National Party

TMC, CPI, NCP face prospect of losing 'national party' status over LS poll performance; EC likely to issue them show cause notice

According to the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968, a political party can be recognised as a national party if its candidates secure at least six percent of votes polled in four or more states in Lok Sabha or Assembly elections, and, in addition, it has at least four members in the Lok Sabha.

Lok Sabha elections 2019: 59 national and state parties in fray; all you need to know about their differences

There are seven political parties with the tag of national party: Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Nationalist Congress Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, and the Trinamool Congress.

Pakistan presidential election to be held tomorrow: PTI's Arif Alvi front runner in absence of joint Oppn candidate

Apart from Arif Alvi, the Pakistan Peoples Party's Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan and Jamiat-e-Ulema (F) chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman are also in the race. The joint Opposition was to field a single candidate to give Alvi a tough time but failed to do so.

Jacinda Ardern sworn in as New Zealand prime minister, will be nation's youngest leader in 150 years

Jacinda Ardern has been compared to other young, charismatic leaders such as President Emmanuel Macron in France and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Canada

Australian govt in turmoil after court rules Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce ineligible to hold position over dual citizenship

Barnaby Joyce was among seven politicians embroiled in a crisis after falling afoul of a previously obscure constitutional rule that bars dual citizens from sitting in parliament.

After inconclusive New Zealand general election, major parties start talks with kingmaker Winston Peters

Leaders of New Zealand’s main parties started talks with Winston Peters, leader of a nationalist party who emerged kingmaker after an inconclusive general election

New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English faces questions in Todd Barclay's secret tape case

Three months away from an election, Prime Minister of New Zealand Bill English is facing awkward questions about how he handled a lawmaker who is accused of making secret recordings and then lying about what he did.

New Zealand: Bill English sworn in as new prime minister after John Key steps down

New Zealand's socially conservative finance chief Bill English was sworn in as the country's new prime minister on Monday following last week's shock resignation of his popular predecessor John Key.

New Zealand to go to polls on 20 September

Flashback: The day Mandela was released from prison

On Feb. 11, 1990, AP reporter Greg Myre was in Cape Town when Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years. Mandela walked out of Victor Verster prison hand-in-hand with his then wife, Winnie, as people worldwide rejoiced. The momentous event rivaled the fall of the Berlin Wall just a few months earlier as a symbol of newfound freedom.