National Party & preferred coalition partner ACT on course to win with 52% of votes counted so far, says Electoral Commission. PM Hipkins' Labour down to 26%.
MCC calls for 48-hour ‘silence period’ before elections, but rules are hazy on social media or speeches outside ‘polling area’. It’s a loophole PM seems have leveraged many times.
In what looks like the first major rebellion in the party, the six-time MLA has written to the high command requesting another chance to fight elections.
In recent years, fuel prices have been kept static for weeks before assembly polls, only to be changed soon after. However, there's no clarity over who's deciding the prices.
Election Commission's proposed policy will seek details on how a party plans to rationalise expenditures & go for borrowings in case of inadequate funding.
AAP claims its event held in Delhi was attended by almost 1,500 party representatives from 20 states & Union territories. Is slammed by Congress, BJP for 'exaggerating' support base.
Delayed by a month, the Congress presidential elections will be held in October, as decided by Congress Working Committee. Results will be announced on 19 October.
‘Vote-buying’ has increased significantly in India since 2010, according to the authors of the study, which is due to be published in the peer-reviewed journal World Development.
The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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