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The term of Sikkim Vidhan Sabha ends on May 27 while that of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha on June 18, June 1 and June 11 respectively. (Photo: ANI)

Arunachal, Andhra, Sikkim, Odisha Assembly polls to be held along with...

Sunil Arora said, 'There will be no state Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Only parliamentary elections will take...

10 March 2019 7:34 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi urges first time voters to vote in record numbers

Modi also wished all the rival political parties for the crucial Lok Sabha elections and kept the message of 'nation...

10 March 2019 7:05 PM IST

Lok Sabha polls would be held in 7 phases. (Photo: ANI)

EC declares schedule for 2019 LS polls, counting of votes on May 23

Elections will be held for 543 seats of Lok Sabha on approximately 10 lakh polling booths across the country.

10 March 2019 6:00 PM IST

Former Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla served as the countrys 16th Chief Election Commissioner from April 2009 to July 2010. (Photo: ANI)

EC considers various factors before announcing poll dates: Ex-CEC

The EC is set to hold a press conference on Sunday amidst speculation that the commission might announce dates for the...

10 March 2019 2:23 PM IST

The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce on Sunday schedule for the high-voltage Lok Sabha elections, which is likely to be spread over seven to eight phases in April-May. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

EC to announce Lok Sabha poll schedule at 5 pm today

The poll panel will be holding a press conference at 5 pm at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi.

10 March 2019 11:22 AM IST

The sources said, Election Commission would also ask law ministry to take call on its demand to extend constitutional protection to 2 election commissioners on lines of CEC. (Photo: File)

No photographs of Armed forces for electoral campaign: EC directs...

Armed forces are apolitical and neutral stakeholders in a modern democracy, said Election Commission.

10 March 2019 10:19 AM IST

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi at the Congress Working Committee meeting at 10, Janpath in New Delhi. (Photo: PT)

Sonia, Rahul on Congress first list of 15 for LS polls

The party also stole a march over the BJP by coming out with a list of 15 candidates from two important states of UP and...

8 March 2019 6:00 AM IST

Delhi High Court. (Photo: PTI)

Dhinakaran moves SC against Delhi HC's two leaves symbol order

Earlier, a division bench comprising of Justice GS Sistani and Sangita Sehgal dismissed the petition filed by Dhinakaran...

5 March 2019 3:11 PM IST

$Sunil Arora said \It is my request to all, please do not make EVMs a football\. (File)$ India

No delay in general elections due to India Pak tension: CEC

CEC Sunil Arora warned of harsh consequences if a candidate fails to provide accurate information in his affidavit.

1 March 2019 8:42 PM IST

During an election rally in Sreerampur on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had claimed that 40 TMC MLAs were in touch with him and will desert their party once the BJP wins the general elections. (Photo: File)

Modi's speech indicates horse-trading, cancel his nomination: TMC to...

In its letter to the EC, the TMC demanded 'strong action' for the 'unfounded, inappropriate and illegal' campaign and...

30 April 2019 2:44 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief Amit Shah, Bollywood actress Hema Malini, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj are among the star campaigners of the party. (Image: PTI)

EC to decide on complaints against PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi...

EC has been active after it was pulled up by SC earlier this month over allegations of inaction in cases of Model Code...

30 April 2019 8:46 AM IST

It is clear that set procedures have not been followed in Rafale deal, said Abhishek Manu Singhvi. (Photo: ANI)

Cong urges EC to bar PM Modi from campaigning for 48-72 hours

The Congress leader alleged that despite lodging 10 complaints against PM Modi since April 10, EC has not acted on them.

30 April 2019 8:17 AM IST