Tamil Nadu Elections: Veteran actors Vijay and Kamal Haasan have been allotted poll symbols by the Election Commission of India (ECI), ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, The ‘whistle’ symbol has been allotted to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), headed by actor Vijay. Whereas, the ‘battery torch’ symbol has been allotted to Makkal Needhi…
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Ajit Pawar on Friday dismissed speculation about a merger of the NCP and the NCP(SP), saying such discussions existed only in the media. On the NCP-NCP(SP) alliance in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pawar said it was not premeditated. “Local party workers felt that contesting together would…
Voters in military-controlled areas of Myanmar went to the polls on Sunday in a phased election that is widely seen as a “sham” and expected to favor the junta-aligned Union Solidarity and Development Party. UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews on Sunday said that a vote organized by a junta that continues to bomb civilians, imprison…
