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Ex-Microsoft exec recalls best candidate's interview: ‘She worked her network…’
Former Microsoft HR executive Sabina Nawaz listed the red and green flags she sees in candidates and recalled one of the best candidates she interviewed.
Published on Feb 11, 2025 08:48 PM IST
'Kaam kab karega?': Indian boss rejected candidate because he played guitar
A COO recounted an incident where his boss rejected a candidate for mentioning hobbies in his CV.
Updated on Jan 12, 2025 04:28 PM IST
Muskaan Sharma
MP: Candidate gets 101 out of 100 in recruitment exam, students protest
Job seekers protest in Indore over candidate scoring 101.66 out of 100 in Madhya Pradesh recruitment exam, alleging fraud and demanding inquiry
Published on Dec 17, 2024 01:48 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls phase 1: Key constituencies, candidates
Voting in Phase 1 of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections are set to take place on September 18 across 24 constituencies
Published on Sep 17, 2024 07:35 PM IST
Pawars political dynasty reigns with five elected representatives
There is clamour growing for another family scion, Yugendra, to join electoral politics and contest polls from Baramati assembly constituency. Yugendra is the son of Ajit’s elder brother Shriniwas Pawar and had campaigned for Sule in the recently held LS polls
Updated on Jun 14, 2024 07:20 AM IST
Prajwal Revanna trails from Hassan Lok Sabha seat
As of 12:45pm on the ECI website, Congress candidate Shreyas M Patel is currently leading with 5,14,485 votes while Prajwal got 4,91,067 votes
Published on Jun 04, 2024 12:47 PM IST
General Elections 2024: Through a gender lens darkly
I’m thinking about what the 2024 general elections tells us about attitudes to gender and violence against women.
Published on Jun 02, 2024 02:30 PM IST
Cong, BJP picks accuses leaders of helping rivals
While interacting with media in Sonepat, BJP candidate and Rai MLA Mohan Lal Badoli said he has recordings of some local BJP leaders and some officials who tried to help the rival nominee Satpal Brahmachari in the Lok Sabha polls and he claimed that he will win from this seat
Updated on May 30, 2024 06:38 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Rohtak
TMC candidate sources voter turnout data from Form 17C Part I
The TMC candidate said he collected form 17c from all the booths and asked EC how long will it take for it to declare the number of votes polled
Updated on May 28, 2024 09:15 PM IST
Sanjay Tandon takes PM’s initiatives to voters through foot marches
Visiting the Sector 32 and 44 markets, he highlighted other government schemes like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Make in India, Digital India, PM Awas Yojana and Ayushman Bharat, among others
Updated on May 19, 2024 08:22 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
AAP made false promises to seize power: Chandumajra
Addressing election meetings in several villages of the Nawanshahr Vidhan Sabha constituency, Chandumajra said Bhagwant Mann’s government had been “insulting martyrs with false slogans of revolution in the name of Shaheed Bhagat Singh”.
Updated on May 12, 2024 06:22 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Nawanshahr
Congress doesn’t need lesson in unity in diversity from BJP, says Manish Tewari
Replying to a question about the reported statement of Sam Pitroda, chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress, Tewari said he had not heard what he actually said and meant, and was thus not in a position to comment on it
Updated on May 10, 2024 10:04 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Ludhiana: Poster war erupts between Bittu, Warring as campaign heats up
PPCC chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and BJP candidate Ravneet Singh Bittu engage in a social media 'poster war' targeting each other in Ludhiana.
Updated on May 10, 2024 05:06 AM IST
Tarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana
Congress will reserve 50% government jobs for women: Manish Tewari
On the occasion, district Congress president HS Lucky challenged BJP Chandigarh president Jatinder Pal Malhotra to participate in a debate with him, since BJP candidate Sanjay Tandon was not responding to the debate challenge thrown by Tewari
Updated on May 08, 2024 09:18 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Lok Sabha Polls: Ex-Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa casts his vote in Shivamogga
BY Raghavendra said that the primary contest is between two national parties and independent candidates will not create any impact in the results.
Updated on May 07, 2024 11:17 AM IST
The person we support will be the MP: Dhananjay Singh
BSP’s zonal coordinator Kharwar Sahab has recently come to Jaunpur, so he may not have much knowledge about this place.
Published on May 06, 2024 10:54 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3: List of constituencies going to polls on May 7
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 3: Here is the full list of constituencies going to polls on May 7 (Tuesday).
Published on May 06, 2024 07:54 AM IST
Congress fields Tsering Namgyal as its candidate from Ladakh Lok Sabha seat
Ladakh will go to polls on May 20.
Published on May 02, 2024 11:45 PM IST
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BSP replaces its candidate from Amethi
Nanhe Singh Chauhan from Nonia community replaces Ravi Prakash Maurya, who was announced as BSP candidate from the seat on Sunday.
Updated on Apr 30, 2024 06:26 AM IST
HT Corresponddent
Ujjwal Raman has no four-wheeler; owns assets worth over ₹23 cr
The affidavit submitted by him in front of the returning officer of Allahabad parliamentary seat, Gaurav Kumar, on Monday clearly shows that no four-wheeler is owned either by Singh or his wife and two children.
Updated on Apr 30, 2024 05:08 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Prayagraj
Will serve people of Mandi to best of my ability: Kangana Ranaut rebuts ‘outsider’ criticism
The leader dubbed the Congress-led state government “unrighteous” in the latest attack on her opponents.
BJP candidate from UP's Moradabad Kunwar Sarvesh Singh passes away
Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar was among the 12 candidates in the poll fray from Moradabad parliamentary constituency.
Updated on Apr 20, 2024 10:29 PM IST
PTI |
A dilemma or strategy? Akhilesh maintains suspense over Kannauj
Kannauj is the seat from where the SP chief, Akhilesh Yadav, started his political career in 2002 after his father and SP patriarch, Mulayam, won this constituency for the first time in 1999.
Updated on Apr 19, 2024 06:32 AM IST
Pankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow
Balancing privacy and voters’ rights
What is required is integrity and a good-faith commitment to the voter from both candidates and political parties. Only this will strengthen India’s democracy.
Published on Apr 10, 2024 08:59 PM IST
HT Editorial
Vaishali Darekar of Sena (UBT) likely to face Shrikant Shinde in Kalyan
Darekar gained political limelight when she fought the Kalyan Lok Sabha elections in 2009 as the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) candidate
Updated on Apr 04, 2024 09:56 AM IST
After initial resistance, BJP’s Amritsar leaders rally behind Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Taranjit Singh Sandhu, an ex-diplomat, who was being termed a “parachute candidate” was facing resistance from the local unit in Amritsar even before his candidature was announced.
Published on Apr 03, 2024 10:52 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Amritsar
Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad: Congress MP holds roadshow before filing nomination
Congress MP and candidate Rahul Gandhi held a mega roadshow in Kerala's Wayanad - his constituency before filing his nomination.
Updated on Apr 03, 2024 01:13 PM IST
Rakesh Suman is Bahujan Samaj Party candidate from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha seat
An announcement in this regard was made by Bahujan Samaj Party in-charge for Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh Randhir Singh Beniwal. The Hoshiarpur seat is currently represented by Union Minister Som Parkash.
Updated on Mar 31, 2024 07:36 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Chandigarh
Row over Kolar segment intensifies as Cong scrambles to finalise candidate
Five Congress legislators threatened to resign if the Lok Sabha ticket is given to Muniyappa's son-in-law Chikka Peddanna to contest from Kolar.
Published on Mar 30, 2024 08:43 AM IST
PTI | | Posted by Yamini C S
Asif Ali Zardari elected Pakistan's 14th president
Asif Ali Zardari received 255 votes while his opponent Mahmood Khan got 119 votes in the National Assembly and the Senate.
Published on Mar 09, 2024 06:55 PM IST
PTI |