Tag: Polls
'Kashmiri Militants Will Take Shelter If RJD Wins In Bihar'
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai has courted controversy for saying "if the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) wins the upcoming Assembly election in Bihar, Kashmiri militants will take shelter in the state". ....
Twitter Launches Dedicated Search Prompt For Bihar Elections
The micro-blogging site Twitter on Friday announced a partnership with the Election Commission of India and launched a new search prompt that makes it easy to find credible and authoritative information related to Bihar Assembly elections. ....
Record Turnout In Early Voting For US Presidential Election Despite COVID-19 Pandemic
US states have witnessed a record turnout in the early voting, both in-person and by mail, for the November 3 presidential election despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it was reported.....
Bihar Polls: Caste Factor Reflects In Selection Of RLSP Candidates
Despite the claims of the political parties that development will be the core issue in the Assembly election this year in Bihar, caste politics continues to play the crucial role. The parties are selecting candidates on the basis of caste dominance in a particular area and the same reflects in the candidate list of the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP). ....
Worried About Rigging, RJD Seeks List Of Voters Above 80 Or Those Fighting Covid From EC
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Saturday wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI), requesting that the ECI reveal names of those aged above 80 years and voters who are battling Covid-19 and provide a list to every political party. ....
Facebook Withdraws 22 Lakh Suspicious Ads Ahead Of US Polls
Facebook has withdrawn over 22 lakh advertisements and 120,000 posts on Facebook and Instagram that attempted to obstruct the November 3 US presidential election, Facebook's head of global affairs Nick Clegg revealed on Sunday. ....
Akhilesh Yadav Invites Applications For 2022 UP Assembly Polls
The Samajwadi Party has started preparing for the 2022 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. ....
US Election Outcome Won't Affect Ties With India: Senior Official
A high-ranking US official said that he is optimistic that any possible outcome of the November 3 presidential election won't affect the deepening ties with India because "this relationship is much bigger than any one political party". ....
SP's Ram Gopal Yadav Files Nomination For Rajya Sabha Polls
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections slated for November 9.....
Congress Likely To Get New Media Department Head After Bihar Polls
Congress President Sonia Gandhi may appoint a new Media Department Chairman after the Bihar Assembly elections since Randeep Singh Surjewala has been promoted as AICC General secretary in charge of Karnataka and also made a regular CWC member, party sources said on Wednesday. ....
