West Bengal elections: TMC 'betrayed' women, will be punished in assembly polls, says PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Trinamool Congress of betraying women by blocking a bill for 33% reservation in Parliament and sta...
19 Apr, 2026, 01.34 PM IST
Only four of 16 vice presidential elections were won without contestIndian vice presidential elections have seen both uncontested wins and multi-cornered fights. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan and Mohammad Hidayat...
23 Jul, 2025, 07.08 PM IST
2024 LS Polls: India keeps close watch as several neighbours head to pollsIndonesia President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, finishes his two-term Presidency this year. Jokowi's son is a vice-presidential candidate...
06 Jan, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
ECI chief Rajiv Kumar says it gives 'Agnipariksha' in every electionECI completed the milestone of having conducted 400 assembly polls in just concluded polls in three northeastern states -- Tripura, Meghala...
12 Mar, 2023, 06.26 PM IST
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha says, 'I will remain independent and will not join any other party'Yashwant Sinha, a bitter critic of the BJP, had joined the TMC in March 2021, days ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls. He had quit the...
26 Jul, 2022, 10.13 AM IST
India to get new President soon, counting of votes beginThe ballot boxes from various states have been sorted in an alphabetical order. The green-coloured ballot papers of the MPs from different ...
21 Jul, 2022, 02.49 PM IST
AIUDF to support Yashwant Sinha in presidential electionAIUDF legislator Aminul Islam, however, said his party will support the opposition candidate in the July 18 presidential poll even though t...
17 Jul, 2022, 04.41 PM IST
Presidential Poll: Candidate for the top post should be committed to the Constitution, says RJD’s Manoj Kumar JhaA meeting of Opposition leaders called by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to discuss a joint candidate for the upcoming presiden...
16 Jun, 2022, 09.26 PM IST
Too premature to comment on it: Gopalkrishna Gandhi on President candidate buzzSources said some Opposition leaders talked to Gandhi over the phone and urged him to consider their request for being the joint opposition...
15 Jun, 2022, 04.48 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee convenes meeting of opposition leaders, CMs on upcoming Presidential pollWith the Presidential poll round the corner, Banerjee has reached out to the opposition CMs and leaders to participate in the joint meeting...
11 Jun, 2022, 05.03 PM IST
Not a candidate for Presidential election: Sharad PawarThe sources said Pawar (80), a multiple-time CM of Maharashtra and a former Union minister, has rejected media reports about him becoming a...
14 Jul, 2021, 10.06 PM IST
Joe Biden, could be soft on China; not good for India: Donald Trump JrForty-two-year-old Donald Trump Jr is leading the re-election campaign of his 74-year-old father. The presidential elections in the US are ...
19 Oct, 2020, 08.17 AM IST
Presidential poll: Ministers, ally leaders to propose, second BJP nomineeA party leader said the BJP-led presidential candidate's name can be announced around June 20-21 and the nomination papers filed by June 23.
18 Jun, 2017, 07.47 PM IST
If history has its way, Presidential polls will see a contestOf the 14 presidential elections held in the country so far, the only one which saw a candidate getting elected without a contest was the s...
18 Jun, 2017, 07.36 PM IST
Russia wants India's EVM technology for its 2018 presidential electionMoscow is keen to learn from India's EVM technology experience ahead of the March 2018 presidential polls when Vladimir Putin will seek re-...
05 Apr, 2017, 01.05 AM IST
India refrains from commenting on charges in Afghan Presidential pollHowever, Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah's camp has termed these results as a "coup" against the people.
08 Jul, 2014, 08.05 PM IST
- President poll schedule to be announced shortly: CEC Sampath
The announcement on Presidential election schedule is due shortly, new Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath today said.
11 Jun, 2012, 03.21 PM IST