Tag: Elections
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Democracy protests, trade war leave Hong Kong’s economy in extreme difficulties
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters came back to streets on Sunday for a series of marches and rallies after a rare period of calm in nearly six months of unrest.
December 2, 2019 -
Rapid voting in the first phase of Jharkhand polls on 13 seats
As many as 189 candidates are in the fray for the 13 seats. The candidates’ fate will be decided by 37,83,055 voters.
November 30, 2019 -
Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of ‘continuous aggression’ in Israel amid corruption indictment
Last week, in a rare confirmation of such operations, Israel said its warplanes carried out a "very intense" attack against Iranian forces and Syrian army targets in Syria.
November 25, 2019 -
Jharkhand elections: ‘Will Win With 1 Lakh Votes’ says CM Raghubar Das
Asserting that the people would vote for the BJP following the development works and good governance in the last five years, Raghubar Das said the BJP had won 14 assembly constituencies in the Kolhan region in the last polls.
November 19, 2019 -
As onion prices soar Centre assures states of ample and immediate supply
Nafed, which holds the Central buffer, has been directed to distribute onions in Delhi through stores of Safal, Mother Dairy, the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation (NCCF) and its own outlets at a fixed rate of not more than Rs 24 per kilo.
September 27, 2019 -
Israel elections: Political deadlock confirmed after near-complete poll results
The results from Israel's election committee showed Gantz's party with 33 seats and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud with 31.
September 20, 2019 -
UP BJP set for organisational rejig ahead of bypolls
The exercise will be carried out in all Assembly segments in order to reshuffle the party organisation for the 2022 Assembly elections.
August 27, 2019 -
Karzai opposes Afghan presidential polls amid Taliban talks
Karzai said he favoured no one among the candidates and instead encouraged them to forget about elections and join their hands for success of the peace process.
August 1, 2019 -
‘Will fight all future elections on our own’: Mayawati confirms end of SP-BSP alliance
In a series of tweets in Hindi, Mayawati said her party was compelled to take the decision following SP's attitude after Lok Sabha polls.
June 24, 2019 -
FIR against BSP MP for giving false affidavit during polls
District Magistrate Gyan Prakash Tripathi said the action has been taken after report of DIG, Election cell that mentions that he had 24 cases against him.
June 23, 2019 -
Have never used my caste for support in elections: PM Modi
BSP supremo Mayawati had on 10 May said that the PM is not an “OBC by birth”.
May 14, 2019 -
Public policy & democracy: Different perspectives, different approaches
At a time when the world is witnessing India's electoral process underway, the country's democratic foundations are seen to be reinforced once more. Yet one cannot help but wonder whether the true meaning of democracy has percolated among the people. Exploring the views of those associated with the domain on the subject of this dynamic and challenging sphere
April 19, 2019 -
Facebook restricts external agencies from checking political ads: Report
Facebook's move comes in a year when over a third of the world's population has the opportunity to vote, with elections across the EU, India, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Israel and Ukraine to name a few.
January 28, 2019 -
PM Modi a ‘hollow man’ spending ‘tonnes of money’ to win polls: Chandrababu Naidu
Naidu also released a 'white paper' on 'implementation' of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 and the 'connected assurances', in AP capital Amaravati, targeting primarily the PM.
December 24, 2018 -
India to send observers to Bangladesh for elections
The team of observers has been deputed by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora. The observers would be travelling to Bangladesh from 28-31 December.
December 20, 2018 -
Oppn ‘mahagathbandhan’ an illusion; BJP will win in 2019: Shah
State polls can't be linked to Lok Sabha poll results as both elections are fought on separate issues, Shah said.
December 19, 2018 -
Hand plucks the Lotus
There was a near-total absence of truckloads of cash, sewing machines, sarees, bicycles, laptops, etc. as 'incentive' to voters. Evidently, voters did not evince much interest in such 'incentives'. A related issue was the minimal violence by political party goons since voters were tightlipped in all surveys and there was no way of gauging their political preferences and prejudices to beat them into submission beforehand.
December 16, 2018