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Presidential election results: Counting of votes today
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI):Counting of votes for the recently-held 15th Presidential election will begin at 11 am on Thursday with the results of the contest between BJP-led NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu and joint Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha to be declared today.
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India to get its 15th President on Thursday, counting to take place at Par
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The counting of votes to elect India's 15th President will take place on Thursday. The counting will begin at Parliament House at 11 am.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe to be sworn in as Sri Lanka's new President tomorrow
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Ranil Wickremesinghe will take oath as the President of Sri Lanka at the parliament complex on Thursday after his victory in a parliament vote to choose a new president for the South Asian country.
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Sri Lanka: Protesters gather outside Presidential Secretariat after Wickre
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Wednesday after Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as Sri Lanka's President.
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Sri Lanka in very difficult situation, big challenges ahead: Newly elected
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Ranil Wickremesinghe who was on Wednesday elected as Sri Lanka's new President said that he was "in a very difficult situation" and that he faces "big challenges ahead" to lead the country out of the dire economic crisis.
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Voting underway in Parliament to elect next President of Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Voting is underway in Sri Lanka to elect a new president following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid an unprecedented economic crisis that has led to a shortage of fuel and other essential commodities in the country.
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Sri Lanka to elect new president today amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 20 (ANI): Sri Lanka is set to elect a new president on Wednesday following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who flew to Singapore via the Maldives, amid an unprecedented economic crisis that has led to a shortage of fuel of and other essentials in the count
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Draupadi Murmu Vs Yashwant Sinha: Polling begins for Presidential Election
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Polling began on Monday in the Parliament and respective State Legislative Assemblies to elect a new President of India.
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Nominations for Sri Lankan presidential election on Tuesday
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Parliament announced that the nominations for the Presidential elections will be held on Tuesday and the new President of Sri Lanka will be elected on July 20.
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India will continue to be supportive of economic recovery in Sri Lanka: In
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): Ahead of the Sri Lankan Parliament meeting for electing the new President of Sri Lanka, the Indian High commissioner Gopal Baglay called on the parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Saturday and said that India will continue to be "supportive of d
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Sri Lankan MPs to elect new president next week as Gotabaya resigns
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombia [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): As the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned from office, in accordance with the Constitution, the Parliament will meet next week and take steps to elect a new President, read a special statement by acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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Sri Lanka's ruling party to nominate interim President Ranil Wickremesingh
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): Sri Lanka's ruling party on Friday said it would nominate interim President Ranil Wickremesinghe for the presidency when Parliament elects a new president on July 20.
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