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NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday approved the decision of the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court directing Maharashtra State Election Commission to declare results of all civic body elections on completion of next round of voting on Dec 20, and clarified that announcement of the results would not be postponed further due to pendency…
Bihar is all set for the second and final phase of assembly elections on Tuesday, November 11, with the stakes high for both the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc. The electoral fate of 1,302 candidates, including over half a dozen ministers in the Nitish Kumar-led government, will be decided by 3.7 crore voters…
Representational image (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Polling for the high-stakes by-election in the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency in Telangana will take place on Monday. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of sitting BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath earlier this year. The seat has drawn intense attention from all three major parties Congress, BRS, and…
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Wednesday accused right-wing leaders of voting in more than one state, calling it “proof of vote theft.”The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and Congress claimed that Rajya Sabha MP and RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha had voted in both the Delhi and Bihar elections. Brazilian Model ‘Sweety’ Surfaces…
NEW DELHI: Independent MP Pappu Yadav on Thursday once again expressed his discontent over Tejashwi Yadav being considered as the potential chief ministerial candidate of the Mahagathbandhan, despite having supported the alliance. He firmly said, “voting will be done on Rahul Gandhi‘s picture.”His remarks come ahead of a key Mahagathbandhan press conference, in which RJD,…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday issued detailed instructions to ensure proper voter identification ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, including special arrangements for women in burqa or purdah, amid heightened scrutiny over electoral rolls and voter verification.In a press note, the poll body said, “To encourage participation of ‘purdanasheen’…
EC to declare Bihar polls soon NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Bihar assembly polls expected by late October, the election commission (EC) on Saturday held a meeting with all recognised political parties to discuss key aspects of the upcoming polls, including election dates and phases. The meeting was chaired by chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar…
NEW DELHI: Actor-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief Vijay claimed that the DMK has underground dealings with the BJP, suggesting that voting for the DMK is effectively voting for the BJP. TVK leader Vijay conducted a campaign in Namakkal on Saturday, where thousands of supporters had gathered since the morning. Even five individuals fainted in…
