Chennai, May 26 : The AIADMK has announced former state minister C.Ve.Shanmugam and R.Dharmar, the party’s former Ramanathapuram District Secretary, as its candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections. The announcement...

Bengaluru, May 24 : The BJP leadership on Tuesday announced its candidates for the June 3 state Legislative Council polls. It, however, denied ticket to former Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa’s son...

New Delhi, May 24 : The BJP on Tuesday announced five candidates for biennial elections of the Karnataka Legislative Council, which includes four MLAs and one from Teachers’ Constituency. In...

Chennai, May 20 : The AIADMK is still undecided on the selection of its candidates for the two Rajya Sabha seats that it will get from the six which are...

Hyderabad, May 18 : Hetero Drugs Chairman and Managing Director Bandi Parthasaradhi Reddy, Gayatri Group of Companies’ chief promoter Vaddiraju Ravi Chandra, and Telangana Publications Private Ltd Chairman and Managing...

Amaravati, May 17 : Andhra Pradesh’s ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Tuesday announced four candidates for Rajya Sabha, surprisingly picking two of them from neighbouring Telangana. The party has...

Nairobi, May 17 : Kenya’s two leading contenders for the presidency during the general elections, slated for August 9, have named their running mates, as they brace themselves for a...

Chennai, May 15 : Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK has released the list of three candidates for Rajya Sabha seats from the state it will contest in the coming biennial polls....

Bhopal, May 11 : The Madhya Pradesh unit of Congress on Wednesday announced that the party will give 27 per cent tickets to OBC candidates for the local body elections...

Mogadishu, May 11 : Somalia’s joint parliamentary committee responsible for organising the presidential election said it has registered 39 candidates who will take part in the polls scheduled for Sunday....

Manila, May 8 : Philippine presidential candidates have wrapped up a fiesta-like campaign period of 90 days for Monday’s general election that decides the next six years of this Southeast...

By Saiyed Moziz Imam ZaidiNew Delhi, May 8 : Two months ahead of the election, the contest to choose the next occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhavan has yet to pick...

By Venkatachari JagannathanChennai, May 8 : The stance of major political parties in Tamil Nadu with regard to the ensuing Presidential elections mainly depends on the candidates fielded by BJP...

New Delhi, May 8 : The BJP on Sunday announced candidates for the bypolls in Kerala and Odisha. The BJP has fielded Radharani Panda from Brajarajnagar in Odisha and A.N.Radhakrishnan...

Chandigarh, May 5 : Announcing a recruitment drive on completion of 50 days of the AAP government, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday reiterated his government’s commitment to give...

Bengaluru, May 1 : The Karnataka Police have arrested 12 candidates in connection with the Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) recruitment scandal, police said on Sunday.The scandal has created ripples in the...

Patna, April 25 : The education department has detected alleged fraud by 445 candidates during recruitment of primary teachers in Bihar. The frauds were unearthed during the checking of documents...

Lausanne, Switzerland, April 23 : Following comprehensive eligibility checks and skills assessment, the International Boxing Association (IBA) has published the list of candidates for the upcoming election to positions on...

Patna, April 7 : The 2022 Bihar MLC elections saw embarrassment for prominent leaders of the state after their party’s candidates lost the polls in their strongholds. JD-U national President...

Patna, April 7 : While RJD national president Lalu Prasad Yadav did the politics of MY equation (Muslim-Yadav equation) and ruled the state for 15 years, his son Tejashwi is...

Patna, April 7 : RJD candidates close to Tejashwi Yadav in Vaishali on Thursday lost the Bihar Legislative Council polls held on April 4. Counting of votes for 24 MLC...

Guwahati, April 4 : After its success in the Punjab Assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is seeking to expand its base in the northeastern region and has fielded...

Mumbai, March 27 : Defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) may have started the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR),...

Chandigarh, March 24 : All five Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates from Punjab for the equal number of Rajya Sabha seats were elected unopposed on Thursday, Returning Officer-cum-Assembly Secretary, Surinder...

Baghdad, March 24 : A new parliamentary bloc led by Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s Sadrist Movement announced the nomination of Rebar Ahmed Khalid and Jaafar al-Sadr for the posts...

Lucknow, March 23 : The nomination papers of three Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates have been rejected for the MLC (local bodies) elections for two seats in Etah-Mathura-Mainpuri and one in...

Chandigarh, March 21 : The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced the names of its candidates for the elections of five Rajya Sabha seats in Punjab. Former cricketer Harbhajan...

Lucknow, March 21 : The Samajwadi Party (SP) has alleged that the BJP workers, with the support of police and administrative officials, is trying to prevent the SP candidates from...

Bhubaneswar, March 14 : Over 6,400 candidates remain in the fray for election to urban local bodies (ULBs) in Odisha. According to the State Election Commission (SEC), after withdrawal of...

New Delhi, March 14 : The Supreme Court on Monday said that prescribing a minimum age limit for the selection of district judges is not contrary to the Constitution, as...

New Delhi, March 10 : Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, there were several prominent candidates, including its own, who dominated the...

New Delhi, March 10 : The chief ministerial candidates of the BJP, Congress and AAP faced defeat in the Uttarakhand Assembly polls. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami lost to...

New Delhi, March 9 : The upper age limit for all candidates appearing in undergraduate medical entrance exam NEET-UG has been removed, it was announced on Wednesday. “It has been...

Panaji, March 8 : A get-together at a popular resort in Goa ostensibly to celebrate former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat’s birthday may well be the beginning of a long spell...

New Delhi, March 6 : Now candidates contesting Municipal Polls in Delhi can spend up to Rs 8 lakh for campaigning, as the State Election Commission of India has increased...

Bhubaneswar, March 5 : The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced candidates for the mayor post in three municipal corporations — Bhubaneswar,...

New Delhi, March 4 : The Election Commission of India has sought Uttar Pradesh Election Commission’s response on a plea seeking cancellation of candidature of all AIMIM candidates over non-compliance...

Chennai, March 4 : With the indirect election to the mayor and deputy mayor candidates taking place on Friday, the DMK alliance has chosen people from diverse backgrounds as mayors....

Lucknow, March 3 : The seventh and final phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh has 28 per cent criminal candidates. According to an analysis report released by the Association...

New Delhi, March 2 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a plea seeking registration of FIRs and disqualification of candidates belonging to various political parties, for offering...

Panaji, March 1 : After unprecedented party hopping by Goa legislators from 2017 to 2022, a well-known Catholic priest in Goa, Fr Eremito Rebello, on Tuesday, warned candidates who would...

Lucknow, Feb 27 : More and more politicians are now displaying their love for firearms.A scrutiny of affidavits filed by candidates in Lucknow and Prayagraj reveals their penchant for weapons....

Imphal, Feb 26 : In an unprecedented development, militant outfit Kuki National Organisation (KNO), which is under Suspension of Operation (SoO), announced support to all the candidates of the ruling...