The 2024 US presidential election, slated for November 5, is already shaping up to be one of the year’s most significant global political events. Every four years, the United States embarks on a unique election process with several stages, culminating in the final decision on who will lead the nation. Here’s a breakdown of the…
MUMBAI: Two days after ally BJP released its first list of 99 candidates for assembly polls, Sena named 45 of its nominees, including CM Eknath Shinde, late on Tuesday. All 40 MLAs who had left Uddhav Thackeray and joined hands with Shinde have got tickets, as have all his cabinet ministers.Besides Shinde, who will fight…
RANCHI: The drive is scheduled to run till Sept 4, with a board headed by an IPS officer conducting physical tests at each centre.IGP (operations) Amol Homkar said four candidates died in Palamu, two deaths each were reported in Giridih and Hazaribag, and one each at Jharkhand Jaguar, CTC Musabani and Sahibganj centres. Homkar said…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday announced 29 more candidates for the J&K assembly polls, replacing party veteran, former deputy CM Nirmal Singh with Satish Sharma.The exclusion of Singh along with others had sparked protests on Monday, resulting in the list being withdrawn. The party also held its ground over fielding Devender Singh Rana, brother of…
NEW DELHI/JAMMU: BJP‘s campaign for J&K elections got off to an awkward start with the party having to prune the list of its candidates after protests over selections and omissions.The party had released a list of 44 candidates for the three-phase election to 90 assembly seats in J&K, but withdrew it after a few minutes…
NEW DELHI: The announcement of assembly elections in J&K came amid a recent surge in terror activity, particularly in Jammu region. But with MHA backing the deployment of a large number of security forces, EC, recognising the enthusiasm among J&K voters to be agents of change by choosing the ballot over bullets and boycotts, has…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday, dismissed a petition seeking postponement of the NEET-PG examination, scheduled for August 11. The petitioners argued that the allocated exam cities pose significant inconvenience for them to reach. However, a bench consisting of Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj…
The US presidential election has become a talking point on social media with many age-old clips of the candidates resurfacing all over social media. And for the US vice president and the presumptive democratic nominee Kamala Harris, its no different. As Kamala Harris prepares to get officially nominated as the Democratic candidate in less than…
NEW DELHI: Centre-wise results of NEET-UG released by NTA Saturday show that over 11,000 candidates scored zero or sub-zero marks. The lowest score in the exam, which awards negative marks for wrong answers, is -180, recorded at a centre in Bihar.While more than 2,250 candidates scored ‘absolute zero’, the marks obtained by more than 9,400…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday accused the candidates of several Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh of pressurising district officials to ensure victory in their respective constituencies.Taking to X, Ramesh said,” District officials in Maharajganj, Bansi, Meerut, and Muzaffarnagar of Uttar Pradesh are being pressured over the phone to ensure victory in…
