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- Pakistan
Exiled former Pak PM Nawaz likely to return, lead poll campaign: Minister
London: In exile since 2019, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) supremo Nawaz Sharif is likely return to Pakistan, Geo News reported, adding that once back, he may chair the party’s parliamentary board for…
- Hyderabad
Telangana unit Cong in-charge stresses need for unity in view of polls
Hyderabad: Aiming to end the infighting and forge unity in the Congress party in Telangana ahead of this year’s Assembly elections, the new in-charge for the party in the state Manikrao Thakare…
- Bangalore
PM Modi to kick off poll campaign in Kalyan Karnataka region on Jan 19
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s ruling BJP is all set to kick-off its poll campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections in the Kalyan Karnataka region with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on January 19 to…
- India
Poll schedule for 3 NE states to be announced by Jan 19
Agartala: The schedule for the assembly election in three northeastern states — Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya — is likely to be announced by January 19 by the Election Commission in Delhi, officials…
- India
Kerala’s ruling CPI-M announces state-wide yatra against Centre
Thiruvananthapuram: In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Kerala’s CPI-M-led Left government appears to be the first to be out on the streets as it on Friday announced a statewide…
- India
BJP will face polls in Karnataka with development report card: Nadda
Tumakuru: Bharatiya Janata Party president J.P. Nadda has stated that his party would go to the elections with a report card on the development of Karnataka. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created…
- India
Adityanath welcomes Supreme Court order on local body polls
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on civic body elections in Uttar Pradesh and said his government will cooperate in holding the polls within the apex court…
- India
SC agrees to hear UP govt’s plea on urban local body polls on Jan 4
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Wednesday a plea filed by Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court judgment on conducting the urban local body polls…
- India
OBC quota in UP urban local body polls: Allahabad HC to deliver verdict on Dec 27
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Saturday completed its hearing on the issue of urban local body elections that has been stayed for a fortnight. The bench said it…
- India
RLD MLA sentenced to jail for 15 days for violating prohibitory orders during 2017 polls
Muzaffarnagar: A special court here on Wednesday sentenced RLD MLA from Purqazi assembly constituency Anil Kumar to imprisonment for 15 days for violation of the model code of conduct for elections. Prosecution…
- Technology
Musk poll reveals 57% people want him to step down as Twitter CEO
New Delhi: In a dramatic turn of events, a Twitter poll by its owner Elon Musk on Monday revealed that a whopping 57 per cent of those who voted wants him to…
- Technology
“Should I step down as head of Twitter?” asks Musk, majority say “yes”
Washington: Judging by the outcome of the poll that Twitter CEO Elon Musk asked for on the microblogging site, he is on his way out of Twitter. Within a few minutes of…
- Politics
Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil to contest 2023 polls from JD(S) bastion Ramanagara
Ramanagara: JD(S) leadership on Saturday named former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s son and party’s youth wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy as candidate from its bastion of Ramanagara constituency, for the 2023 Assembly…
- World
Peru’s new President seeks early polls amid intensified protests
Lima: Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte said she plans to meet the Congressional Constitution Committee to “shorten the timeframe” for holding the early general elections as deadly protests have intensified across the…
- India
CM Bommai visits ‘jinxed’ Karnataka dist ahead of polls, wins appreciation
Chamarajanagar: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s visit to the supposedly “jinxed” district of Chamarajanagar in the state on Tuesday has won appreciation from progressive thinkers and netizens. It is widely believed that…
