Election Commission
- India
Over 5,600 resettled Brus enrolled in Tripura voters’ list
Aizawl: The Election Commission has enrolled over 5,600 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram as permanent voters in Tripura, following their re-settlement in the neighbouring state, an official said on Tuesday. The enrolled…
- India
SC allows EC to continue with hearing Shinde team’s claim of being real Shiv Sena
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to go ahead with the hearing of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde group’s plea seeking recognition as the…
- India
BJP spent over Rs 340 cr on poll campaign in five states, top expenditure in UP
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party spent over Rs 340 crore in the assembly polls in five states held earlier this year, while the Congress shelled out more than Rs 194 crore…
- India
EC proposes lowering anonymous political donations from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2,000
New Delhi: Aiming for reforms and transparency in donations received by political parties, the Election Commission has proposed reducing anonymous political donations from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2,000. Sources said that the…
- India
EC team holds meetings to review preparedness for Gujarat Assembly polls
Ahmedabad: A team of the Election Commission of India held a series of meetings with the Gujarat Director General of Police, Chief Secretary and other senior officials during its three-day visit to…
- India
EC officials to review assembly polls’ preparation in Gujarat
Gandhinagar: Senior officials of the Election Commission (EC) will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat from Saturday in view of the state assembly elections to be held in December. Officials from…
- Telangana
EC removes two political parties from Telangana, six from AP
Hyderabad: Election Commission removed 86 non-existent registered unrecognised political parties, out of these six parties were from Andhra Pradesh (AP) and two were from Telangana. Election Commission on Tuesday ordered the delisting…
- India
EC will take ‘stronger’ steps to include specially abled, transgenders in electoral process: CEC
New Delhi: The Election Commission will take “stronger” initiatives for senior citizens, specially abled and transgender persons to ensure that they are included in the electoral process with all due respect as…
- India
NCPCR asks EC to take action against Rahul, Cong for ‘misusing’ children in Bharat Jodo Yatra
New Delhi: The apex child rights body NCPCR has asked the Election Commission to initiate necessary action and inquiry into a complaint against the Congress and Rahul Gandhi for allegedly “misusing children…
- India
EC sends opinion on disqualification of CM’s brother as MLA to Jharkhand Guv
Ranchi/New Delhi: The Election Commission has sent its opinion to Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais on the disqualification of JMM’s Dumka legislator Basant Soren, brother of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, from the Assembly in…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP Governor links Aadhaar with voter ID, calls it “good electoral reform”
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan and his wife Suprava Harichandan on Tuesday linked their Aadhaar numbers with the voter ID, as part of a time-bound drive launched by the Election Commission…
- India
EC sets target for completing verification of duplicate entries in electoral rolls
New Delhi: The Election Commission has set a hundred per cent target of the verification of duplicate entries, including photo similar entries (PSE) and demographic similar entries (DSE) in the electoral rolls.…
- India
Jharkhand guv likely to send Soren’s disqualification order to EC on Saturday
Ranchi: Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais is likely to send the order of disqualification of Chief Minister Hemant Soren as an MLA to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday, Raj Bhavan…
- India
Akhilesh blames EC for his party’s debacle in polls
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday blamed the Election Commission (EC) for his party’s rout in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and by-polls. “The EC was dishonest. It did not…
- India
EC welcomes SC suggestion of expert panel on freebies
New Delhi: The Election Commission Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it welcomed the suggestion of setting up an expert panel to brainstorm the issue of freebies announced during elections, but it…