SL fixes fresh dates for parliamentary elections (Ld)
Colombo, April 21 (IANS) Sri Lanka has announced June 20 as the new date for its parliamentary elections, after the initial plans to hold them...
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Sri Lanka’s parliamentary polls to be held on June 20
Colombo, April 21 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Elections Commission has announced it would conduct the country’s parliamentary polls on June 20. The polls were initially planned...
S.Korean ruling party wins landslide victory in parliamentary polls
Seoul, April 16 (IANS) South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s ruling Democratic Party won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections held amid the COVID-19 pandemic, preliminary...
N.Korea holds parliamentary meet 2 days later than scheduled
Seoul, April 13 (IANS) North Korea held a session of its Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) two days later than originally scheduled, state media reported Monday...
N. Korea set to hold parliamentary meeting
Seoul, April 10 (IANS) North Korea’s rubber-stamp legislature was to hold a once-or-twice-a-year session on Friday, with economic and public health issues expected to take...
N.Korea could simplify parliamentary meet: Official
Seoul, April 7 (IANS) North Korea could simplify procedures for an upcoming parliamentary meeting, as the country was making all-out efforts to prevent the outbreak...
S.Korea to hold parliamentary elections on April 15
Seoul, April 6 (IANS) South Korea will hold parliamentary elections on April 15 at 14,330 polling stations across the nation amid the coronavirus pandemic, the...
Iran postpones 2nd round of parliamentary polls over COVID-19
Tehran, March 16 (IANS) The second round of Iran’s parliamentary elections will be held on September 11, Abbasali Kadkhodaei, the spokesman for the Guardian Council...
Armed forces need more funds for weapons: Parliamentary panel
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The armed forces need more funds to procure state-of-the-art weapons, but the Budget for 2020-21 has provided 35 per cent...
Foreign observers invited for SL parliamentary polls
Colombo, March 12 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s National Election Commission (EC) has invited foreign observers for the April 25 parliamentary polls. Commission member S. Ratnajeevan H....
Israel votes in 3rd parliamentary polls in 12 months
Jersalem, March 2 (IANS) Israelis went to the polls on Monday for a third vote in less than a year in the country’s parliamentary elections,...
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...
Hardliners set to win Iran parliamentary elections
Tehran, Feb 23 (IANS) Hardliners are set to win Iran’s parliamentary election, where voting – only 42.6 per cent – was the lowest turnout since...
Principalists lead Iran’s parliamentary elections
Tehran, Feb 22 (IANS) Principalists were leading across different constituencies in Irans 11th parliamentary elections, partial results revealed on Saturday. The initial results were published...
Khamenei votes in Iran’s 11th parliamentary elections
Tehran, Feb 21 (IANS) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among the first to cast his ballot in the country’s 11th parliamentary elections on...
Iranians vote in parliamentary elections
Tehran, Feb 21 (IANS) Iranians on Friday voted in the country’s 11th parliamentary elections. Polling stations across the country opened at 8 a.m., reports Press...
Campaigning for Iran parliamentary elections begins
Tehran, Feb 13 (IANS) Iran’s parliamentary election campaign officially started across the country on Thursday. According to Iran’s Guardians Council of Constitution, the main entity...
Modi welcomes Nadda at BJP’s parliamentary meeting
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president J.P. Nadda attended the party’s first parliamentary meeting in the capital on Tuesday after...
Congress parliamentary strategy group to meet on Monday
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Ahead of the Budget Session of the Parliament, the Congress’ strategy group will meet at interim chief Sonia Gandhi’s residence...
Johnson govt loses 1st parliamentary votes since election
London, Jan 21 (IANS) The Boris Johnson-led UK government has lost three votes in the House of Lords over its Brexit legislation, its first defeats...