Amit Shah, Chandrababu Naidu discuss alliance, Presidential election
BJP President Amit Shah met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu here on Thursday.
May 25, 2017, 18:00 PM IST
Iranian self-immolates outside embassy in election protest
Thai police say an Iranian man set himself on fire in front of the Iranian Embassy in Bangkok to protest his country's presidential election.
May 19, 2017, 18:04 PM IST
Hassan Rouhani vs Ebrahim Raisi: Long queues as Iranians start voting in Presidential Election
President Hassan Rouhani faces stiff competition from hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi, who has positioned himself as a defender of the poor.
May 19, 2017, 09:04 AM IST
Presidential Election 2017: Day after meeting Sonia Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee to hold talks with Arvind Kejriwal
The term of President Pranab Mukherjee ends in July.
May 17, 2017, 09:25 AM IST
Yogi Adityanath and Manohar Parrikar to resign as MPs only after presidential election
Yogi Adityanath and Manohar Parrikar may have left national politics to be chief ministers but they are likely to resign from their parliamentary seats only after casting their votes in the presidential election.
May 14, 2017, 13:21 PM IST
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte keeps 'excellent' trust rating in survey
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte kept his "excellent" trust rating for a fourth consecutive quarter in an opinion poll, with four-fifths of Filipino`s giving him the highest score in a survey that focuses on personality rather than policy.
May 08, 2017, 14:44 PM IST
Presidential election: TRS extends support to BJP
With the Presidential elections just round the corner, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Thursday said it would support the candidate of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), only if it would be in the favour of their state.
May 04, 2017, 13:06 PM IST
Donald Trump says China could have hacked Democratic emails
President Donald Trump said China may have hacked the emails of Democratic officials to meddle with the 2016 presidential election, countering the view of U.S. intelligence officials who have said Moscow orchestrated the hacks.
Apr 30, 2017, 23:46 PM IST
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, presidential rivals face off in pre-election debate
The main hardline conservative challenger in the race for Iran`s May 19 presidential election and three other candidates will take on President Hassan Rouhani over his economic record in a televised debate on Friday.
Apr 28, 2017, 17:16 PM IST
Austrian far-right lawmaker: stop giving Turks Austrian nationality
The far-right runner-up in Austria`s presidential election last year, Norbert Hofer, said there should be no dual-citizenship for Turks until Ankara discloses how many Turks in Austria still hold Turkish citizenship.
Apr 28, 2017, 13:18 PM IST
France votes in presidential election
Voting is presently underway in France for the first phase of the presidential election that comes amidst heightened security concerns for the country following a string of deadly terror attacks.
Apr 23, 2017, 12:47 PM IST
French candidates boost security ahead of tense vote
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says all the presidential contenders and all French people are potential attack targets.
Apr 19, 2017, 15:57 PM IST
Two held in France on suspicion of planning attack during election: Sources
Two men have been arrested in Marseille, southern France, on suspicion of planning an attack during the forthcoming presidential election, judicial and police sources said on Tuesday.
Apr 18, 2017, 16:53 PM IST
Facebook targets 30,000 fake France accounts before election
Facebook says it has targeted 30,000 fake accounts linked to France ahead of the country's presidential election, as part of a worldwide effort against misinformation.
Apr 14, 2017, 17:36 PM IST
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani defends economic record ahead of election
Iran`s President Hassan Rouhani defended his economic record in a press conference on Monday but stopped short of formally announcing his candidacy for next month`s presidential election.
Apr 10, 2017, 14:03 PM IST
US congratulates Lenin Moreno on Ecuador election victory
The United States on Thursday congratulated Lenin Moreno on his victory in Ecuador's presidential election, an outcome that reaffirmed leftist rule in the major oil exporter.
Apr 06, 2017, 20:14 PM IST
Macron's lead narrows in French presidential election: Polls
Centrist Emmanuel Macron's lead in France's presidential election has narrowed though he is still on course to win, two polls casting light on voter intentions following a televised debate between candidates showed.
Apr 06, 2017, 09:19 AM IST
Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny jailed after protests across Russia
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was handed a 15-day jail sentence on Monday for his part in a big anti-government protest in Moscow which buoyed the liberal opposition`s morale a year before a presidential election.
Mar 27, 2017, 23:29 PM IST
France's Centrist Emmanuel Macron seen winning presidential vote: Poll
Centrist Emmanuel Macron is projected to come out on top in the first round of France`s presidential election next month ahead of far-right leader Marine Le Pen before going on to win in a runoff, a Harris Interactive poll showed on Thursday.
Mar 23, 2017, 09:17 AM IST
Presidential election: French PM Manuel Valls says far-right leader Marine Le Pen could win in 2017
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Thursday that far-right leader Marine Le Pen had a chance of winning next year`s presidential election, boosted by the momentum of Donald Trump`s shock win in the United States.
Nov 17, 2016, 17:33 PM IST
