Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): Sri Lanka's National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake will contest for the President post after the parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena accepted Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 18 (ANI): National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Saturday withdrew as a potential opposition candidate for the presidential elections, saying he had "lot more active politics ahead".
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 15 (ANI): After winning all 30 Zilla Parishad President posts of state, the ruling Biju Janta Dal (BJD) termed this victory as the faith of the voters in the leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and the pro-poor and pro-development works of the stat
Baghdad [Iraq], January 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Council of Representatives (Parliament) announced on Monday the names of 25 candidates for the presidential election scheduled for February 7.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 14 (ANI): Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday announced that the elections for state party president post will be held on October 25.
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Manipur's Gyanendro Ningombam was elected unopposed as the President of Hockey India while former President Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad is back in the Hockey India Executive Board after being elected unopposed for the Senior Vice President post.
Washington DC [USA], October 9 (ANI): Shortly after US President posted a video address on Twitter, netizens on the microblogging site speculated that Trump might have been using a green screen for the White House background in his video.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 11 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday wrote a letter to Rahul Gandhi urging him to again take up the post of Congress president claiming that the party is suffering from an "unprecedented crisis."
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): Former India captain Bhaichung Bhutia said that in the future he will definitely consider running for the post of All India Football Federation (AIFF) president.
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): After being elected as the Uttarakhand Cricket Association (UCA) secretary, Mahim Verma on Monday said that he will resign from the vice-president post of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): After former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urged Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi to offer the command of Karnataka Congress to one of his close associates and party leader MB Patil, DK Shivakumar on Wednesday downplayed the develop