Election
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BJP's victory in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council election historic: JP Nadda
India | Oct 26, 2020, 07:31 PM ISTBJP President JP Nadda on Monday termed BJP's victory in Leh Autonomous Hill Development Council election as historic after the party won 15 out of 26 seats. The election on 26 seats was held on Thursday. BJP, Congress, AAP and independent candidates had contested the elections.
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Kamal Nath writes letter to EC, urges for conducting fair Bihar elections
News | Oct 26, 2020, 06:13 PM ISTAddressing a press conference in Bhopal on October 26, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Congress leader Kamal Nath spoke ahead of Bihar polls.
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BJP wins 15 seats, Congress 9 in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council election
India | Oct 26, 2020, 06:25 PM ISTThe BJP has won 15 seats, Congress 9 and independent candidates 2 in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council election which took place on Thursday. BJP, Congress, AAP and 23 Independent candidates contested the polls for 26 seats.
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Bihar Assembly Poll: How is the poll fever in Khagaria? know from the public
News | Oct 22, 2020, 02:14 PM ISTIf we talk about Khagaria, in 2015, Poonam Devi Yadav won the election on JDU ticket.
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EVMs to be used for 1st time in Leh council polls
News | Oct 21, 2020, 09:01 PM ISTPolitical campaigning and rallies have been ended ahead of the Leh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) election scheduled to take place on October 22 in which people of the region are going to vote through Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) for
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Watch: Independent candidate rides on buffalo to file nomination in Darbhanga
Elections | Oct 19, 2020, 07:54 PM ISTOn October 19, an independent candidate rode on a buffalo on his way to file nomination paper in Bihar's Darbhanga.
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New Zealand General Election: Jacinda Ardern set to serve second term as PM after landslide victory
World | Oct 17, 2020, 04:21 PM ISTMarking a landslide victory in the New Zealand General Elections, incumbent Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is set to return for her second term as the head of the country.
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Sri Lanka issues strict health guidelines for election campaigning
World | Jul 18, 2020, 12:19 PM ISTThe Sri Lankan government has issued strict health guidelines for the campaigning for the August 5 parliamentary elections, days after the country's top poll body said it would be "extremely difficult" to conduct the polls as political leaders were defying safety measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19.
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Don't take voters for granted; even Indira, Atal had lost: Pawar
India | Jul 11, 2020, 11:42 AM ISTTaking aim at the BJP, NCP president Sharad Pawar has said that politicians should not take voters for granted as even powerful leaders like IndiraGandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee had been defeated in elections.
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ECI seeks report on condition of states to decide on elections
India | Jul 02, 2020, 07:41 AM ISTThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked for a detailed report from the election officials of the states where assembly elections or by-elections are to be held in the coming time.
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Karnataka Legislative Council polls to 7 seats on June 29
Elections | Jun 09, 2020, 03:28 PM ISTElections to seven seats of the Karnataka Legislative Council will be held on June 29, the poll panel announced on Tuesday.
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Thae Yong Ho becomes first North Korean defector to win parliamentary seat in South Korea
World | Apr 16, 2020, 01:01 PM ISTA high-profile North Korean defector won a constituency seat in the South Korean general elections, becoming the first person hailing from Pyongyang to be chosen directly by South Korean voters as their representative.
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Local body polls in Andhra Pradesh postponed amid COVID-19 crisis
India | Mar 15, 2020, 12:18 PM ISTThe Andhra Pradesh Election Commission on Sunday announced that the local body elections will be postponed for six weeks as the number of coronavirus cases rises in the country.
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Bernie Sanders vows to continue bid for presidential nomination
World | Mar 12, 2020, 10:04 AM ISTShrugging off a string of defeats in the Democratic party polls, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has vowed to continue his bid for the presidential nomination defying pressures to drop out and back former Vice President Joe Biden behind whom many party leaders are rallying.
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Outgoing Mumbai top cop Sanjay Barve given farewell
India | Feb 29, 2020, 12:49 PM ISTOutgoing Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Barve was given a farewell by his colleagues at Naigaon police station here on Saturday.
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Indian origin Irish PM Leo Varadkar's party pushed to 3rd place in general election
World | Feb 10, 2020, 07:15 PM ISTIreland's Indian-origin Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has suffered a huge setback in the general election as his liberal-conservative Fine Gael party took a battering in the face of an unprecedented surge in the fortunes of the nationalist party Sinn Fein.
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YouTube says won't allow 'deepfake' or 'birther' videos in election
World | Feb 04, 2020, 03:44 PM ISTThe Google-owned video service YouTube is reiterating that it won't allow election-related “deepfake” videos and anything that aims to mislead viewers about voting procedures and how to participate in the 2020 census.
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Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou becomes first woman president of Greece
World | Jan 22, 2020, 03:31 PM ISTEkaterini Sakellaropoulou, a high court judge has become Greece’s first female president. Sakellaropoulou, 63, has served as president of the Council of State, a top administrative court, for the past 15 months.
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Pakistani immigrant Neeta Sodha to contest in panchayat elections in Rajasthan
India | Jan 17, 2020, 09:52 AM ISTNeeta Sodha, a Pakistani immigrant who got Indian Citizenship four months back will be contesting panchayat elections in Rajasthan's Natwara.
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Nagpur Zilla Parishad result a huge boost for Congress in BJP stronghold
Elections | Jan 09, 2020, 09:05 AM ISTThe Congress-NCP alliance on Wednesday secured 40 out of the 58 Zilla Parishad seats in Nagpur, dislodging the ruling BJP from the district council. The Congress won 30 seats, while the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) bagged 10.