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Election Commission

EC removes home secys for ‘dual posts’

EC orders reshuffle of officers ahead of polls

19 Mar 2024 1:30 AM

7-phase LS polls over 44 days to start April 19, results on June 4

UP, Bengal, Bihar to have 7-phase voting; 4 state polls with LS

17 Mar 2024 2:02 AM

EC estimates Rs 10,000 cr needed every 15 yrs for new EVMs if simultaneous polls held

According to estimates, a total of 11.80 lakh polling stations would be required to be set up across India for Lok Sabha polls this year

21 Jan 2024 12:30 AM

Shikha Mukerjee | Public discourse standards fall, distorted by EC’s bias

The EC has limited power to control the terms of public discourse

30 Nov 2023 12:00 AM

AA Edit | Gujarat: BJP has edge, AAP means business

A win is critical for the BJP to keep its act together while a loss will make the 2024 general election a more open affair

05 Nov 2022 12:10 AM

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Pakistan's Election Commission disqualifies ex-PM Imran Khan for five years

The ECP also announced that action would be taken against him under the corrupt practices laws

21 Oct 2022 3:34 PM

EC takes note of fight over Shiv Sena symbol, seeks submissions by Aug 8

The Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena had written to the Commission seeking allocation of the party's 'bow and arrow' election symbol to it

23 Jul 2022 12:18 PM

With moratorium on physical rallies, BJP launches 'door-to-door' campaign across UP

The campaigner will reach out to voters, including women and beneficiaries of different schemes, he said

11 Jan 2022 3:11 PM

Shikha Mukerjee | Centre vs states: Key to anti-BJP unity of Opp.

There is more to winning in UP, Uttarakhand or Goa than merely putting a BJP man in the CM’s chair

08 Sep 2021 2:44 AM

Bhowanipore bypolls scheduled on Sept 30 in face of Constitutional crisis

After the announcement of the poll dates, Ms Banerjee cancelled her North Bengal tour which was supposed to start from Sunday

05 Sep 2021 8:31 AM

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Plea in Delhi HC for action against political leaders for violating COVID-19 norms

The plea also sought directions to 'ensure compulsory home quarantine of persons who campaigned in the last one week of in West Bengal'

27 Apr 2021 2:12 PM

Election Commission should be charged with murder: Madras HC

HC has asked for a blueprint on how safety norms will be followed on counting day, mentioning that it could even stop the counting of votes

27 Apr 2021 12:22 AM

Shikha Mukerjee | Mishandling elections in the time of a pandemic

Through super-spreader events and shoddy observance of Covid protocols, Citizens are paying twice over for the EC’s failures

26 Apr 2021 12:00 AM

EC rules out clubbing poll phases

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday evening also appealed to the EC to club the remaining phases of the polls into one

16 Apr 2021 1:22 AM

3 officers in Bengal CEO's office transferred ahead of assembly polls

It is still not clear where the three officers were transferred or who will replace them

01 Feb 2021 7:58 PM

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Most of Assam’s 19 lakh NRC rejects can cast votes in 2021 polls

Unless foreigners tribunal declares a person as foreigner, his or her name will be there in the voter list even after exclusion from the NRC

24 Dec 2020 5:00 AM

Bihar Assembly polls as per schedule: EC

The tenure of the current Bihar Assembly will end on November 29, and polls are expected to be held in either end October or November

12 Aug 2020 10:48 AM

EC showcause to Kejriwal for Hindu-Muslim jibe at Oppn

The FIR was registered on January 25 by the special cell of Delhi Police on the complaint of the Bharatiya Janata Party, they said.

08 Feb 2020 2:23 AM

Election Commission slaps 24-hr ban on Parvesh Verma

Verma was banned for allegedly terming chief minister Arvind Kejriwal as “terrorist”.

06 Feb 2020 4:14 AM

Delhi poised on edge: Can a hate chant win?

The young men who breezily sauntered down the road shouting explicitly violent slogans were eventually bundled into a police van and taken away.

06 Feb 2020 1:54 AM

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