Tag: Election
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Facebook has withdrawn over 22 lakh advertisements and 120,000 posts on Facebook and Instagram that attempted to obstruct the November 3 US presidential election, Facebook's head of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. ....
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". ....
Around 7% Polling Recorded In Bihar In 2 Hours
Polling has been slow in most parts of 16 districts of Bihar where the first phase of Assembly elections are underway for 71 seats on Wednesday. The state election commission said around 7 per cent polling was recorded in the first two hours, which have largely been peaceful except for a stray incident of IED planting. ....
Man Ends Life, Suicide Note Claims Denial Of Ticket By BSP
A trader allegedly committed suicide and left behind a note saying that he was taking the extreme step because the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not given him a ticket to contest the 2022 Assembly elections. ....
RJD Attacks Nitish Government For Not Providing Security To Tejashwi Yadav
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Friday accused the Nitish Kumar-led state government of not providing proper security to Leader of Opposition, Tejashwi Yadav. ....
Twitter Took Votes Away From Trump In 2016 US Polls: Study
In the 2016 US Presidential Rlections, social media platform Twitter made independent voters less likely to vote for Donald Trump but did not affect other elections, according to a new study. ....
LJP A Headache For NDA In Bihar Assembly Elections
The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) is turning out to be a headache for the ruling NDA, particularly the Janata Dal (United), in the ongoing Bihar Assembly elections as it has fielded rebellion candidates against the JD-U on majority of the constituencies. ....
What's In A Name? Everything, Kamala Harris Tells America
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris is turning the final stretch of her campaign to the threshold of American political history into a teaching moment on accurate pronunciation as an expression of common courtesy and a nod to respecting world cultures.....
