elections
- India
EC’s updated list of disqualified persons has over 1000 people, maximum from Bihar
New Delhi: The Election Commission has updated the list of disqualified persons, having over 1000 people who have failed to submit the election expenditure report to the poll panel. Among all the…
- Opinions
J&K’s non-BJP political groups fear undermining of the role of natives in elections
Despite reports circulating in media about the Deputy Commissioner, Jammu Avny Lavasa, having withdrawn her order in which she had authorized the revenue authorities to list all those residing in the district…
- India
UP: AMU students threaten agitation if polls aren’t held
Aligarh: The students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have threatened to hold a massive agitation if the dates for the students’ union elections are not announced immediately. The elections have not been…
- India
Internal elections strengthen a party: Shashi Tharoor
Ahmedabad: Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said that he strongly believes that internal elections within the party makes the party strong, and that a strong Congress will make the country…
- Middle East
Israeli top court overturns election ban on Arab party
Jerusalem: The Israeli top court has overturned a ban preventing the Arab party of Balad from running in the country’s parliamentary elections due on November 1. The Supreme Court’s nine-judge panel unanimously…
- Politics
Contesting election for Congress president’s post to fight BJP-RSS: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said he is contesting the election for the party president’s post “to fight against the BJP and the RSS”. Kharge said the situation prevailing…
- India
Stalin calls upon DMK cadres to be prepared for 2024 Lok Sabha elections
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, who was re-elected as the DMK President for the second time on Sunday called upon the party cadres to work hard for winning all the…
- India
We will win elections hands down in Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi
Bengaluru: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday his party will win the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka hands down. The Gandhi scion, who is currently leading the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in…
- India
Bharat Jodo Yatra to take a break on Oct 17 for Congress prez poll
Karnataka: The Bharat Jodo Yatra, currently in its Karnataka leg, will take a break on October 17 in view of the Congress presidential poll. For the around 40 Pradesh Congress Committee delegates…
- India
‘Empty poll promises made by parties have far-reaching ramifications’: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday wrote to political parties to provide authentic information to the voters to assess the financial viability of their election promises and also sought their views…
- India
Withdrawal date not over, don’t know if there will be Cong prez poll on Oct 17: Jairam
Gundlupet: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said he does not know if there would be a party presidential election on October 17, as the last date for withdrawal of nomination…
- Middle East
Israeli elections panel bars Arab party from running in upcoming polls
Jerusalem: An Israeli-Arab party was disqualified from running in the country’s November elections over allegations of promoting an anti-Israel agenda. With nine members voting in favour and five against, Israel’s Central Elections…
- India
Shashi Tharoor to file nomination for post of Cong prez on Sept 30
New Delhi: Amid suspense over who could take on Shashi Tharoor in the Congress president polls, party’s central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry on Tuesday said AICC treasurer Pawan Kumar Bansal has…
- World
Italy’s right-wing coalition scores broad victory in parliamentary elections
Rome: A right-wing coalition scored a broad victory in Italy’s general election to form a new parliament, official results showed. As vote counting concluded in 99 per cent of polling stations across…
- Technology
TikTok to ban all political fundraising on its platform
San Francisco: Chinese short-form video app TikTok on Wednesday announced to ban political fundraising on its platform, just six weeks before the November midterm elections in the US. TikTok said that it…
