Bolivian President Evo Morales calls for new elections

Bolivian President Evo Morales has resigned amid turmoil following his disputed re-election last month. The development came after international monitors on Sunday called for the election result to be annulled, saying they had found “clear manipulations” of the 20 October poll. Evo Morales was the first member from Bolivia’s indigenous population to become president and … Read more

CJI Ranjan Gogoi inaugurates Assamese version of ‘Courts of India’

Chief Justice of India designate, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde, Several judges of Supreme court and Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal attended the event.  The book which captures the historical developments which took place in the history of nation’s courts has been published by the Publication Division.  Speaking on the occasion, the CJI said that … Read more

Chahar’s hat-trick hands India T20 series win over Bangladesh

Pacers Deepak Chahar, who registered the best figures in a T20 match besides becoming the first Indian to take a hat-trick in the shortest format, and Shivam Dube (3/30) shared 9 wickets amongst themselves to secure India’s first T20 series win at home this season.  Iyer and Rahul had earlier smashed sublime half-centuries to propel … Read more

Former CEC TN Seshan passes away

Seshan was appointed CEC on December 12, 1990 during the P V Narasimha Rao led Congress government.  He is widely credited for bringing in electoral reforms that changed the face of Indian elections.  One of them was the implementation of the Model Code of Conduct, which is a set of guidelines issued to regulate political … Read more

Spain to hold 4th General Election today

At the last vote, in April this year, acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, won the most seats. But after failing to rally enough support to form a government, he announced a fresh vote in September. His predecessor Mariano Rajoy, of the conservative, Christian democratic People’s Party, won the December … Read more