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Sri Lanka held a parliamentary election that will decide whether ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa can stage a political comeback, as the leader who toppled him in January manoeuvred to block his path back to power.

In his letter, which President Sirisena had sent in his capacity as Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), he has noted that there were several seniors in the SLFP who deserved the prime ministerial position in the event of a UPFA win.

The SLJS communiqué says “The general election on the 17th August, and its aftermath has the potential to be the most troublesome, and possibly the most violent election in Sri Lanka’s history unless President Sirisena respects the mandate of the people”. Under...

Escalating his war of words with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his DNA barb, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday announced launch of “take back your words” campaign, saying the PM’s remark was an “insult” to the people of the state....

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an election for October 19, kicking off a marathon 11-week campaign, Reuters reported. The move appeared designed to give the Conservative Party an edge in campaign spending.

As tourists swarmed Parliament Hill and blinding summer sunshine bathed Rideau Hall, Harper emerged to confirm that Gov. Gen. David Johnston had indeed dissolved Parliament, launching the longest campaign in Canada since 1872. Now is not the time for the kind of risky economic...

He said the RJD stood for “roz jungle raj ka darr” and added that there’s something wrong with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s “political DNA” which led him to abandon friends, namely the BJP. Kumar said that due to good electricity supply,...

He said even George Fernandes, former associate of Nitish Kumar, and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi, were not treated well by him even though they had worked shoulder-to-shoulder with him.