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With Maharashtra voting in a single phase on October 21, the Election Commission will be seeking adequate forces to ensure smooth conduct of elections in close to 2,700 sensitive polling booths mostly in Aurangabad, Amaravati, Mumbai, Thane and Pune across the state.

Jammu and Kashmir set for first-ever local body polls

They said 1,092 nominations, including 853 Independents, were found eligible after scrutiny and withdrawal.

24 Oct 2019 4:10 AM GMT

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Conservative rival Andrew Scheer slugged it out Sunday on the last day of a rancorous election campaign. (Photo: AFP)

Trudeau's Liberals to form minority government after winning Canada...

Around 27.4 million people are eligible to vote at one of the approximately 20,000 polling places across the country.

22 Oct 2019 4:55 AM GMT

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Conservative rival Andrew Scheer slugged it out Sunday on the last day of a rancorous election campaign. (Photo: AFP)

Liberals, Tories slug it out on last day of Canada election

The People's Party has situated itself to the right of the Conservatives and could draw votes away from the Tories.

21 Oct 2019 4:32 AM GMT

Voting, which began at 7 am, will end at 5 pm. (Photo: ANI)

Over 73,000 police personnel deployed to ensure peaceful polls in...

More than 40,000 Haryana police personnel, over 13,000 Paramilitary personnel and more than 20,000 Home Guards have been...

20 Oct 2019 3:18 PM GMT

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was part of a discussion on Education and Investment Opportunities with students of IIM-Ahmedabad. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Fighting for every single vote,' says Canada's Trudeau as he concedes...

Trudeau has spent much of campaign in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, which accounts for 108 of the 338 seats...

20 Oct 2019 4:17 AM GMT

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday said that he and five-time MP Kantilal Bhuria have reached an age where they should retire. (Photo: ANI)

Reached to an age where Kantilal Bhuria, I shall retire: Digvijaya...

The Congress leader accused the BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of killing their own people in the state.

17 Oct 2019 7:29 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump has said that he is considering signing the first phase of the long-awaited trade deal with China in Iowa. (Photo: File)

US urges early Iraq elections, halt to violence against protesters

The committee said snipers were active near protest sites and hunting rifles were used against demonstrators as well.

11 Nov 2019 7:47 AM GMT

New Delhi said the step would further facilitate India-US trade and technology collaboration in defence and high technology areas.

4 Indian-Americans, including Muslim woman create history, wins state,...

Ghazala Hashmi, former community college professor, created history by becoming first Muslim woman to be elected to...

7 Nov 2019 4:23 AM GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of planning attacks against the Jewish state and said everything possible would be done to prevent them. (Photo: File)

'A huge win!': Israel's Netanyahu declares victory in ruling party...

Saar, a former minister seen as to the right of Netanyahu, tweeted after polls closed thanking his supporters,...

27 Dec 2019 4:32 AM GMT

The cases that are often registered include phishing, online fraud, cheating, stalking on social media, email abuse, hacking and copyright violations.

Ukraine sees surge in cyber attacks targeting election

Ten weeks before the elections, hackers were also buying personal details of election officials.

26 Jan 2019 6:41 AM GMT

US President Donald Trump

Trump to make 'major' announcement on shutdown, border issue

US President Donald Trump has said he will make a major announcement on Saturday.

19 Jan 2019 2:58 AM GMT

Hard as it might seem to quit Facebook, especially for those entwined with it for years, it can be done.(Photo: AP)

Facebook brings stricter ads rules to India ahead of general election

Facebook since 2016 has become a means for politicians and their adversaries to distribute fake news and other...

17 Jan 2019 5:06 AM GMT