Presidential Election
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Maldives presidential poll results show country's firm commitment to democratic principles: MEA
India | Sep 24, 2018, 09:37 AM ISTOpposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won the Maldives' presidential election, results showed Monday, a surprise defeat for President Abdulla Yameen.
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Maldives presidential election: Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih triumphs
World | Sep 24, 2018, 09:39 AM ISTThe win was unexpected, and Solih’s supporters flooded the streets, hugging one another, waving the Maldivian flag, cheering and honking horns in celebration.
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Pakistan to hold presidential elections today
World | Sep 04, 2018, 10:53 AM ISTChief Election Commissioner Sardar Raza Khan will serve as the Returning Officer. Polling stations have been set up in all four provincial assemblies in addition to the National Assembly.
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Egypt: Sisi sworn in for second term in office
World | Jun 02, 2018, 04:55 PM ISTSisi took the oath in a packed house and in front of members of his government, after winning 97 percent of valid votes in the March presidential election
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Russian presidential elections: Putin storms to victory with vast margin
World | Mar 19, 2018, 10:49 AM ISTThe Russian strongman ran against seven other candidates, but his most vocal critic Alexei Navalny was barred from the ballot for legal reasons and the final outcome was never in doubt.
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Voting underway for Russian presidential election; Vladmir Putin's victory certain
World | Mar 18, 2018, 07:49 AM ISTPutin's victory isn't in doubt.The only real question is whether voters will turn out in big enough numbers to hand him a convincing mandate for his fourth term - and many Russian workers are facing intense pressure to do so.
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Republican-dominated House panel finds 'no evidence' of Trump-Russia election collusion
World | Mar 13, 2018, 09:06 AM ISTThe preliminary report issued by the majority Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee said that it did not find any evidence of collusion, coordination or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russians.
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Kremlin: Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s election boycott campaign may be illegal
World | Dec 26, 2017, 06:33 PM ISTThe Russian law doesn’t say calls for an election boycott are illegal, but authorities last year blocked access to several web-sites calling for the boycott.
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Russian officials bar Navalny from running for president
World | Dec 25, 2017, 10:12 PM ISTNavalny is implicitly barred from running for office because of a conviction in a fraud case which has been viewed as political retribution.
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Russian presidential election slated for March 18, Putin eyes fourth term
World | Dec 15, 2017, 04:05 PM ISTPresident Vladimir Putin, who has declared his intention to participate in the race as an independent candidate, is widely expected to win his fourth term.
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Street Artist’s official page shut down for posting ‘Hate Speech’ against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Who cares | Aug 14, 2017, 03:14 PM ISTLast week, Sabo plastered fake ads and posters around Google and YouTube offices in Venice, Calif. The 30-square feet ads were also plastered on bus stop benches.
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‘My win is message to those discharging their duties with integrity’: 10 quotes of President-elect Ram Nath Kovind
National | Jul 21, 2017, 08:16 AM ISTPresident-elect Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday said his election to the nation's highest post is a message to those discharging their duties with integrity.
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President Election Result: Take a look at vote percentage of elected Presidents of India
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The story of Presidential election in India
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Ram Nath Kovind vs Meira Kumar: MPs, MLAs to vote for Presidential election today
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Presidential elections 2017: Samajwadi Party a divided house again, cross-voting likely
National | Jul 17, 2017, 10:45 AM ISTThe Samajwadi Party appears divided on the eve of the presidential election with camps led by its patron Mulayam Singh Yadav and party chief Akhilesh Yadav all set to vote for rival candidates, triggering possibility of cross-voting
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Presidential poll: Opposition candidate Meira Kumar files nomination papers
National | Jun 28, 2017, 11:58 AM ISTOpposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar filed her nomination papers today in the presence of senior opposition leaders
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Sushma Swaraj targets Meira Kumar using video of her Speaker days, Congress hits back
National | Jun 26, 2017, 08:13 AM ISTThe Congress on Monday slammed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for targeting Opposition presidential nominee Meira Kumar, saying that the former should refrain from doing such things while holding a responsible position
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Amid BJP’s ‘show of strength’, Ram Nath Kovind files nomination for President
National | Jun 23, 2017, 12:55 PM ISTTop leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Chief Ministers from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan will come to Delhi to join Kovind as he files his nomination paper
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Presidential election 2017: Where NDA's Ram Nath Kovind and Opposition's Meira Kumar stand in the race
National | Jul 17, 2017, 10:36 AM ISTThe Congress-led opposition pitted Dalit leader Meira Kumar against NDA’s nominee Ram Nath Kovind for the highest constitutional office in the country