NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday took a swipe at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, claiming that due to his “unconscious state,” it would be Union home minister Amit Shah — and not Kumar — who would end up distributing Janata Dal (United) tickets for the upcoming state assembly elections. He…
File photo: Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Bihar to launch key development projects ahead of assembly elections, the Congress on Friday sharpened its attack on the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government, alleging that it has “all but given up” on the proposed 65 per…
NEW DELHI: Interest around assembly byelections is mostly limited to the states, more so, if the contest does not involve heavyweights. However, the assembly bypolls today for 5 seats spread across four states will be keenly watched when the results are out on June 23 – as this will be the first electoral contest post…
Zohran Mamdani (Image credit AP) Zohran Mamdani, 33, an Assembly man of Indian origin from Queens, currently serving as a member of the New York State Assembly. A democratic socialist, he is contesting in the upcoming New York state elections for the mayor post, scheduled for June 24.He was born and raised in Kampala, Uganda….
Poland’s centrist government won a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, averting political turmoil for the biggest country on the European Union’s eastern flank and a robust supporter of Ukraine. Prime Minister Donald Tusk last week called the vote for legislators to endorse his government, hoping to reassert his authority after the victory of a…
Bangladesh’s interim chief, Mohammad Yunus, has announced that national elections will be held in April 2026, rejecting demands for early polls. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has been rallying for earlier elections. The announcement comes amid political turmoil and concerns from various factions, including the army chief. The Awami League, led by Prime Minister Sheikh…
Amid growing public and political pressure for fresh elections in Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday announced that the next national elections could be held anytime between December this year and June 2026. Speaking during his official trip to Japan, Yunus made the announcement while addressing a public gathering in Tokyo. His remarks come on the…
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (Image: AP) A divided North Carolina Supreme Court confirmed Friday that it was OK for a new law that shifted the power to appoint State Board of Elections members away from the Democratic governor to start being enforced earlier this month, even as the law’s constitutionality is deliberated. The Republican…
Six weeks ago, a van piled high with flowers pulled up at the International Criminal Court’s detention center in The Hague. The court also received deliveries of birthday cards. Lots and lots of them. They were all for the newest inmate, Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, who turned 80 on March 28….
The two candidates who will fight it out to win election as South Korea’s next president overcame great odds to get where they are. Lee Jae-myung was a teenage sweatshop worker whose family survived on rotten fruits. Kim Moon-soo was imprisoned and tortured for anti-government activism. Both survived weeks of political and legal turbulence that…