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Delhi High Court. (Photo: PTI)

Right to contest polls from jail, not a right to campaign: HC

The HC said, "the legal right of a candidate to contest an election does not translate into a legal right to canvas for...

27 Feb 2017 3:58 PM IST

Four lakh more voters despite missing names

Four lakh more voters despite missing names

Voters and Shiv Sena lambasted the state election commission on Tuesday for the missing names of voters.

23 Feb 2017 3:14 AM IST

DMK treasurer MK Stalin (Photo: PTI)

Himalayan defeat for Election Commission, says MK Stalin

He said the number of votes polled for DMK shows people's unshakeable confidence on democratic process.

25 Dec 2017 2:07 AM IST

The state government is all set to take its 100 schools to International level from Feb 2018 initially for primary level.

School kids to be taught about voting

After training and workshops these students will be allowed to enrol in the voter list for the upcoming elections, he...

25 Dec 2017 12:47 AM IST

It's not the first time that Rahul has visited temples

Well for starters the BJP is a party with a narrow mindset and a narrow world view, says Jitu Patwari.

24 Dec 2017 5:28 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

AAP yet to decide candidates for Rajya Sabha seat

The party had reportedly also approached former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan but he declined the...

23 Dec 2017 2:13 AM IST

State BJP supporters agitate in front of state election office at BBD Bag on Thursday demanding peaceful and fair election at Sabong. (Photo: Asian Age)

84.5 per cent votes polled in Sabang bypoll

According to the Election Commission sources about 84.5 per cent votes were recorded at the end of polls which passed...

22 Dec 2017 3:14 AM 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)

Cash-for-votes mars bypoll

The EC's task got more complicated with the release of a video purportedly showing Jayalalithaa during her treatment in...

21 Dec 2017 1:31 AM IST

Poll officials wait to leave for election duty at an EVM distribution centre in Varanasi. (Photo: PTI)

EVM in MP dispensed votes only for BJP: Cong urges EC to return to...

Cong argued that if the Bank of Bangladesh's account can be hacked then why can't EVMs be tampered'.

1 April 2017 8:40 PM IST

Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi, along with Election Commissioners A K Joti and O P Rawat, addresses a press conference announcing the schedule for the upcoming vice president poll, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

EC seeks power to initiate contempt proceedings

The poll body had written to the Centre asking it to amend the election laws so that it can use the Contempt of Court...

30 Jun 2017 4:07 AM IST

C. Vidyasagar Rao and Anandiben Patel

Vice-President elections on August 5: Election Commission

Some NDA names doing rounds, surprise candidate also likely.

30 Jun 2017 1:22 AM IST

AIADMK Amma deputy general secretary TTV Dhinakaran. (Photo: DC)

Delhi Police serves summons to Dhinakaran

Assistant Commissioner Sanjay and another official served the summons to Dhinakaran at his upscale Besant Nagar...

20 April 2017 10:29 AM IST