DHAKA: With Bangladesh Awami League not participating this time, a total of 80 candidates from religious and ethnic minority communities are contesting Bangladesh’s national parliamentary election scheduled for Feb 12. Of these candidates, 12 are running as independents and 10 are women, according to officials of Election Commission and available data. A total of 22…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has ruled that candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Economically Weaker Sections are entitled to general category posts if they secure the cutoff marks stipulated for general category.The ruling by a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine G Masih was inspired by SC’s landmark verdict…
India’s Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa (FIDE/Eteri Kublashvili) Indian Grandmaster (GM) R Praggnanandhaa has secured his spot in the Candidates 2026 tournament by winning the FIDE Circuit 2025, becoming the only male player to represent India.The Chennai-based Grandmaster has demonstrated exceptional performance throughout the year, securing victories at multiple prestigious tournaments, including the Wijk Aan Zee Masters,…
Polling officials collect EVMs on the eve of the second phase of Bihar assembly elections in East Champaran PATNA: Final showdown set as Bihar goes to polls Tuesday in a climactic second phase that will seal the fate of 1,302 candidates – among them 12 cabinet ministers, state Congress chief Rajesh Ram, a former deputy…
JNU Polls 2025-26: The Election Committee of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has released the final list of candidates for the much-anticipated Students’ Union elections for the academic year 2025-26. A total of twenty candidates, including six women, will contest for the four central panel posts: president, vice-president, general secretary, and joint secretary in the November…