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Mukul Roy also claimed that a lot of people including MP, MLA and organisation leaders are in touch with him to join the party. (Photo: ANI)

3 WB Congress, TMC leaders join BJP; Mukul Roy claims 'more in line'

wo leaders of West Bengal Congress and one from Trinamool Congress joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday.

11 Mar 2019 6:12 PM

'It's the first day of Vidai Parv of Modi ji. Voters are ready,' said AICC spokesperson Pawan Khera. (Photo: File)

‘Modi's vidai parv’: Cong on EC's scheduled poll dates announcement

The poll panel is scheduled to give poll dates in a press conference soon at Vigyan Bhavan here.

10 Mar 2019 5:04 PM

Krishnamurthy, who oversaw the 2004 Lok Sabha election, rejected suggestions from some leaders of Opposition parties who raised questions on the Election Commission (EC) for not announcing the poll dates yet. (Photo: File)

2019 LS poll will see more money, violence, hatred: Ex-CEC

Former CEC T S Krishnamurthy, however, expressed confidence that the EC was capable of facing the challenges.

08 Mar 2019 2:18 PM

K'taka polls: Three BJP ads 'violate' EC norms, banned from being aired

The committee restrained the media from airing or sharing the ads on the ground that they were violative of Election Commission guidelines.

28 Apr 2018 3:09 PM

In the last 24 hours, the flying squads have seized Rs 9.91,700 in cash, 18.90 litres of liquor, eight silk sarees, and 2.46 kg of gold worth Rs 49, 17,000. (Representational image)

1,156 flying squads, 1,255 static surveillance teams deployed in poll-bound K'taka

Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar stated that flying squads and teams were constituted for enforcing the Model Code of Conduct.

01 Apr 2018 8:50 AM

The LIVA Q comes in two variants – LIVA Q 4G/32GB, with Windows 10 Home for Rs 15,500 and without any OS for Rs 13,500.

ECS unveils smallest pocket size PC

Named LIVA Q, this PC supports 4K content along with Intel Apollo Lake processors.

14 Mar 2018 8:24 PM

Kejriwal, in his plea, has alleged that the poll panel's January 29, 2017 order had curtailed his right to free speech. (Photo: File)

Bribery remarks: Complaint case, not FIR, filed against Kejriwal

During hearing, advocate Manish Vashisht, contended that actions of EC were in violation of his right to freedom and free speech.

26 Feb 2018 6:32 PM

The members, whose terms are ending, include union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan, J P Nadda, Thaawarchand Gehlot and Ramdas Athawale. (Representational image)

Voting of 58 RS seats from 16 states will be held on March 23: EC

The EC also announced bypoll to a RS seat from Kerala after MP Veerendra Kumar resigned in December.

23 Feb 2018 8:43 PM

In a blow to Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party, the EC on Januray 19 recommended disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs for holding office of profit which was also accepted by President Ram Nath Kovind. (Photo: PTI/File)

Axed AAP MLAs given ‘ample time’ to come clean, but didn’t: EC to Delhi HC

The Delhi HC had asked the EC to state the factual aspects behind its decision to disqualify the 20 AAP MLAs.

04 Feb 2018 10:34 AM

Vaghela further said that he had already warned Congress leader Ashok Gehlot that he wouldn't vote for Ahmed Patel till he apologises for this comment. (Photo: PTI/File)

Disqualification of rebel votes by EC in Gujarat RS poll, conspiracy of Cong: Vaghela

The former Congress leader further said that the Election Commission (EC) should not have interfered in the matter.

10 Aug 2017 2:03 PM

After the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, the BSP and the AAP had questioned the reliability of the machines. (Photo: File)

No party has so far applied for EC's challenge to tamper EVMs

A demand of the AAP to tamper with the motherboard of the machine was rejected by the Commission on Thursday.

26 May 2017 11:03 AM

Chief election commissioner Nasim Zaidi. (Photo: PTI)

EC to announce schedule for its 'EVM challenge' tomorrow

EC on Saturday will announce the schedule for its challenge to tamper with its electronic voting machines.

19 May 2017 3:43 PM

The Samajwadi Party president arrived here along with his MP wife Dimple and three children for paying obeisance at Pitambara Peeth temple.(Photo: PTI)

Hold future polls through ballot papers: Akhilesh to EC

We lost the assembly elections because of fault in EVMs, Yadav said.

09 May 2017 8:36 PM

The machine which he has used is not an EVM the Election Commission uses, Dikshit said. (Photo: PTI)

AAP has belittled case against EVMs: Congress

Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said this is nothing but just a diversionary tactic of the AAP.

09 May 2017 7:43 PM

The EC has been claiming that EVMs are tamper-proof and had challenged that it be proven otherwise by parties making allegations about rigging. (Photo: PTI)

Participate in Hackathon: EC to AAP after EVM demo; party accepts challenge

Give us your EVMs, it can be tampered with in 90 secs, Kejriwal tells EC.

09 May 2017 5:26 PM

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