Presidential Elections
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Trump, MAGA Republicans 'determined to destroy American democracy', says Biden at poll fundraiser
World | Sep 20, 2023, 12:05 AM ISTTrump, who is the Republican frontrunner for the 2024 elections, is facing four criminal indictments on charges including attempts to overturn 2020 election results.
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US special counsel requests gag order on Trump in election interference case; ex-president reacts
World | Sep 16, 2023, 06:19 PM ISTThe 19-page gag order has included inflammatory posts made by Trump on his platform, Truth Social, where he called Judge Tanya Chutkan a "radical Obama hack".
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'I think he's great..' Will Indian American Vivek Ramaswamy become Trump's vice president candidate?
World | Aug 31, 2023, 08:04 PM IST"I think he's great. Look, anybody that said I'm the best president in a generation... I have to like a guy like that," Trump said in an interview.
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Indian-American presidential candidate Vivek bats for THIS famous person as adviser if elected
World | Aug 27, 2023, 09:37 PM ISTRamaswamy is directly competing against former US President Donald Trump, although he has expressed admiration for his policies when he was in power.
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US: Donald Trump's campaign team raises $7.1 million in funds following his historic mugshot
World | Aug 27, 2023, 05:30 PM ISTTrump's legal battles have been used as a fundraising boon for his presidential campaign for 2024 elections and have failed to damage his prospects among his Republicans rivals.
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Indian-American Varoon Modak to serve as ballot access counsel for Biden-Harris re-election campaign
World | Aug 17, 2023, 05:26 PM ISTModak is tasked to oversee the campaign's delegate selection process and finding ways to engage with Biden-Harris supporters.
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'Sounds rigged to me...' Donald Trump's reaction on his 4th indictment ahead of 2024 US election
World | Aug 15, 2023, 04:29 PM ISTTrump's political campaign team on Monday called Fulton County Fani Willis, who announced the indictment, a 'rabid partisan' fundraising on a platform to prosecute the former President through 'bogus indictments'.
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United States: Indian-origin Hirsh Vardhan Singh announces bid for 2024 presidential elections
World | Jul 30, 2023, 12:15 PM ISTPrior to Singh, former South Carolina Governor Haley, and millionaire entrepreneur Ramaswamy announced their candidacy from the Republican Party for the top US post earlier this year.
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Presidential election: Sonia Gandhi reaches out to Mamata, Sharad Pawar, other Oppn leaders
India | Jun 12, 2022, 12:57 AM ISTWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to opposition leaders, requesting them to attend a meeting convened by her on June 15 in New Delhi to prepare a joint strategy for the upcoming presidential poll.
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Presidential election will be held on July 18; counting of votes, if needed, on July 21
India | Jun 09, 2022, 05:01 PM ISTThe Election Commission said that 4,809 members of the electoral college, comprising MPs and MLAs, are set to elect the successor to incumbent Ram Nath Kovind.
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US National Guard called out amid Portland protests
News | Nov 05, 2020, 06:57 PM ISTIn Portland, Oregon, which has been a scene of regular protests for months, Gov. Kate Brown called out the National Guard as demonstrators engaged in what authorities said was widespread violence downtown, including smashing windows.
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Harris blasts Trump on COVID, health care
News | Nov 02, 2020, 07:03 PM ISTSenator Kamala Harris, the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, campaigned in Goldsboro and Fayetteville, North Carolina on Sunday, two cities with a large share of Black voters.
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Joe Biden calls Trump the country’s ‘first’ racist president
World | Jul 23, 2020, 07:31 AM ISTJoe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was the country’s “first” racist president. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comments came during a virtual town hall organized by the Service Employees International Union.
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US Election 2020: Is America ready for gay president? Iowa casts vote
World | Oct 23, 2020, 06:55 PM ISTThe first answer will come in Iowa, a state where the 37-year-old South Bend, Indiana, the mayor has campaigned frequently and spent heavily. So far, Democratic voters here seem to say that Buttigieg’s sexual orientation is immaterial.
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Pakistan to hold presidential elections tomorrow
World | Sep 03, 2018, 02:38 PM ISTTenure of outgoing President Mamnoon Hussain comes to an end on September 8. He had declined for re-election to a second 5-year term.
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Pakistan presidential election to be held on September 4
World | Aug 16, 2018, 01:57 PM ISTAccording to the schedule issued by the Election Commission, nomination papers for the presidential polls can be filed with the presiding officers in Islamabad and the four provinces by August 27.
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny arrested for staging nationwide protests
World | Jan 28, 2018, 06:25 PM ISTOpposition politician Alexey Navalny called for nationwide protests following Russia’s Central Election Commission’s decision to ban his presidential candidacy.
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Presidential polls: Will contest on plank of social justice, not on caste, says Meira Kumar
National | Jun 27, 2017, 03:57 PM ISTMeira Kumar said that the presidential election should not be fought on the basis of caste and vowed to contest the polls on the plank of democratic values, inclusiveness and social justice.
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Presidential poll: Prakash Ambedkar emerges as top choice of Left Parties
National | Jun 21, 2017, 06:01 PM ISTPrakash Ambedkar, former Lok Sabha member from Akola in Maharashtra and grandson of B R Ambedkar, is emerging as the top choice of Left parties for the presidential election. He is also the leader of Bharip Bahujan Mahasangh.
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Cong isolated as JDU confirms support to Kovind, to skip opposition meet tomorrow
National | Jun 21, 2017, 11:30 PM ISTBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday decided to support NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind.