Sarkozy in need of miracle: British press
Britain's Monday papers said only a miracle would keep Nicolas Sarkozy as French president but the far-right's 'stunning' gains in Sunday's vote had tarnished leftist Francois Hollande's likely win.
From bullets to ballot, Syria prepares for polls
Amid a shaky truce and presence of UN monitors, Syria is bracing to hold its first multi-party parliamentary elections in five years next month that hopes to provide space for a nascent political oppo
Citizens in Indian ex-French colony cast votes
French citizens of the tiny and picturesque former colony Pondicherry cast their presidential votes on Sunday, yet many have never been to the country nor speak its language.
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Vayalar Ravi: Party future hinges on bypolls
Congress high command emissary Vayalar Ravi who left for Delhi on Friday after completing his four-day fact-finding tour, would be submitting his report on the party’s prospects in the state to AICC c
TSR to take on mekapati for nellore ls seat
The Nellore Lok Sabha by-election has taken an interesting turn with the Congress fielding heavyweight Dr T. Sub-barami Reddy as its ca-ndidate to take on Mek-apati Rajamohan Red-dy, the YSR Congress
Barack Obama, Mitt Romney in a tight race: Poll
President Barack Obama and his likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney are locked in a tight race in the November presidential poll as Romney solidified support within his party, according to a new p
Supreme Court upholds EC criteria on symbol issue
In a majority verdict, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the criteria of the Election Commission (EC) for granting symbols to unrecognised registered political parties.
A three-judge bench compr
Counting of votes for Delhi civic polls begins
Counting of votes for the three municipal corporations in the national capital began here on Tuesday amid tight security.
The counting for 272 wards are taking place in 33 centres across the city, a
Delhi youth ask for right to not vote
As Delhi voted on Sunday for it's trifurcated municipal corporation, a 19-year-old boy here reached the Delhi Election Commission to demand his right for not voting.
Akshay Malhotra, 19, who is from
Three villages 'boycott' Delhi civic polls
Voters in three villages of the capital on Sunday 'boycotted' the Delhi municipal polls protesting against authorities' alleged apathy in providing civic amenities like proper roads and drainage in th