presidential polls
- World
Sri Lanka presidential poll heads to second round; Wickremesinghe out
Colombo: In a historic first, Sri Lanka’s presidential election on Sunday, September 22, went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over 50 percent of the vote needed to…
- Middle East
Iran’s supreme leader calls for high turnout in upcoming presidential poll
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has emphasised the significance of a strong turnout in the country’s upcoming presidential election, scheduled for Friday. He made the remarks on Tuesday in an address…
- Pakistan
Pak Presidential polls: Asif Ali Zardari, Mahmood Achakzai file nomination papers
Islamabad: PPP and the PML-N joint candidate Asif Ali Zardari and PTI backed Sunni Ittehad Council’s candidate Mahmood Khan Achakzai have filed nominations for the presidential polls in Pakistan, scheduled on March…
- World
Case against Indian-origin lawyer for online posts during Singapore presidential polls
Singapore: Singapore’s election authority has lodged a police report against an Indian-origin suspended lawyer and a local activist of Chinese origin for publishing multiple posts on social media during the cooling-off period…
- India
Mistry slams Tharoor over allegations of ‘irregularities’ in Cong prez poll
New Delhi: Congress’s central election authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry on Thursday accused Shashi Tharoor’s team of having two faces — one for the party’s poll body and one for the media —…
- India
Cong prez poll: Rahul casts his vote in Karnataka’s Ballari
Ballary: Rahul Gandhi cast his vote for the party presidential election from the Sanganakallu village in Karnataka’s Ballari district on Monday. Gandhi, who is leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra, cast his vote…
- India
Embrace change, show courage: Shashi Tharoor in final appeal to Cong electors
New Delhi: Calling on electors to show courage to “embrace change”, Congress’ presidential polls candidate Shashi Tharoor on Sunday asserted that in the change he envisions, the party’s “values and loyalties” will…
- India
Tharoor’s ‘netagiri’ jibe at Kharge camp on eve of Cong president polls
Lucknow: Congress presidential poll candidate Shashi Tharoor on Sunday took a veiled dig at the Kharge camp saying some colleagues were “indulging in ‘netagiri’ and telling party workers” that they know whom…
- India
Congress prez poll: ‘No animosity with Kharge’, says Tharoor
Guwahati: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor who is contesting for the post of party president election which is scheduled to be held on October 17, on Saturday said there was no animosity with…
- Politics
Won’t withdraw nomination for Congress presidential poll: Tharoor
Chennai: Congress leader and Member of Parliament from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said he will not withdraw his nomination for the post of Congress party president for which election is scheduled…
- India
Challenge for Congress leaders to remain neutral in presidential polls
New Delhi: In run up to elections for the party President, top Congress leaders face a challenge as the party has asked them, especially the office-bearers to remain neutral between the two…
- India
Withdrawal date not over, don’t know if there will be Cong prez poll on Oct 17: Jairam
Gundlupet: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said he does not know if there would be a party presidential election on October 17, as the last date for withdrawal of nomination…
- India
G23 meet sparks possibility of third candidate in Congress president poll
New Delhi: With the process of the Congress president election gathering pace ahead of the last day of filing nominations, some G-23 leaders held a meeting on Thursday evening at the residence…
- India
Gehlot meets Sonia ahead of Cong president’s poll notification
New Delhi: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday met Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi. The meeting lasted for two hours, and after the meeting he is leaving for Kerala to join…
- Politics
Ambiguity continues over Rahul Gandhi’s contesting Congress’ presidential poll
New Delhi: With a few days left for the election for the post of Congress’ President, the ambiguity over Rahul Gandhi contesting the poll continues. The party had announced that the election…
