Election
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Congress wins students' union elections in Varanasi
Elections | Jan 09, 2020, 08:21 AM ISTThe student wing of the Congress, the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) registered a victory on all the four seats in the students' union elections in Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya in Varanasi. It defeated the RSS' student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
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Delhi to go to polls on Feb 8; results on Feb 11
Jan 06, 2020, 05:22 PM ISTDelhi Assembly elections 2020 will be held on February 8 and the counting of votes will take place on February 11, the Election Commission today announced.
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Israel calls for another general election on March 2, 2020
World | Dec 12, 2019, 10:36 AM ISTIsraelis will return to the ballot box for the third consecutive national election in 11 months on March 2, 2020 after the country's top leaders have again failed to build a governing coalition.
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Thorough inquiry should be made: P Chidambaram on Hyderabad encounter
India | Dec 06, 2019, 04:56 PM ISTThe Congress leader was in the city to take part in the party's poll campaign. "This election in Jharkhand will mark an important turning point -- the BJP on the one side and the secular- progressive parties on the other. Eighty-one members will run the state and I appeal to the people of Jharkhand to remain focused on who will be these 81 people," he said. Urging the people of the state to vote for the opposition alliance, he said the Congress has dented the BJP in Haryana and denied it power in Maharashtra.
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Bengal by-poll: Counting begins in three constituencies
Elections | Nov 28, 2019, 09:08 AM ISTAround 78 per cent of over seven lakh electorate had cast their votes in the by-polls to Kaliaganj, Karimpur and Kharagpur Sadar Assembly seats where 18 candidates were in the fray.
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Religious polarisation, NRC key factors in upcoming West Bengal bypolls
Elections | Nov 24, 2019, 10:04 PM ISTReligious polarisation, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the vote-catching capacity of a renewed Congress-Left Front alliance could be the game changers as principal rivals Trinamool Congress and the BJP battle it out in the bypolls to three Assembly seats in West Bengal to be held on Monday.
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Democrats respond to Obama's 2020 election warning
World | Nov 18, 2019, 11:43 AM ISTObama, who was in office from 2009 to 2017, said "ordinary Americans" didn't want to "completely tear down the system".
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We are willing to form government says, Aaditya Thackeray
Politics | Nov 11, 2019, 09:29 PM IST"We did not get more time, but our claim to form government has not been rejected," says Aaditya Thackeray in a press conference after his meet with Maharashtra Governor BS Koshyari. He said that Congress-NCP have agreed in-principle to support
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Shiv Sena can form the government, says Sanjay Raut
News | Nov 08, 2019, 07:03 PM ISTUddhav Thackeray maintains that there was a 50-50 agreement, says Sanjay Raut
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Ivanka Trump to AP: Impeachment aimed at undoing 2016 election results
World | Nov 08, 2019, 03:55 PM ISTIvanka Trump is weighing in on the House impeachment inquiry of her father from half a world away in Morocco. President Donald Trump’s daughter and White House adviser tell The Associated Press she shares her father’s view that the impeachment investigation is about “overturning the results of the 2016 election.”
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Election security is top priority: Heads of US agencies, depts
World | Nov 06, 2019, 06:32 AM ISTThe top officials asserted that the government will defend democracy and maintain transparency with the American public about its efforts.
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Jharkhand Elections: Results to be declared on December 23
Elections | Nov 01, 2019, 06:49 PM ISTJharkhand elections will be carried out in 5 phases. First phase will be conducted on November 30.
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BJP legislative party meeting on Saturday, party claims majority
Oct 25, 2019, 04:22 PM ISTThe BJP legislative party will meet on Saturday to elect its leader, a formality as the party has already decided that Khattar will head the next government. Khattar said he has got letters of support from Independent MLAs expressing confidence that he will prove his majority in the floor of the House
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I have openly said that I extend my support to BJP: MLA Ranjit Chautala
Politics | Oct 25, 2019, 12:43 PM ISTRanjit Singh, independent candidate from Haryana's Rania constituency, at Haryana Bhawan in Delhi: I have openly said that I extend my support to Bharatiya Janata Party
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Haryana CM ML Khattar arrives at Haryana Bhawan in Delhi
Politics | Oct 25, 2019, 12:43 PM ISTSardar Nishant Singh, Haryana JJP president: We have invitation from both the sides. We'll take our decision only after discussing with our elected candidates. If there is no clear majority for BJP, obviously the mandate is against them.
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Home Minister Amit Shah holds a meeting at his residence
News | Oct 25, 2019, 09:24 AM ISTDelhi: BJP Working President JP Nadda, Party Haryana In-charge Anil Jain, & B L Santhosh leave from the residence of Party President Amit Shah, after holding a meeting.
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Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly Election Results 2019 Counting of votes today
Elections | Oct 24, 2019, 08:42 AM ISTAssembly election results for Maharashtra and Haryana would be out today as the counting of votes is set to begin at 8 am. Though the vote-counting is likely to be completed by 5 PM, the leads and trails in various assembly constituencies would soon
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Assembly Polls 2019: 6% polling till 9 am in Maharashtra, 9% in Haryana
Elections | Oct 21, 2019, 10:50 AM ISTVoter turnout till 9 AM in Haryana Ambala - 2.93% Yamunanagar - 6.20% Kurukshetra - 2.95% Panipat - 4.07%
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Assembly Election 2019: Bhupinder Singh Hooda confident of Congress victory in Haryana
Elections | Oct 21, 2019, 10:50 AM ISTAs voting began for 90 assembly constituencies in Haryana, former Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda says that Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) are not competition
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Maharashtra Assembly Polls: Actress Lara Dutta and Kiran Rao cast their votes in Mumbai
Elections | Oct 21, 2019, 09:52 AM ISTMaharashtra Assembly Polls: Actress Lara Dutta and Kiran Rao cast their votes in Mumbai