Myanmar has begun voting in its first general election since the military seized power in a coup in February 2021, an event the ruling junta presents as a return to democratic order after years of turmoil. Polling started on December 28 in the first of three phases and will run through January, even as a […]
Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to be endorsed by Donald Trump Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud is trailing former Israel Defence Forces (IDF) chief Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition Yashar party ahead of the October 27 parliamentary elections, according to a pre-election survey, raising the prospect of a setback for the veteran leader.Although neither side is projected […]
A group of Congress workers and another group of rebels supported by the CPI(M) engaging in a scuffle outside the Government Higher Secondary School for Boys, Parayanchery, in Kozhikode city, where voting to pick directors for the Chevayur Service Cooperative Bank took place in 2024. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala […]
New Delhi, July 12: Senior Congress leader and former MP Dr. Udit Raj has expressed concern over the ongoing infighting within the party. He stated that the Congress has failed to secure power in several states because leaders have invested more energy in internal conflicts rather than strengthening the organization. In an exclusive conversation, Dr. […]
The Joint Committee of Parliament examining the Bills on simultaneous elections is working to create a mechanism that could make the ‘One Nation, One Election’ reform fully operational by the 2029 general election, its chairperson said on Friday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the panel’s two-day meeting in Goa, P.P. Chaudhary claimed that […]
The TOI correspondent from Washington: In a move that has sent shock waves through the US and triggered suspicions among critics that US President Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to rig the November midterm elections, the White House has dismantled a bipartisan federal agency that helps America’s sprawling and often chaotic voting system function.It […]
Donald Trump has previously clashed with the agency over his executive order. US President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed the final two serving commissioners of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), the independent federal agency responsible for helping ensure secure and reliable elections, according to US media reports.The EAC is designed to function as a bipartisan […]
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay had “blackmailed” children by making an appeal to them to prevail upon the adults in their familiies to vote for his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party, election petitioners R.D. Shekar and S. Inigo Irudayaraj, of DMK, who lost to him in Perambur and Tiruchi East Assembly constituencies respectively, have contended […]
US President Donald Trump abruptly ended a television interview with NBC’s Meet the Press after a heated exchange with moderator Kristen Welker over his repeated claims that American elections are being rigged.The interview centred on Trump’s allegations about the 2020 presidential election and his concerns over vote counting in California. The discussion eventually escalated into […]
Sai Shraddha Suresh Viswanathan Sai Shraddha Suresh Viswanathan, an Indian-origin student leader and current president of the National Union of Students Scotland, has claimed she was asked to withdraw as a Scottish Green Party candidate because of her student visa status.Viswanathan had applied to contest the Holyrood election for the North East of Scotland region […]
