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How are votes counted in India?
The election was conducted in 7 phases for 543 constituencies of Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India (ECI) uses Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to conduct elections. Since 2000, ECI has conducted 113 assembly elections and three general elections using EVMs.
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India polls: Gandhi says gloomy Indian exit polls ‘fake’
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday dismissed “fake” Indian exit polls predicting a clear election victory for his opponent, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day before the scheduled release of results. A slew of exit polls released after the world’s largest election
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India’s election: an insulting affair
India’s mammoth election, the biggest in the world, was a frequently bad-tempered affair and awash with insults. Ahead of the vote counting and results due on Thursday, AFP looks back at the worst of the mudslinging during almost six weeks
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New leads on Jho Low but IGP coy on whereabouts
PASIR MAS: Police have obtained new leads on the whereabouts of Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador revealed today. Abdul Hamid said the police will be doing its best
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Indonesia election: Defeated candidate’s supporters riot
JAKARTA: Six people are dead and more than 200 are injured after mobs clashed with security forces and set fire to a police dormitory and vehicles in the Indonesian capital following the release of official election results. National Police spokesman
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Sultan Ahmad Shah dies at 88
PUCHONG: The former Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah ibni Al Marhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’adzam Shah, has passed away. Pahang Menteri besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail announced that Sultan Ahmad Shah died at the
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HAKAM backs gov’t move to save Malaysian from death sentence
PUCHONG: National Human Rights Society (HAKAM) today backed the Malaysian government’s effort to save Pannir Selvam Pranthaman from the hangman’s noose in Singapore. “HAKAM supports the government’s effort to save Pannir from the death sentence, which is consistent with Pakatan
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Agriculture minister calls for speedy resolution of NFCorp
KOTA BHARU: The Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry has called for a speedy resolution to the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) issue as it involves public interest. Its minister Datuk Salahuddin Ayub said a company had expressed interest in acquiring NFCorp
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In a village, Muslims talk of leaving as divide with Hindus widens
NAYABANS: Muslims in Nayabans, an unremarkable village in northern India, say they remember a time when their children played with Hindu youths, and people from either faith chatted when they frequented each other’s shops and went to festivals together. Such
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K-pop star Psy to release new album in July
SEOUL: K-pop star Psy will return to the forefront of the K-pop scene with a new album in early July, Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday. “Psy will return with his ninth full-length album in early July … and premiere
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