Raising the banner of revolt, former MP and AIADMK member K.C. Palaniswamy has written to the Election Commission saying the appointment of Sasikala as interim general secretary should not be recognised and the poll panel should appoint an "independent and fearless" official to conduct polls for electing the AIADMK General Secretary soon. ...
A Pakistani Minister has said that including the country in a list of those whose citizens have been temporarily barred from visiting the US would be "counterproductive", a media report said on Saturday. Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, who met several US officials and lawmakers during his five-day visi...
Chandigarh, Feb 4 Over 23 per cent of Punjab's 1.98 crore voters on Saturday cast their votes in the first four hours in the polls for the 117 assembly seats, election officials said here. Long queues were seen outside many of the 22,614 polling stations across the state between 8 a.m. and 12 noon. The Fatehgarh Sahib district led in the voting percentage wit...
Defence Minister and former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday voted at a polling booth here and said that BJP will return to power in the state. Hinting at his own return, Parrikar said:"I like Goan food... now its upto you what meaning you make of it." After casting his vote, Parrikar said to the media here that he expects...
Nearly 34 per cent of the state's electorate have cast their ballots in the Goa assembly polls which began on Saturday morning, election officials said. "North Goa recorded 35 per cent voting, while in South Goa 32 per cent of the electorate has voted as of 11 a.m.," Chief Electoral Officer Kunal told reporters in Panaji. The percentage of male and fem...
The BJP on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party government following a High Court rap on Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar for a false affidavit. BJP state General Secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak said the latest indictment proved that "all rules in the book have been flouted in the five years of the SP regim...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that Goa and Punjab will create history in their assembly polls. "Goa and Punjab will create history today (Saturday)," Kejriwal said in a tweet. Punjab began voting for all 117 assembly constituencies in the state at 8 a.m., while polling for Goa's 40 assembly seats got underway at 7 a.m. Kejriw...
US President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Army, Vincent Viola, has withdrawn, citing trouble disengaging with his business ties, media reports said on Saturday. "Viola has informed President Trump that he will be unable to accept his nomination to serve as Secretary of the Army as the challenges of separating Viola from the organisations th...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the people, particularly the youth, to vote as Goa and Punjab went to polls on Saturday. "Urging people... to turnout in record numbers and vote in the assembly elections. I particularly urge my young friends to vote," the Prime Minister said in a tweet. In Punjab, out of over 1.98 crore electorates, about six lakh ...
Several first time female voters who cast their ballot in 40 selected polling booths in Goa, came away with more than just an indelible ink stain on their fingers. Pink teddy bears were distributed at the specially designed polling stations, in a bid to incentivise young voters to vote. The polling booths were decorated with pink balloons, pink table cloths, p...
