polls
- Technology
WhatsApp working to let users create polls in group chat
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is likely working on a new update that will allow users to create polls in chat. With this feature, which is under development, group participants will…
- India
MNS leader held for ‘raping’ party worker on promise of BMC poll ticket
Mumbai: A 43-year-old leader of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has been arrested after a party worker lodged a complaint that he raped her after promising a ticket for the upcoming Mumbai civic…
- Bangalore
AAP on expansion drive in Karnataka, sets sights on making a mark in BBMP polls
Bengaluru: The Aam Aadmi Party sees huge potential for growth and has embarked on setting foot in Karnataka by making inroads in the state’s political map. On the electoral front, the party’s…
- India
About 9K voters to elect Cong Prez; row over electoral list deepens
New Delhi: Over 9,000 Congress members would vote to elect the next party President, election for which would be held after a long gap 22 years on October 17. In the last…
- India
Kejriwal to announce another pre-poll `guarantee’ in Gujarat today
Ahmedabad: Continuing the Aam Aadmi Party’s aggressive campaign for the Gujarat Assembly polls, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be announcing another guarantee for voters on Friday in Devbhumi Dwarka district. The AAP…
- Politics
‘People free to speculate’: Shashi Tharoor on contesting Congress president polls
Thiruvananthapuram: Amid the buzz over his recent article in a Malayalam daily on the Congress presidential election, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said people are free to speculate whether he would…
- India
Lalu acquitted in 2015 poll code violation case
Hajipur: A court in Bihar’s Hajipur on Wednesday acquitted RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in a 2015 case pertaining to the former chief minister allegedly making caste-based remarks and violating the Model…
- World
Liz Cheney vows to keep battling Trump
Washington: US Representative Liz Cheney has vowed to keep up her fight against Donald Trump and his supporters despite her resounding loss at the polls to a diehard supporter the former President.…
- Telangana
TRS looks to turn ‘freebies’ debate into poll issue against BJP
Hyderabad: With an annual expenditure of about Rs 50,000 crore on welfare schemes, Telangana claims to be a role model for the entire country and it is no wonder that the state’s…
- India
Major reshuffle in Gujarat cabinet before polls
Gandhinagar: With a few months left for the Assembly elections in Gujarat, the state government made a major rejig in the cabinet on Saturday night. The Revenue Department has been taken away…
- Politics
AIMIM to contest municipal polls across Uttar Pradesh: Party’s state chief
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Thursday announced that the party would contest municipal elections across Uttar Pradesh. AIMIM UP president Shaukat Ali Khan said, “We were called for the meeting.…
- World
Biden’s approval rate dips to new low: Poll
Washington: US President Joe Biden’s job approval rating has fallen to 38 percent, the first time his rating has dropped below 40 percent, according to the latest Gallup poll. The survey revealed…
- India
Those aged above 17 can now register in advance to become voters: EC
New Delhi: In an effort to ensure greater participation of youth in polls, the Election Commission has decided that those above 17 years of age can now apply in advance to register…
- India
MP: Cong leader booked for accusing AIMIM of helping BJP in polls
Bhopal: An FIR was lodged against Madhya Pradesh Congress vice-president Abbas Hafeez as he called All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) a ‘B’ party of the BJP and accused its chief Asaduddin Owaisi of…
- India
Post-SC verdict, Maha readies for local bodies polls with OBC quotas
Mumbai: With the Supreme Court’s nod to the J.K. Banthia Commission Report on political reservations for Other Backward Class (OBC), Maharashtra has set the ball rolling to conduct the delayed elections to…
