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Madras High Court rejects election petition against victory of Tamil Nadu Minister Sengottaiyan
The Madras High Court on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) rejected an election petition filed against the victory of Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader K.A. Sengottaiyan from Gobichettipalayam Assembly constituency this year. Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan allowed an application filed by the Minister to reject the election petition filed by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate V.B. Prabhu who had secured the third position in the polls and lost by a margin of 26,280 votes in the election. Mr.
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What to know about Russia's upcoming parliamentary election
MOSCOW, Sept 15 - Russia holds a parliamentary election on September 18 to 20, the first since it launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in February 2022. The political system is tightly controlled and the ruling United Russia party, backed by President Vladimir Putin, is widely expected to retain its dominance of the 450-seat State Duma, the lower house of parliament. Here's what to look out for: • Voters will elect all 450 members of the Duma to five-year terms. Half of the seats are allocated through a nationwide party-list vote.
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Ukraine races to counter Russia's jet-powered drone attacks
KYIV/LONDON, Sept 15 - In early July, Ukraine's military invited a large group of producers to test a new generation of interceptors developed to counter the jet-powered attack drones Russia has used to devastating effect in recent months.
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BREAKING: NDP flips Calgary-Shaw in major by-election upset
Naheed Nenshi’s NDP pulled off a stunning upset in Calgary-Shaw Monday, snatching the longtime conservative stronghold from Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservatives. NDP candidate Kyle Campbell emerged victorious in the unofficial count with 7,461 votes (46.6%) defeating UCP candidate Mike Derry, who received 6,879 votes (43%) Campbell won by 582 votes, or 3.6 percentage points, flipping a riding the UCP carried by nearly 14 percentage points in the 2023 provincial election.
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What’s at Stake for Putin in Russia’s Duma Election?
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NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuania in latest Baltic security incident
NATO fighter jets shot have down a drone over Lithuania in the latest security incident on Europe's border with Russia as its war with Ukraine continues. "A drone that just entered Lithuanian airspace was destroyed by NATO fighter jets," Lithuanian Preisdent Gitanas Nauseda wrote in a post on X on Tuesday.
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NATO Shoots Down Drone That Entered Lithuanian Airspace
NATO jets shot down an unidentified drone that flew into the Lithuanian airspace from neighboring Belarus early Tuesday, the latest incursion on the alliance’s eastern flank as aerial warfare between Ukraine and Russia intensifies.
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Denmark Says Russian Warship Fired Flares at Helicopter
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U.S. blacklists Russia's VTB Bank for aiding Iran in evading sanctions
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Ukraine's postal workers deliver lifeline under Russian fire
Every morning Igor Smelyansky looks at a vast map of Ukraine on his office wall and decides where he should put his people in harm's way. His aides provide him with live intelligence about Russian attacks and he deploys his teams, balancing their potential operational success against risk to life or limb. But Smelyansky is no military commander. He is the head of Ukraine's state postal service, Ukrposhta. And every day he must decide how far to send his postmen and women into the deadly "kill zone" along the front lines where the threat of drone attack is ever present.