Elections 2013

Despite a tight security blanket thrown over Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Bastar, the region's Sukma district has seen two encounters and an explosion that have left several security personnel injured.

Vivek Yadav, an AAP candidate from Ujjain re-joined Congress on Tuesday. Mr Yadav quit the grand old party earlier this week after the party did not give him a ticket to contest in the forthcoming assembly polls scheduled to be held next month.

Pope Francis revealed in a new interview published on Sunday that after he was elected in 2013 he signed a letter of resignation to be used if someday severe and permanent health problems made it impossible to carry out his duties.

The Congress and BJP had been the two largest parties at every election since 1991, finishing first (in seats) three times each. But the Congress that Rahul inherited in September 2013 was a far more "national" party than the BJP.

As the first phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections got underway, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said "peace has replaced the 2013 situation" in Muzaffarnagar and the poll result will be different this time.

Yogi Adityanath today sharpened his attack on Akhilesh Yadav and his ally Jayant Chaudhary - a Jat leader - in an election speech as he alleged the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's involvement in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. The Chief Minister

As per Companies Act, 2013, the board cannot appoint a person who fails to get elected as a director at a general meeting as an additional director

The Supreme Court today notified the Centre and the Election Commission for replies on a public interest litigation (PIL) on the right to reject candidates in an election and holding of fresh polls if 'none of the above' (NOTA) gets the maximum votes in a constituency. The petition said that the Law Commission had proposed this in 1999. The Supreme...

As Bengal goes on the boil ahead of assembly elections, the infamous chit fund Saradha that collapsed in 2013, costing lakhs of people across West Bengal their hard-earned savings, is edging back to the headlines.

Wine joined Polaris as CEO in 2008 and was elected as Chairman of the Board in 2013. Polaris owns the Indian Motorcycle brand, among 30 other brands.

Thomas Bach was elected as an IOC member at the age of 37, and since then has gone on to have an influential presence within the body, and took over the leadership from Jacques Rogge in 2013.

The Executive Committee of SIAM has unanimously elected Kenichi Ayukawa as the new President. The election was conducted during the executive committee meeting which was held after SIAM's Annual General Meeting.

Facebook is temporarily banning a Republican political action committee, the Committee to Defend the President, from advertising after it repeatedly shared content that was deemed false by external fact-checkers, the social media company said on Thursday.

The Congress party, which ruled the state for 15 years until 2013, was not leading on any of the 70 constituencies, according to latest trends.

Alka Lamba left the Congress in 2013 and joined the new party formed by Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party. Two years later, she went on to win the election to the Delhi assembly from Chandni Chowk constituency. In 2019, she left the AAP and returned to the Congress.

Despite a tight security blanket thrown over Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Bastar, the region's Sukma district has seen two encounters and an explosion that have left several security personnel injured.

Vivek Yadav, an AAP candidate from Ujjain re-joined Congress on Tuesday. Mr Yadav quit the grand old party earlier this week after the party did not give him a ticket to contest in the forthcoming assembly polls scheduled to be held next month.

Pope Francis revealed in a new interview published on Sunday that after he was elected in 2013 he signed a letter of resignation to be used if someday severe and permanent health problems made it impossible to carry out his duties.

The Congress and BJP had been the two largest parties at every election since 1991, finishing first (in seats) three times each. But the Congress that Rahul inherited in September 2013 was a far more "national" party than the BJP.

As the first phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections got underway, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said "peace has replaced the 2013 situation" in Muzaffarnagar and the poll result will be different this time.

Yogi Adityanath today sharpened his attack on Akhilesh Yadav and his ally Jayant Chaudhary - a Jat leader - in an election speech as he alleged the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's involvement in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. The Chief Minister

As per Companies Act, 2013, the board cannot appoint a person who fails to get elected as a director at a general meeting as an additional director

The Supreme Court today notified the Centre and the Election Commission for replies on a public interest litigation (PIL) on the right to reject candidates in an election and holding of fresh polls if 'none of the above' (NOTA) gets the maximum votes in a constituency. The petition said that the Law Commission had proposed this in 1999. The Supreme...

As Bengal goes on the boil ahead of assembly elections, the infamous chit fund Saradha that collapsed in 2013, costing lakhs of people across West Bengal their hard-earned savings, is edging back to the headlines.

Wine joined Polaris as CEO in 2008 and was elected as Chairman of the Board in 2013. Polaris owns the Indian Motorcycle brand, among 30 other brands.

Thomas Bach was elected as an IOC member at the age of 37, and since then has gone on to have an influential presence within the body, and took over the leadership from Jacques Rogge in 2013.

The Executive Committee of SIAM has unanimously elected Kenichi Ayukawa as the new President. The election was conducted during the executive committee meeting which was held after SIAM's Annual General Meeting.

Facebook is temporarily banning a Republican political action committee, the Committee to Defend the President, from advertising after it repeatedly shared content that was deemed false by external fact-checkers, the social media company said on Thursday.

The Congress party, which ruled the state for 15 years until 2013, was not leading on any of the 70 constituencies, according to latest trends.

Alka Lamba left the Congress in 2013 and joined the new party formed by Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party. Two years later, she went on to win the election to the Delhi assembly from Chandni Chowk constituency. In 2019, she left the AAP and returned to the Congress.