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Former Chief Election Commissioner T S Krishnamurthy said till the entire country is covered by Aadhaar, both the cards should be allowed as ID proof for voting. (Photo| PTI/File)

2019 LS poll will see more money, violence, hatred: Ex-CEC

Former CEC T S Krishnamurthy, however, expressed confidence that the EC was capable of facing the challenges.

8 March 2019 2:18 PM IST

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis suggested that the import duty on raw edible oil be increased up to 35 per cent and on refined oil by 50 per cent, a release issued by the CMs office said. (Photo: PTI)

CM rules out early polls for Maharashtra House

Dispels rumours of simultaneous elections in state.

8 March 2019 3:17 AM IST

Jadhav joined the BJP before Prime Minister Narendra Modis address at the rally. (Photo:PTI)

K'taka MLA Jadhav joins BJP, likely to be pitted against Kharge in LS...

Congress rebel MLA Umesh Jadhav joined the BJP at a rally here on Wednesday.

6 March 2019 1:34 PM IST

Prakash Ambedkar. (Photo: PTI)

Cong, NCP reach out to Ambedkar to join anti-BJP front

Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and Jayant Patil wrote a joint letter to Prakash Ambedkar, urging him to join their alliance to...

3 March 2019 12:44 PM IST

Maharashra CM Devendra Fadnavis

Panel announced to study Dhangar issue

The Dhangars are currently included in the Vimukt Jati Nomadic Tribe (VJNT) category, but they have been demanding ST...

2 March 2019 3:36 AM IST

Nationalist Congress Party denies giving up seat to congress

The confusion over the Ahmednagar seat for the forthcoming Lok Sabha (LS) polls still continues.

2 March 2019 3:23 AM IST

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

Lok Sabha polls will go ahead as scheduled: CEC

The general elections in the country will be held on time, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said on Friday.

1 March 2019 3:51 PM IST

The election commission conducts FLC of new machines followed by rehearsals of EVMs and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPATs) before the polling day in front of representatives from registered parties.

We must save the 'truth' in our politics

The hawk-eye on every word uttered by Mr Trump has led to a systematic documentation of all false statements made in...

28 April 2019 4:38 AM IST

Kishore Samrite

Lok Sabha candidate seeks EC nod to sell kidney to raise fund

The former MLA who was facing murder charge had then contested the polls from jail and won.

16 April 2019 4:04 AM IST

On Wednesday the state poll panel will conduct a re-poll from 7 am to 5 pm in around 500 booths where violence and electoral mal-practices were reported while the polling a day before. (Representational image)

15 Odisha booths see no polling in Naxal-hit district

The rebels had called for the boycott of polls to protest against the lack of development in the region.

12 April 2019 1:42 AM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

India discusses fake news and Its impact on Lok Sabha Elections 2019

An estimated 900 million voters (9.4% new voters) are battling the influence of fake news before they cast their votes.

10 April 2019 5:44 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)

Gadgets dominate list of free symbols

The symbols of national and state level parties are reserved.

1 April 2019 2:47 AM IST