May 27, gave its stamp of approval to the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls – a large-scale exercise to…
- India
When crude oil prices fell, why did petrol, diesel become more expensive: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge attacked the Modi government on Tuesday, May 26, over the rising fuel prices and asked why relief was not provided to people when crude oil prices…
- Bollywood
When Salman Khan revealed why he does not contest elections
Mumbai: Bollywood hunk Salman Khan had once revealed why he does not stand up for elections. During his appearance on “The Kapil Sharma Show”, host Kapil Sharma asked the ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ actor,…
- Featured News
The Congress needs a ‘war room’
Some ideas arrive not as commentary but as diagnosis. Rohit Pajni’s “The Shape of Reality,” published on Substack, diagnoses institutional sclerosis. Pajni’s thesis is devastatingly precise. Organisations that achieve greatness, he argues,…
- India
Polls to 16 seats in Maharashtra legislative council on June 18
Mumbai: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday, May 18, announced that the biennial polls to 16 legislative council seats in Maharashtra from local authorities’ constituencies will be held on June…
- World
Polls open in UK local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer’s leadership
London: Polls have opened for midterm local and regional elections on Thursday, May 7, that could deliver a heavy blow to embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party is…
- Entertainment
Watch: Pooja Hegde predicted Thalapathy Vijay’s win in 2025 only
Hyderabad: South star Pooja Hegde, who has been making a strong comeback in films, recently expressed her excitement over actor Vijay’s historic victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Known for being…
