Election Commission
- India
Opposition parties to oppose EC’s proposal on remote voting machine: Digvijaya Singh
New Delhi: Most of the Opposition parties have decided to oppose the Election Commission’s proposal on remote electronic voting machine (RVM) as it is “sketchy” and not “concrete”, senior Congress leader Digvijaya…
- India
16 opposition parties agree on joint stand on Remote Voting proposal
New Delhi: Sixteen opposition parties gathered for a meeting, called by the Congress, here on Sunday to discuss the joint strategy for the meeting convened by the Election Commission on Monday to…
- India
EC to demonstrate remote voting machine to parties on Monday
New Delhi: The Election Commission will showcase the remote electronic voting machine (RVM) prototype for migrant voters to representatives of political parties on Monday. The poll panel has invited eight recognised national…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s Election Commission issues arrest warrants for Imran Khan, his aides in contempt case
Islamabad: Pakistan’s top election body on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister Imran Khan and other top leaders of his party in a contempt case. The case is based…
- India
Hoping for justice from EC: Sanjay Raut, says real Shiv Sena is led by Uddhav
Mumbai: Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said there is only one Shiv Sena which is led by Uddhav Thackeray and hoped the party will get justice from the Election Commission…
- India
Full Election Commission to visit three NE states next week
Agartala: The full Election Commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, will undertake a four-day visit to three election-bound northeastern states from January 11, officials said here on Saturday. Tripura Chief…
- World
Sri Lankan election commission ready for local elections
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Election Commission has said that applications for postal voting from eligible voters for the 2023 local elections would be accepted on January 5-23. Chairman of the Election Commission Nimal…
- India
Election Commission initiates delimitation of constituencies in Assam
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has initiated delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies in Assam as per Section 8A of the RP Act, 1950. The Census figures of 2001…
- Telangana
Telangana: Bharat Rashtra Samithi assets up by 66% during 2021-22
Hyderabad: The assets of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which recently rechristened itself as Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), have grown by over 66 per cent during 2021-22. The annual audited accounts and annual…
- India
EC proposal to cap anonymous cash donations under examination: Govt
New Delhi: A proposal of the Election Commission to cap individual anonymous political donations to Rs 2,000 from the present Rs 20,000 is under examination, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.…
- India
55-56 cr voters have linked Aadhaar details with electoral rolls: EC officials
New Delhi: Nearly 56 crore of the approximately 95 crore registered voters have linked their Aadhaar details with the electoral rolls, an exercise the government and the Election Commission believe would weed…
- India
Amit Shah’s ‘taught a lesson’ remark not violative of poll code: EC sources
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remark at an election rally in Gujarat that perpetrators of violence were “taught a lesson” in 2002 was not violative of the model code of conduct,…
- India
Election Commission’s CVIGIL App gets over 6K complaints in Gujarat
New Delhi: The Election Commission’s CVIGIL App has emerged as a force multiplier and a powerful tool to promptly report unlawful campaigning activities and violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC), officials…
- India
Guj polls: Massive seizure worth Rs 801.85 crore
New Delhi: Enforcement agencies made a seizure of worth Rs 801.85 crore and Rs 57.24 crore, respectively, from Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh during the election process in the two states. As per…
- India
EC reviews preparations for counting of votes on December 8
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday reviewed preparations for the counting of votes across 116 Counting Centres in respect of Assembly polls of Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and by-elections to 6 Assembly…