Italy Elections

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni was named Italian prime minister on Friday after her party's historic election win, becoming the first woman to head a government in Italy, the presidency's secretary general said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Giorgia Meloni, the leader of a right-wing coalition for winning the Italian general elections.

Italy took a sharp turn to the right Monday after Giorgia Meloni's Eurosceptic populist party swept to victory in general elections, putting the one-time Mussolini admirer on course to become the first woman to lead the country.

A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party looks set to win a majority in the next parliament, exit polls said on Sunday after voting ended in an Italian national election.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was in Delhi to work for "Opposition unity" ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, on Thursday said he would meet Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi once she returns to India from Italy.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after efforts to bring the country's fractious parties to heel failed, kicking off a snap election campaign which could bring the hard right to power.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is expected to resign today after efforts to bring the country's fractious parties to heel failed, kicking off a snap election campaign before the government had even fallen.

Italy faced unprecedented political uncertainty on Friday as a severe government crisis put Mario Draghi's future as prime minister on tenterhooks, raising the spectre of snap elections while unnerving the debt markets.

Italy's parties Saturday voted overwhelmingly for outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to remain for another term, averting the political chaos a failure to elect his successor could have sparked in the eurozone's third-largest economy.

Italy's political parties will hold a third round of voting on Wednesday to elect a new head of state, but with the parties at loggerheads over a mutually acceptable candidate it is almost certain to be inconclusive.

Italian publication Motociclismo conducted its fifteenth annual poll, of attendees at the EICMA 2019 show in Milan, Italy, as well as online votes.

Twenty-seven-year-old Nauksham Chaudhary - the BJP candidate for the Punhana seat in Haryana's Mewat district - has the kind of profile that is unheard of when it comes to election contenders in India.

The leader of Italy's ruling League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, declared the governing coalition to be unworkable on Thursday after months of internal bickering and said the only way forward was to hold fresh elections.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi, alleging that whenever there is a crisis in the country he "moves to Italy".

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today accused Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of teaching abusive language to children in Amethi, and "requested" her to pull such stunts in Italy instead. He was referring to a recent video that showed a group of children using an expletive to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi in her presence at...

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni was named Italian prime minister on Friday after her party's historic election win, becoming the first woman to head a government in Italy, the presidency's secretary general said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Giorgia Meloni, the leader of a right-wing coalition for winning the Italian general elections.

Italy took a sharp turn to the right Monday after Giorgia Meloni's Eurosceptic populist party swept to victory in general elections, putting the one-time Mussolini admirer on course to become the first woman to lead the country.

A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party looks set to win a majority in the next parliament, exit polls said on Sunday after voting ended in an Italian national election.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was in Delhi to work for "Opposition unity" ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, on Thursday said he would meet Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi once she returns to India from Italy.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after efforts to bring the country's fractious parties to heel failed, kicking off a snap election campaign which could bring the hard right to power.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is expected to resign today after efforts to bring the country's fractious parties to heel failed, kicking off a snap election campaign before the government had even fallen.

Italy faced unprecedented political uncertainty on Friday as a severe government crisis put Mario Draghi's future as prime minister on tenterhooks, raising the spectre of snap elections while unnerving the debt markets.

Italy's parties Saturday voted overwhelmingly for outgoing President Sergio Mattarella to remain for another term, averting the political chaos a failure to elect his successor could have sparked in the eurozone's third-largest economy.

Italy's political parties will hold a third round of voting on Wednesday to elect a new head of state, but with the parties at loggerheads over a mutually acceptable candidate it is almost certain to be inconclusive.

Italian publication Motociclismo conducted its fifteenth annual poll, of attendees at the EICMA 2019 show in Milan, Italy, as well as online votes.

Twenty-seven-year-old Nauksham Chaudhary - the BJP candidate for the Punhana seat in Haryana's Mewat district - has the kind of profile that is unheard of when it comes to election contenders in India.

The leader of Italy's ruling League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, declared the governing coalition to be unworkable on Thursday after months of internal bickering and said the only way forward was to hold fresh elections.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi, alleging that whenever there is a crisis in the country he "moves to Italy".

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today accused Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of teaching abusive language to children in Amethi, and "requested" her to pull such stunts in Italy instead. He was referring to a recent video that showed a group of children using an expletive to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi in her presence at...