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Communal' film lands BJP's Sangeet Som in trouble

Police on Tuesday night seized a pen drive and a vehicle from the legislator's supporter and driver in Alamgir Faridpur...

19 Jan 2017 1:15 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference at his residence in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

EC sends notice to Kejriwal for take bribe' remarks

The ECI said the AAP leader's statement amounts to abetting and promoting electoral offence of bribery .

17 Jan 2017 1:57 AM IST

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Rs 91 lakh seized from vehicle linked to Maharashtra minister

Subhash Deshmukh denied any link with the money seized by the election officials.

19 Nov 2016 3:08 AM IST

The all-party meeting convened by the EC to discuss the reliability of EVMs, and other electoral reforms, saw a debate over the definition of hacking. (Photo: PTI)

EC backed out of 'hackathon', it's sad: Arvind Kejriwal

The all-party meet convened by EC to discuss reliability of EVMs, other electoral reforms, saw a debate over the...

12 May 2017 9:27 PM IST

The all-party meeting convened by the Election Commission to discuss the reliability of the EVMs, an issue flagged by opposition parties got underway in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

EC holds all-party meet to decide on EVMs, different political parties...

Here's what leaders from various political parties had to say.

12 May 2017 6:51 PM IST

BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha also demanded that the elections be countermanded and fresh polls be declared by the State Election Commission. (Representational image)

Throttling freedom of expression: All privileges need to be codified

The House of Commons prefers to ignore criticisms and does not throttle the freedom of speech.

6 July 2017 2:32 AM IST

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SC asks Centre why no law for appointments to poll panel

The court, however, acknowledged that till now good persons have been appointed in the poll panel.

5 July 2017 12:48 PM IST

Achal Kumar Joti will take charge as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) after Nasim Zaidi (Photo: PTI)

Achal Kumar Joti to be appointed EC chief as Nasim Zaidi retires

He will take charge as CEC after Nasim Zaidi, who had been holding the post since April 19, 2015, retires.

4 July 2017 5:17 PM IST

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

SC remarks on pension to MPs unite govt, Opposition

Only Parliament can decide how to spend public money: Arun Jaitley.

24 March 2017 12:39 AM IST

Raising the issue of alleged tampering of EVMs during the Zero Hour, CPI-M leader P Karunakaran demanded an in-depth and independent inquiry into the matter.

Even manufacturers can't manipulate EVMs: EC

The new M3 EVIN produced after 2013 have additional features like tamper detection and self diagnostics.

9 April 2017 1:37 PM IST

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI).

Congress may postpone internal elections

In the internal elections, there is a chance of internal rivalry between the different factions.

2 Jun 2017 2:51 AM IST

The Election Commission has, in its wisdom, given the green signal to the presentation of the Budget with the caveat that it should not contain any proposals specifically intended for the five states going to the polls.

BJD, Opposition fight over no mention of bypoll by Election Commission

The ruling BJD alleges EC delaying Bijepur bypoll in Odisha under pressure from the Centre.

30 Dec 2017 1:14 AM IST