NEW DELHI: Irfan Pathan the former India left-arm fast-bowler, believes performances from certain players in the ongoing IPL 2024 season shouldn’t guarantee anyone’s automatic selection for the upcoming Men’s T20 World Cup happening in the West Indies and USA from June 1.

TOKYO: Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has lost all three lower house seats, as the country's main opposition party won big by sweeping victories in three key by-elections.

LONDON: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has again refused to rule out a July general election, amid speculation that a disastrous set of local election results for the Tories could force his hand.

JUNAGADH: Few constituencies in Indian politics capture the interplay of local and national interests as well as the Junagadh Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat.

KERALA: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday lost his cool while speaking to the media after casting his vote at home base Kannur.

HYDERABAD: For the first time in two decades, the family of former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) is not in the fray for Lok Sabha elections.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the May 1 deadline for teams to submit their Men’s T20 World Cup squads, the discussion around who makes it to India’s squad for the mega event happening in the West Indies and USA from June 1 is at an all-time high.

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reconstituted the national women’s selection committee, expanding it to seven members after the disappointing performance of the Pakistan women’s team against the West Indies Women, resulting in a 3-0 loss in the three-ODI series.

DHARAMSALA: Former Chief Minister and Union Minister Shanta Kumar described the ongoing Lok Sabha elections as "historic," attributing this to the transformative leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking from his extensive experience in Indian politics, Kumar highlighted several groundbreaking achievements he anticipates will mark these elections.

SEOUL: The overall direction of South Korea's alliance with the US will not change no matter who wins the White House in November, as the breadth and depth of the alliance has never been greater, its top envoy to Washington said Thursday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Kerala Government official on his way to poll duty, was knocked down by a speeding vehicle near Alappuzha.

JALANDHAR: The Punjab Provincial Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy firmly holds that the present combination of BJP-RSS and its central govt. is determinedly bent upon to establish a full-fledged Fascist system in our country if it wins the ongoing lok-sabha election 2024. To put this line into practice, BJP-RSS govt. has already started implementing the centralization of administration and political sphere.

NEW DELHI: Ashi Chouksey and Swapnil Kusale outgunned the rest of the field in their respective Women’s and Men’s 50M Rifle 3-Positions (3P) field of five, to take the qualification honours on the fifth day of the on-going Olympic Selection Trials (OST) Rifle/Pistol, here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range in the national capital region on Tuesday.

DHARAMSALA: As the legislative assembly by-election approaches in Dharamshala on June 1st, political tensions are escalating. The Congress party has yet to announce its candidate for the seat, previously held by Sudhir Sharma. In the 2022 Himachal Assembly elections, Sharma was elected as a Congress representative but later switched allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), now contesting the by-election under its banner.

NEW DELHI: Bhavesh Shekhawat and Simranpreet Kaur Brar won the 25m men’s rapid-fire pistol (RFP) and women’s pistol OST T2 trials, respectively at the first-ever Olympic Selection Trials (OST) for Rifle and Pistol, here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range.

NEW DELHI: After a gruelling 14-hour battle, firefighters managed to extinguish the flames at the Ghazipur landfill site, a key waste disposal area in the capital. The fire department confirmed the successful dousing of the inferno on Monday.

TEL AVIV: Thousands of people in Israel have once taken to the streets to demand an immediate release of all hostages held in Gaza and new elections.

General elections have started in India. BJP, Congress and all other national and provincial political parties have released their election manifestos. But apart from a few make-believe promises, there is nothing new in them.

NEW DELHI: Esha Singh topped the women’s 25M Pistol qualification while Bhavesh Shekhawat led the men’s 25M Rapid-Fire Pistol (RFP) charts at the end of competition day one of the Olympic Selection Trials 1&2 Rifle/Pistol, here at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range.

ITANAGAR: Voting for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh began on Friday morning under heavy security blanket, officials said.

NEW DELHI: Over 16.63 crore voters in 1.87 lakh polling stations across the country will decide the fate of 1,625 candidates in the first phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on Friday.

ZAGREB: The ruling centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), led by Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, won most seats in the parliamentary elections a day before, but failed to obtain enough seats to form a government independently.

LUCKNOW: Campaigning on eight seats that are going to polls in the first phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh on April 19, will end today at 5 p.m.

ZAGREB: Croatia is set to hold parliamentary elections on Wednesday in a contest overshadowed by a bitter rivalry between President Zoran Milanovic, a Social Democrat friendly towards Moscow, and conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Election campaigning has picked up in Kerala now after a slow start, as the leaders of the big three parties contesting in the state are taking on one another.

BENGALURU: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday said that there was no need to bother about the election manifesto of the Congress as it will become just a piece of paper with no relevance after the BJP registers victory in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that the country's poor, youth, food providers and women power form the four pillars of the Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto, and the 80 Assembly seats of the state will propel the NDA to 400.

LUCKNOW: Police personnel on poll duty this year, will find the going comparatively easier.

AMRITSAR: Sukhbir Singh Badal president of Shiromani Akali Dal has announced first list of seven senior leaders of party candidates for parliament election 2024..Choosing the historic occasion of Khalsa Sirjna divas as the most suited day the sound.

UDHAMPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the Assembly elections will be held soon in J&K and statehood will be restored so that the people have their elected representatives.

CHANDIGARH: Spearheading the charge for efficient electoral processes, Punjab's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Sibin C, launched the Poll Activity Management System (PAMS) for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024 in his office today.

AGARTALA: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit Manipur and Tripura next week to further intensify the ongoing Lok Sabha election campaign in the northeastern states, party sources said on Thursday.

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed an election petition filed by former CPI(M) legislator M. Swaraj in 2021 demanding the disqualification of six-time Congress legislator K. Babu and declaring him as the winner.

SEOUL: South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and almost all senior presidential secretaries on Thursday offered to resign over the ruling People Power Party's crushing defeat in parliamentary elections, local media reported citing the presidential office.

SRINAGAR: Former J&K Chief Minister and vice president of National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah will fight the Lok Sabha election from the Srinagar constituency.

DHARAMSALA: Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Monday congratulated Emmanuel Macron on being re-elected as the President of France for a second five-year term.

DHARAMSHALA: Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Monday congratulated Emmanuel Macron on being re-elected as the President of France for a second five-year term.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-Insaf (PTI) has decided to boycott the election of the new Prime Minister and resign en masse from the National Assembly, said senior party leader Fawad Chaudhry after a parliamentary meeting of the party on Monday, media reports said.

CANBERRA: A new poll revealed on Monday that Australia's governing coalition has made up ground on the opposition ahead of the general election on May 21.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Wednesday asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to propose dates for the next general elections, which will be held within 90 days following the dissolution of the National Assembly, The News reported.

JALANDHAR: The selection trial for the Punjab Women’s Hockey Teams for the 12th Hockey India National Sub Junior & Senior Women’s Hockey Championship will be held on April 11 at 9.00 am.

MUMBAI: Delhi Capitals assistant coach Shane Watson on Wednesday confirmed that Australia opener David Warner and tearaway South Africa pacer Anrich Nortje are available for their clash against Lucknow Super Giants at the DY Patil Stadium on Thursday.

JALANDHAR: The selection trial for the Punjab Women's Hockey Teams for the 12th Hockey India National Sub Junior & Senior Women's Hockey Championship will be held on April 11 at 9.00 am.

TUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied has urged the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) to be ready to organise the legislative elections slated for December 17, according to a statement released by the presidency.

ISLAMABAD:The Pakistan Opposition on Thursday submitted a petition to include the election of a new Prime Minister in the agenda of the National Assembly, reports said.

NEW DELHI: Former Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday alleged that the government has put on hold the river-linking project in Gujarat due to the opposition from the tribal population and the upcoming state polls.

BENGALURU: Karnataka is witnessing unprecedented communal polarization before the next Assembly elections scheduled for May 2023. Analysts have raised concerns that it is the first time in the 75 years of the post-independence period that such deep polarization is taking place in the state known for its harmony.

CHANDIGARH: Saurabh Duggal and Rajinder S Nagarkoti are pitted against each other for the coveted posts of president and secretary general in the annual general elections of the Chandigarh Press Club scheduled for March 27.

NAWANSHAHR:The district administration on Thursday awarded 63 officers/employees for ensuring smooth and hassle-free assembly elections in the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar.

NEW DELHI: Pitching for 'One nation, One election', BJP MP Dr D.P Vats on Thursday demanded that all the elections be held at the same time to prevent the national resources from draining.

CHANDIGARH: To address the ‘fear psychosis’ of the spread of virus among the electorates during the polling on March 27Chandigarh Press Club has decided to set up a provision of casting vote on personal request of a member who wants to cast the vote without physically visiting the polling booth.

CHANDIGARH: -Nalin Aacharya-Rakesh Gupta panel has announced its ninth candidate today for the Chandigarh Press Club election to be held on March 27.

CHANDIGARH:Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju as the Observer for the upcoming Biennial Elections to the Council of States, scheduled to be held on March 31, 2022.

CHANDIGARH: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced the names of its candidates for the elections of five Rajya Sabha seats in Punjab. On Monday, former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, AAP's Punjab affairs co-in-charge Raghav Chadha, party's election strategist in Punjab, Sandeep Pathak, Lovely Professional University (LPU) Chancellor Ashok Kumar Mittal and Ludhiana's eminent industrialist Sanjeev Arora filed nomination for the Rajya Sabha seats from the Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab Legislative Assembly. All the candidates filed their nomination papers in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

CHENNAI: It will be interesting to know how the 'Arkady Gambit' plays out at the International Chess Federation's (FIDE) Congress that will elect the office bearers this year.

CHENNAI: The DMK has lashed out at the Congress for the debacle in the recent elections to the five states.

CHANDIGARH: With the term of five members of the Rajya Sabha elected from the State of Punjab is due to expire in April 2022, Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced schedule for biennial Elections to the Council of States from the State of Punjab. The term of office of Rajya Sabha members including Sukhdev Singh, Partap Singh Bajwa, Shwait Malik, Naresh Gujral and Shamsher Singh Dullo elected from the State of Punjab is due to expire on their retirement on April 9, 2022.

AMRITSAR: Giani Harpreet Singh Jathedar Akal Takht highest seat of Sikh religion said that the defeat of Shiromani Akali Dal in the elections is a big challenge for the Sikh community. He said that all the groups of Akali Dal unite and unite on Akal Takht Sahib.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday observed that elections must be conducted and the Delhi Gymkhana Club administrator cannot continue perennially, as it gave four weeks to National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to conclude the proceedings into the matter.

NEW DELHI: "Holi has come early this time", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his victory speech at the BJP headquarters. The election slogan -- "Ayenge toh Yogi hi" became a reality as the BJP scored a resounding victory in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The party also decimated the Opposition in Uttarakhand, Manipur and after a neck and neck fight with Congress, retained Goa for the third consecutive time. Also for the time in Uttarakhand, an incumbent government managed to return with a renewed mandate. On the other side, it was an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) wave that wiped out the ruling Congress in Punjab.

CHANDIGARH: The strong wave of Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) has wiped out all political big guns of major political parties. This is first time that such a landslide victory is made by any political party in Punjab.

CHANDIGARH: PPCC president Navjot Singh Sidhu and former Akali minister Bikram Singh Majithia have lost election from Amritsar East seat. They were defeated by AAP candidate Dr.Jivanjot Kaur.

CHANDIGARH: Five time Chief Minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal has lost election from Lambi constituency. He was defeated by AAP candidate.

CHANDIGARH: SAD president and former Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has lost the election with margin of 12000 votes from Jalalabad. He was defeated by AAP candidate.

CHANDIGARH: Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh was defeated by AAP candidate Ajitpal Singh Kohli with a margin of 13037 votes.

CHANDIGARH: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Wednesday informed that all the necessary arrangements have been made for the counting of votes for the Punjab Assembly Elections 2022.

SEOUL: On the eve of South Korea's presidential election, President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday urged people across the country to vote, while calling for thorough preparations to prevent lapses and guarantee Covid-infected people's right to cast ballots.

SHIMLA: In an election year, the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh led by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Friday presented a budget of Rs 51,365 crore for 2022-23 with the focus on the agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry sectors, the state's mainstay, with a promise to create 30,000 jobs and no new taxes.

NEW DELHI:Robert Vadra, husband of Congress General Secretary and UP in charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, said he wants to contest the next Lok Sabha elections from Moradabad.

NEW YORK: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears to be able to retain its support in the current round of state elections in India, according to a US State Department official in charge of the region.

AMRITSAR: Former minister Bikram Singh Majithia today said the newly formed SAD-BSP alliance would sweep the 2022 assembly elections even as he announced that more like minded parties would come on the same platform with the SAD and BSP in the near future.

HYDERABAD: With former minister Eatala Rajender resigning from the Telangana Legislative Assembly, the state is set to witness another by-election in which the ruling TRS and the opposition BJP will once again face each other.

CHANDIGARH: The Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab has started a process to fill 866 vacancies of Veterinary Inspector, 97 posts of Junior Coaches and 5 vacancies of Election kannungo in Punjab Government.

CHANDIGARH: Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) and Bahujan Sanaj Party (BSP) today formed political alliance in Punjab to contest 2022 assembly elections together.

NEW DELHI: The Congress Working Committee on Monday decided to postpone the presidential polls of the party due to the surge in Covid-19 cases.

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab School Education Department has decided to conduct the station selection process of the newly selected Center Head Teachers through direct recruitment on May 10, 2021.

Prominent Sikh farmer leader Rajinder Singh Badheri and fan of Captain Amarinder Singh's since 1984 Operation Blue Star and has been a staunch supporter of Captain. 

NEW DELHI: On the expected lines, oil companies did not wait long post declaration of state election results to raise the price of auto fuels -- petrol and diesel across the countr

TIRUPATI: Counting of votes for the prestigious Tirupati Lok Sabha seat bypoll are all set to begin from 8 a.m. on Sunday. Arrangements for counting of votes, adhering to strict covid protocols, have been made at the SV University and DKW College premises in Tirupati, and Nellore respectively.

YEREVAN: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Sunday announced his resignation to pave the way for scheduled snap parliamentary elections in June.

NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel prices may increase soon at the end of the ongoing Assembly elections with oil companies looking to raise the retail price of the two auto fuels between Rs 2 and Rs 3 per litre in phases and make up for the losses they incurred by keeping the prices at artificially low levels in the run up to the local elections.

CHANDIGARH: In view of the fresh Covid 19 guidelines re-imposed to prevent further spread of Corona Virus, by Chandigarh Administration and Punjab Government, Panjab University, Chandigarh has postponed PUSA and PUCCSA Elections 2021 and fresh date of election will be issued accordingly.

CHANDIGARH: Bollywood actor and Punjab State election Icon Sonu Sood interacted with the winning duo of the ‘Election Star’ initiative launched by the Office of Chief Electoral Officer, (CEO), Punjab through a Facebook live event held yesterday.

NEW DELHI: A day after imposing ban on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for 24 hours, the Election Commission on Tuesday banned BJP leader Rahul Sinha from campaigning for 48 hours in the fifth phase of Assembly elections in the state charging him of making "highly provocative statements mocking the human life".

AMARAVATI/TIRUPATI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has cancelled his election meeting in Tirupati on April 14 to campaign for the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party's (YSRCP) candidate for the Tirupati Lok Sabha bypoll, amid a raging second wave of coronavirus.

CHANDIGARH: In view of ensuing assembly election in the state of Punjab early next year, the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Punjab Dr. S. Karuna Raju directed the election officials to get into election mode. In this regard, a meeting was held today with Election Tehsildars and Election Kanungos of all 22 districts of Punjab through Google Meet.

TIRUPATI: Andhra Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and JanaSena leaders have objected to the allotment of the glass tumbler election symbol to Navataram party, alleging that 'it has been deliberately done to confuse voters in the forthcoming Tirupati bypoll'.

NEW DELHI: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday took a swipe at Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for withdrawing the new interest rates on small savings announced by the government within 24 hours, questioning whether it was really an ‘oversight’ or election driven ‘hindsight’.

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ending her Nandigram assembly election campaign by proclaiming that she belongs to the Shandilya gotra of Brahmins adds an incendiary element to the very charged up Bengal elections of 2021.

KAPURTHALA: Deputy Commissioner cum District Election Officer Deepti Uppal has asked the residents of the district to avail maximum of the three different app launched by the Election Commission of India for the convenience of the voters.

NEW YORK: US President Joe Biden is planning to run for re-election with Kamala Harris as his running mate.
I would fully expect that to be the case. She's doing a great job. She's a great partner, she's a great partner," he said when asked about his vice-presidential candidate in the 2024 election at his news conference on Thursday.

CHANDIGARH: Ramesh Hand and Nalin Acharya are locked in a staight fight for the coveted post of presidentship of the Chandigarh Press Club. According to the list of the candidates in the fray for various positions of office-bearers in the general elections released by, Returning Officer Sukhwinder Singh Manauli, Rajinder Singh Nagarkoti is facing Rakesh Gupta for the post of secretary general.

BENGALURU: The Election Commission notified by-elections to one Lok Sabha seat and two Assembly seats in Karnataka on April 17 to fill the vacancies, an official said on Tuesday.

CHANDIGARH: In view of ensuing assembly election in the state of Punjab early next year, the office of Chief Electoral Officer Punjab has embarked upon a drive for continuous updation of voter list.

NEW DELHI: A delegation of Trinamool Congress leaders on Friday met the Election Commission and said that the "partisan and biased approach" of the poll panel has made "free, fair and transparent elections" in West Bengal a distant reality.

CHANDIGARH:Promising to fulfill all the 2017 poll commitments before going back to the people for their blessings ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections early next year, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said the Congress in Punjab has no rival, as neither the Akalis nor the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) offer any competition.

NEW DELHI: Elections are not just about voting, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, noting that even Iraq's Saddam Hussein and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi used to have and win polls.

KOLKATA: Barely a few weeks ahead of the crucial West Bengal assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s senior leadership is in a soup as the selection of a few candidates in first four phases went awfully wrong in some of the seats in Bengal.

SANTIAGO Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced that the April Constitutional Convention elections would be extended from one day to two, amid a rise in Covid-19 infections.

CHANDIGARH: The Election Commission of India has appointed 38 IAS and 12 IPS observers from Punjab for the forthcoming Assembly elections in five states of the country. Among those, 9 officers have been vaccinated against COVID today.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) raised the issue of delay in the election of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday.

CHANDIGARH: Election Commission of india today appointed 38 IAS as general Observers and 16 IPS officer of Punjab as Police observers for poll bound five states Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Union Territory Puducherry.

GANDHINAGAR: As the counting for the local body elections in six Municipal Corporations in Gujarat progresses on Tuesday, the trending figures show that the BJP is leading in majority of the seats, but it is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which is giving surprising results in Surat.

CHANDIGARH: While formally assuming the charge of Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee as its President, Mr. Subhash Chawla was received by eminent Sikh Farmer Leader, Chandigarh State President of All India Jatt Mahasabha and National Delegate of the Mahasabha, Rajinder Singh Badheri and Punjab unit president of the Mahasabha, Harpal Singh Harpura and both Jatt leaders congratulated Mr. Chawla.

CHANDIGARH: Thanking the people of Punjab for showing confidence in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the municipal bodies’ elections, AAP’s Punjab incharge and MLA from Delhi, Jarnail Singh said that this was the first time that the party had contested the MC elections and it welcomes the decision issued by the voters of Punjab.