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Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during a function in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

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,...

8 Feb 2020 2:23 AM IST

BJP West Delhi Lok Sabha MP, Parvesh Verma

Election Commission slaps 24-hr ban on Parvesh Verma

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

6 Feb 2020 4:14 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi

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...

6 Feb 2020 1:54 AM IST

EC shunts DCP after Jamia and Shaheen Bagh firings

The poll body directed Additional DCP (southeast) Kumar Gyanesh to take charge of the area.

3 Feb 2020 4:43 AM IST

Election Commissioner Sunil Arora reiterated on Monday that elections in Bihar will be held on time. (File Photo- PTI)

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...

12 Aug 2020 10:48 AM IST

Why is the Narendra Modi government sending letters to the states that they should have strict enforcement of crowd control when Mr Modi is himself holding giant rallies. (PTI)

Plea in Delhi HC for action against political leaders for violating...

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

27 April 2021 2:12 PM IST

Madras High Court. (PTI Image)

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...

27 April 2021 12:22 AM IST

The Election Commission dismissed the plea by Mamata Banerjee that the eight-phase election was very risky. It seemed to pay more attention to the BJPs jeers that the eight-phase election was necessary to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections. (Photo: PTI)

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...

26 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Polling for the sixth, seventh and the eighth phase will be held on April 22, April 26 and April 29, respectively. (Representational Photo: ANI)

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 April 2021 1:22 AM IST

PM Modi was speaking at the release of the eighth installment of financial benefits under the PM-Kisan scheme via video conferencing. (Photo: PTI)

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

8 Sept 2021 2:44 AM IST

West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee

Bhowanipore bypolls scheduled on Sept 30 in face of Constitutional...

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

5 Sept 2021 8:31 AM IST

In this file photo taken on July 25, 2018, Pakistans cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP)

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

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

21 Oct 2022 3:34 PM IST