Presidential Elections
- World
US judge rejects Trump’s attempt to derail 2020 election probe
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump’s attempt to derail an investigation into his alleged meddling in the 2020 presidential election in the state of Georgia has been rejected by a judge, the…
- World
Mike Pence to announce 2024 election bid next week: Report
Washington: Former US Vice President Mike Pence will announce his bid for the 2024 US presidential election next week — the latest to join an increasingly crowded field for the Republican Party’s…
- World
Erdogan wins Turkey’s presidential runoff
Nicosia: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proved to the world once again that he is too hard to die politically. On Sunday’s runoff election, he got 52.14 per cent against 47.86 per…
- Middle East
Voting begins in Turkey’s first-ever presidential runoff
Ankara: Voting starts in Turkey’s presidential runoff on Sunday in which incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his leading contender Kemal Kilicdaroglu race for the presidency. The polls opened at 8 am…
- World
Erdogan calls to refrain from early vote announcement as count underway
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged to avoid “hastily” announcing the presidential election’s results as the counting of votes is still underway. While the presidential election was held in such…
- World
Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy announces 2024 presidential bid
Washington: Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has launched his 2024 presidential bid with a promise to “put merit back” and end dependence on China, becoming the second community member to enter the Republican…
- World
Bangladesh to hold presidential election by Feb 23: Poll body
Dhaka: Bangladesh will hold the presidential election by February 23, the country’s poll body announced. The announcement was made by the Election Commission (EC) Secretary Md Jahangir Alam at a news conference…
- World
‘They tried to bury me and I am here’: Brazil’s new Prez Lula
From being imprisoned and banned from contesting elections in 2018 to winning over the far-right leader Jair Bolsanaro, Brazil’s new President-elect Lula da Silva on October 31 scripted a dramatic come back.…
- Bangalore
Cong prez poll: Party’s Karnataka unit celebrates Kharge’s win
Bengaluru: The Karnataka unit of Congress on Wednesday celebrated the victory of veteran party leader from the state, Mallikarjun Kharge, in the Congress presidential election — polling for which was held on…
- India
Congress presidential polls: Voting ends in Kharge vs Tharoor contest
New Delhi: Voting ended on Monday in the Congress presidential poll as senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor faced off for the post of All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief. Over…
- India
After losing UN Secy general race in 2006, Tharoor faces opposition from Congress
Thiruvananthapuram: If in 2006, Shashi Tharoor suffered a jolt when the US vetoed his candidature to the UN Secretary general post, 16 years later his political fate in India will be decided…
- India
It’s secret ballot, no one will know who voted for whom: Tharoor on Cong prez poll
Thiruvananthapuram: In an apparent bid to encourage more Congress delegates to vote for him as he makes an aggressive bid for the party’s top post, senior leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said…
- India
Writing letters to Soniaji, only major contribution: Vallabh slams Tharoor
New Delhi: Congress leader Gourav Vallabh on Thursday hit out at Shashi Tharoor over his probable AICC president poll bid, saying his “only major contribution” to the party was to send letters to…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Congress Prez election on Sept 16
Raichur: The election for the post of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President (KPCC) will be held on September 16, chief of the party’s state unit, D K Shivakumar said on Monday. Addressing…
- India
About 9K voters to elect Cong Prez; row over electoral list deepens
New Delhi: Over 9,000 Congress members would vote to elect the next party President, election for which would be held after a long gap 22 years on October 17. In the last…
