Sajith Premadasa to contest 2020 SL general elections
Colombo, Feb 28 (IANS) Sajith Premadasa, a former Sri Lankan presidential hopeful, has decided to contest the island nation’s general elections slated to take place …
Ex-SL PM to contest upcoming parliamentary election
Colombo, Feb 25 (IANS) Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to contest the country’s upcoming parliamentary election from the Colombo district, a …
Jindal Global Law School to host int’l moot court contest
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Aiming to promote values of environmental justice and sustainability, the Jindal Global Law School of O.P Jindal Global University in …
Hari Nagar seat: BJP’s Bagga, AAP’s Dhillon in close contest
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Hari Nagar Assembly seat is seeing a tough fight between the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party as BJP candidate …
Experts contest RBI’s claim on policy space for future action
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Market pundits on Thursday contested RBI’s math by which the central bank concluded that it has the requisite policy space to …
Gladiatorial contest in Okhla: Parvez Hashmi vs Amanatullah
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Okhla Assembly seat, a suburban colony in the South Delhi, has come up on the world map because of …
Australian woman dies in lamington eating contest
Canberra, Jan 27 (IANS) A woman has died in Australia while taking part in a contest to eat as many lamingtons — a traditional sponge …
Sikar woman quits Dubai job to contest panchayat polls
Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) For Sunita, it could be termed as call of the rural India, which motivated her to quit her plush job with …
I-League: Close contest on cards as Punjab host Gokulam
Ludhiana, Jan 19 (IANS) In what could turn out to be a very important contest in the overall scheme of things in the 13th I-League, …
RJD to contest 4 seats in Delhi in alliance with Congress
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Following the good performance in Jharkhand, Congress alliance partner Lalu Prasad-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will contest on four seats …
Malviya Nagar to see tight contest among AAP, BJP, Cong
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency is going to see an interesting fight in the Delhi Assembly polls as two-time AAP …
Delhi Congress poll list on Friday, Chopra won’t contest
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Congress election committee which met on Thursday to finalise the names of candidates for the Delhi Assembly polls, will …
BJP, JDU alliance unbreakable, NDA to contest Bihar polls under Nitish: Shah
Hajipur, Jan 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Thursday that the alliance of BJP and …
Sonia asks Delhi Cong stalwarts to contest polls, Ist list soon
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi has asked the party leaders seeking ticket for their kins to themselves contest the Delhi …
Akhilesh cannot contest polls if he defies NPR: BJP minister
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 12 (IANS) Union minister Sanjeev Baliyan has said that Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will not be allowed to contest elections …
Delhi polls contest between 2 models that will shape India’s future: Sisodia
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia said on Friday that the education model of his government is building the …
ISL: Bengaluru pip FC Goa 2-1 in riveting contest
Bengaluru, Jan 3 (IANS) Bengaluru FC continued their supremacy over FC Goa with a gritty 2-1 win in an engrossing Indian Super League (ISL) contest …
Close contest between AIADMK and DMK in TN rural body polls
Chennai, Jan 2 (IANS) It is a close contest between the ruling AIADMK and the principal opposition party DMK in the two phased rural local …
Ex-Assam CM Gogoi dons lawyer’s robe to contest CAA in SC
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Everyone was surprised when former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi donned lawyer’s robe after three decades to challenge the constitutional …
We waited for a contest in Britain, we got a massacre (Comment)
The evening began disastrously not only because Boris Johnson won by a landslide but because our host, Lord Meghnad Desai, could not cook us a …
Jharkhand polls: Close contest in Deoghar
Deoghar (Jharkhand), Dec 15 (IANS) Famous for Lord Shiva’s Baidyanath Jyotirling, Deoghar in Jharkhand is one of the most important religious places for Hindus. The …
Vote share projections reveal close contest in Jharkhand poll
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) If the seat share projections by the IANS-CVoter Jharkhand Opinion Poll indicate some ambiguity over how close the fight could …
Hemant to contest from 2 seats in Jharkhand assembly polls
Ranchi, Nov 24 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Executive president Hemant Soren will fight the state assembly polls from two assembly …
Minister Saryu Rai to contest against CM in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Nov 17 (IANS) Denied ticket from the BJP for Jharkhand Assembly elections, minister Saryu Rai, announced on Sunday that he will contest against Chief …
Jharkhand minister may contest against own CM
Ranchi, Nov 16 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released its fourth list of candidates for the Assembly elections, state Food and Supply …
BJP picks 13 ‘defectors’ to contest Karnataka bypolls
Bengaluru, Nov 14 (IANS) The BJP has named 13 of the 16 defected former Congress and JD-S legislators as candidates for the 15 Assembly by-elections …
Jharkhand: Ex-Maoist to contest from Maoist-infested Tamar
Ranchi, Nov 14 (IANS) Tamar seat situated on outskirts of Ranchi likely to witness an interesting fight in the forthcoming Jharkhand Assembly polls. Tamar Assembly …
Karnataka MLAs open to contest bypolls
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The 17 disqualified MLAs in Karnataka are open to contest the bypolls slated on December 5, as the Supreme Court …
LJP snubs BJP in Jharkhand, to contest alone on 50 seats
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday received another setback after its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ally Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) decided to …
When Big B failed in a film contest
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Amitabh Bachchan completes 50 years in Bollywood on Thursday, but few know that before his journey towards superstardom began, the actor …
JD-U to contest Jharkhand, Delhi assembly polls on its own
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Wednesday said that it will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand and Delhi on …
Taj city hosts cooking contest for visually impaired
Agra, Oct 21 (IANSlife) Sightless but not tasteless. This was proved by the visually impaired contestants who participated in a three-day cooking competition, the first …
Two-time CM Hooda files nomination, faces tough contest
Chandigarh, Oct 4 (IANS) Two-time Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday filed his nomination papers from the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency in Rohtak for …
Akali Dal to contest with INLD on five seats in Haryana
Chandigarh, Oct 3 (IANS) The Akali Dal, an alliance partner of the BJP in Punjab and Delhi, on Thursday announced it will contest the October …
Akali Dal to contest Haryana polls with INLD
Chandigarh, Oct 3 (IANS) The Akali Dal, an alliance partner with the BJP in Punjab and New Delhi, has announced it will contest the October …
Contest alert!
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANSlife) If youre a couple with a beautiful love story and are still waiting for wedding bells to ring, this could …
Hindu, Muslim sides contest Ayodhya claims as Oct 18 nears
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) With October 18 – the deadline for arguments in the Ayodhya title case – fast approaching, the counsel for both …
Sacked BSF trooper to now contest against Khattar
Chandigarh, Sep 30 (IANS) Sacked BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav, who had sought to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2019 general elections, …
Raj Thackeray’s MNS to contest Maharashtra polls
Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) will contest the October 21 state Assembly elections, party President Raj Thackeray announced here on Monday. …
BJP leader to contest on Apna Dal ticket in UP
Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 30 (IANS) In a strange twist of events, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) district secretary Raj Kumar Pal will contest the …
Aditya Thackeray to contest Assembly polls from Worli
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) As anticipated, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aditya Thackeray will contest the Assembly elections from Worli in Mumbai, a top …