The meeting was chaired by national organisation secretary B.L. Santhosh. While Surendran is being backed by the faction headed by Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan, Ramesh has the support of former state BJP chief P.K. Krishnadas.
Polls opened at 7 am local time and concluded at 5 pm with overall voter turnout at "almost 80 per cent", the National Elections Commission said. In the northern districts, the turnout was as large as the previous election held in 2015 when Tamils opted to vote for the incumbent Maithripala Sirisena
President Adama Barrow returned triumphantly to Gambia on Thursday, nearly two months after winning an election disputed by the country's longtime dictator, to the cheers of hundreds of thousands who jammed the roads in welcome.
Washington:The White House on Wednesday said FIFA can benefit from "new leadership", after the resignation of the world soccer organisation's president, Joseph "Sepp" Blatter, amid a massive corruption scandal.White House spokesman Josh Earnest said at
Islamabad: Afghanistan's new president, Ashraf Ghani, has arrived in Pakistan for a two-day visit aimed at improving ties between the two neighbors often encumbered by mutual suspicion and accusations.Pakistani state-run television says national security adviser
Beirut: The Lebanese Parliament Thursday again failed to elect a new president to replace incumbent President Michel Suleiman due to the lack of the required constitutional quorum, thus leaving the country's top post still vacant.Parliament
Kiev: Ukrainians will go to polls Sunday to elect a new president after months of unrest in the country following the ousting of former president Viktor Yanukovych in February.The elections, which were earlier scheduled to
Paris, May 7: France handed the presidency to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden—a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Dec1: Kyrgyzstan has inaugurated a new president in the first peaceful transition of power in the former Soviet Central Asian nation.Almazbek Atambayev was sworn in as head of state in a ceremony Thursday
Mumbai, July 16: Mumbai Cricket Association would continue to be headed by a politician as Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh defeated former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar by a margin of 47 votes in a straight contest
Top News
Latest News
