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Imran Khan asks Abdul Hafeez Shaikh to carry on duties as FM despite defea
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 7 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday has asked Abdul Hafeez Shaikh to carry on his duties as Finance Minister despite his defeat to Opposition candidate Yousuf Raza Gilani for the Islamabad general seat in Senate.
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Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi to contest Assam elections from Sibsagar
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 6 (ANI): Jailed peasant leader Akhil Gogoi will contest the upcoming Assam assembly elections from the Sibsagar constituency as a candidate of his newly-floated Raijor Dal.
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BJP names Pon Radhakrishnan for Kanyakumari LS bypoll
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced the name of senior party leader Pon Radhakrishnan as their candidate for the April 6 by-election to the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.
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Pak PM Imran Khan to face vote of confidence today
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 6 (ANI): After Imran Khan's candidate Abdul Hafeez Shaikh lost to the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) nominee Yousuf Raza Gillani in Senate elections, the Pakistani Prime Minister announced to seek a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Saturday.
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Congress to hold meeting today to finalise candidates for WB, Assam Assem
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): The first meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) of Congress is likely to be held here on Saturday to finalise the names of candidates for the first two phases of the West Bengal and Assam Assembly polls.
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TMC destroyed democracy in Darjeeling, Kalimpong districts since 2017: Raj
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], March 6 (ANI): After the TMC announced the names of 291 candidates contesting the Assembly election in West Bengal, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista released a statement accusing TMC of destroying democracy in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts since 2017.
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Have not announced Sreedharan as BJP CM face for Kerala, clarifies K Suren
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], March 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president K Surendran on Friday clarified that the party's Central leadership will announce their chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Kerala Assembly Polls.
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BJP likely to announce candidates for first two phases of West Bengal, Ass
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has discussed the candidates for two phases of the Assembly elections for West Bengal and Assam. The party is likely to announce the list of candidates for both states soon.
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YSRCP candidates file nominations for legislative council elections
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 5 (ANI) Six Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) candidates for MLC elections under MLA quota filed nominations on Thursday in Amaravati.
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Pakistan PM names his candidate for Senate chairmanship
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday nominated Sadiq Sanjrani as ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) candidate for Chairman of Senate.
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Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy confident of YSRCP sweep in Andhra civic polls
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India[, March 4 (ANI): YSRCP general secretary Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy on Wednesday expressed confidence that the party will sweep the municipal elections as indicated by the wave of unanimous elections by YSRCP candidates in many municipalities.
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Pak opposition asks PM Imran Khan to resign
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): An upbeat opposition on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Imran Khan "to resign in an honourable way" after the defeat of the government's candidate Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh at the hands of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate Syed Yousuf Raza Gila
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