Moderate polling in Sri Lankan provincial elections

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 09:10

Voter turnout was moderate in elections to Sri Lanka`s three provincial councils, including the Tamil-majority Northern Province, where ballotting took place Saturday.

Reality shows governed by SMS business not talent: Pt Majumdar

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 18:56

Pandit Ronum Majumdar has expressed concern over the SMS voting system in reality shows as he believes such programmes don`t reflect the true aspirations of youth.

Dell's buyout teeters as it rejects voting change

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 09:13

A person familiar with the matter later said Dell's chief executive and Silver Lake expect their deal to collapse unless there is a change in how shareholder votes are counted.

Dell's buyout teeters as it rules out voting change

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 31, 2013, 22:34

Michael Dell and Silver Lake's USD 24.4 billion bid to take over Dell Inc suffered a blow on Wednesday after the company's special committee rejected their request to change the voting rules in exchange for a sweeter bid.

India provides EVMs, CEC to Bhutan for elections

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 20:53

India has provided 1,935 electronic voting machines to Bhutan for the country`s second national elections to be held on Saturday.

Maha poll panel to test `voting day result` plan

Last Updated: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 16:31

The State Election Commission will tomorrow launch a pilot project to declare result on the same day of voting.

Narendra Modi pitches for right to reject candidate

Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 22:59

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday advocated electoral reforms including introduction of right to reject and compulsory voting, saying these measures would bring good people to politics.

RS cross-voting: Vijayakant suspends seven MLAs

Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 19:12

DMDK headed by actor Vijaykant has suspended seven of its MLAs, who did not vote for the party`s nominee in the recent Rajya Sabha biennial polls.

US Supreme Court weakens voting discrimination law

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 08:56

President Barack Obama, the country`s first black chief executive, said he was "deeply disappointed" with the decision.

Obama slams Supreme Court voting decision

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 23:43

US President Barack Obama said he was "deeply disappointed" by a Supreme Court decision to strike down a key section of an election law designed to guard against racial discrimination.

US high court strikes down part of Voting Rights Act

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 21:58

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act, which guards against racial discrimination in US states with a segregationist past.

Kiran Rao adopts different approach to promote `Ship of Theseus`

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 19:16

Kiran Rao, who is planning to release Anand Gandhi`s `Ship of Theseus` in five Metro Cities- Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata, came up with an interesting online voting option for audiences to view the movie in other cities.