Karachi: An elections observer group in Pakistan has confirmed reports of rigging at some polling stations in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi. The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has provided statistics supporting reports of rigging at several Karachi polling stations where voter turnout was abnormally high. Since the elections were held on Saturday, the media and many political parties, including Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf and Jamaat-e-Islaami, have alleged rigging...
12:49 AM, May 14, 2013
Rome: Italy's Parliament re-elected Giorgio Napolitano to an unprecedented second term as president, after party leaders persuaded the 87-year-old to serve again in hopes of easing the hostility that has thwarted formation of a new government. Napolitano easily surpassed the simple majority required to be elected on Saturday afternoon. He garnered 738 votes, far more than the 504 needed for victory for another seven-year mandate. Parliament had a much harder...
06:34 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Ranchi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has been carrying out raids in Ranchi in connection with the alleged cash-for-vote scam during the 2010 Rajya Sabha elections, continued its raids for the second day. CBI sources said houses of 11 MLAs have been raided and the investigative agency has seized important case-related material from their houses. On Thursday, raids were carried out in the premises of five Rashtriya Janata...
02:32 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met representatives of minority communities, and said "inclusive development" alone would rid the nation of vote-bank politics. A group of representatives of various minority communities on Wednesday called on Modi and congratulated him for being elected as the Chief Minister for successive fourth term, an official release said here. Modi said during the meeting that he was uniting the entire population of...
10:18 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Raila Odinga, beaten by Uhuru Kenyatta in Kenya's presidential election, said on Saturday that his party would contest the results in court, alleging "massive tampering" of the March 4 vote. ...
04:49 PM, Mar 10, 2013
The two Italian marines in a Kerala jail want to travel to Italy to cast their votes in january elections. They have sought permission to travel to Italy and the matter will be heard on Friday. ...
03:15 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Thirty years after the Nellie massacre in Assam, in which almost 1800 people were hacked, the survivors still wait for justice. With most cases dropped by the police, and pittance of compensation paid, the victims have also lost all hope for justice. ...
11:56 AM, Feb 18, 2013
The Jharkhand High Court has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the 2010 cash-for-votes scandal. It has also ordered the CBI to investigate the role of the Jharkhand Department of Cabinet (Vigilance). ...
04:57 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Tokyo: Japan voted on Sunday in an election expected to return the conservative Liberal Democratic Party to power after a three-year hiatus, giving ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a chance to push his hawkish security agenda and radical economic recipe. Polls opened at 0700 am (2200 GMT) and will close at 8 pm (1100 GMT), when major TV broadcasters will issue exit polls forecasting results. An LDP win would usher in...
11:44 AM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday said out of the 748 votes cast by the MPs, 15 were found invalid of which majority belonged to the ruling UPA. "15 votes were invalid. Of these 15, nine are ours and six are of non-UPA parties," he told reporters after meeting President-elect Pranab Mukherjee. The Minister was asked how the party was hoping to better its performance in...
01:54 AM, Jul 23, 2012
Hyderabad: Muslim leaders made a strong pitch for reservation for their community at Islamic Summit 2012, a conference organised to bring attention to issues concerning the welfare of Muslims in India. Organised by the Markazi Majlis-e-Quadria (MQM), the meeting discussed several issues ranging from the impact of communal clashes on Muslims, reservation in education and employment, the increasing prevalence of dowry among Muslims, political empowerment, improvement of educational standards, protection...
12:12 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Hyderabad: All arrangements have been made for counting of votes, polled in one Lok Sabha and 18 Assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh where by-elections were held on June 12, on Thursday. The first result is expected from Narsapuram Assembly segment in West Godavari district where the counting process will be completed in 12 rounds, according to state Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwar Lal. "There will be 13 counting centres in all...
02:53 AM, Jun 15, 2012
New York: Facebook is letting its nearly 1 billion users vote on changes to its privacy policy beginning on Friday. This is the second time Facebook Inc. is letting users vote on policy changes. The first time was in 2009 when Facebook was a much smaller, privately held company with about 200 million users. The vote is over updates the company announced in May, a week before its initial public...
10:59 AM, Jun 02, 2012
BANGALORE: Its seldom that elections to the Press Club of Bangalore (PCB) - the abode of journalists - has hit headlines. Newspapers generally devote one paragraph, listing the names of office-bearers and committee members, the day after the results are declared. Anything beyond this, should be seen as an extra-effort by an insider. Well, this piece, however, is written ahead of the polls and hence, no eye-brows, should go up...
08:30 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: A local court conducting the proceedings in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam case on Monday pulled up Delhi Police for the delay in supplying the transcript of the CD of the sting to the accused persons. Special judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal questioned the police for delay in handing over the copy of the transcript to the accused and directed them to supply it by May 8. The police, however,...
06:24 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Kanpur: The emergence of electronic voting machines (EVM) has made counting of votes easy and quick but many feel that this has also caused a decline in the excitement levels which used to be there among people when it was a manual process. "Earlier, the vote counting used to take 2-3 days during which party supporters sat outside the counting office and shouted slogans in favour of their candidate. It...
05:08 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP supremo Mayawati at a rally in Varanasi on Friday attacked the Congress government for not releasing the funds asked for development projects in the state. Mayawati said the State Government is not being given funds by the Central Government. "We have started many schemes for development with the help of private sector. We ask for funds for development projects but the Central Government...
05:27 PM, Feb 10, 2012
New Delhi: All parties appear to be indulging in competitive politics over Muslims in Uttar Pradesh as the state heads towards assembly polls. While Congress leader Digvijaya Singh once again raked up the 2008 Batla House encounter, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti hit out at the Congress, accusing it of trying to divide the country with quota for Muslims. Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who was in Azamgarh on...
04:59 PM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday quashed the trial court's order making Samajwadi Party MP Rewati Raman Singh an accused in the 2008 cash-for-vote scam case. "The petition is allowed. The order of trial court is set aside," Justice Suresh Kait said. The order of the high court came on a petition filed by Singh challenging the special court's order in October, making him an accused in the...
11:46 AM, Dec 15, 2011
