Election comission
- India
Congress CWC to meet Tuesday over CEC’s ouster strategy
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has called a meeting of the party’s working committee on Tuesday, September 29, where the issue of “internal differences” in the Election Commission would be discussed,…
- India
Congress attacks EC, SC over failure to return to power: BJP MP
Bhubaneswar: BJP MP Sambit Patra on Saturday, September 26, accused the Congress and its leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, of targeting constitutional institutions for political gains and undermining their credibility. Patra was speaking…
- Hyderabad
SIR analysis: 1.08 lakh Muslim names off Chandrayangutta
Hyderabad: Chandrayangutta, the Old City constituency Akbaruddin Owaisi has held for the AIMIM since 1999, accounts for the largest number of people with Muslim names deleted from Hyderabad’s draft Special Intensive Revision (SIR)…
- India
CEC to visit UP; to engage youth with the electoral system
Lucknow: A delegation led by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will visit Uttar Pradesh for two days beginning Monday, August 24, to further strengthen the electoral process at the grassroots level, engage…
- Politics
Opposition, Independent MPs write to CJI on SIR, EC’s role
New Delhi: Twenty-three political parties along with an Independent MP on Tuesday, June 30, sent a joint letter to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on the SIR process, the role of…
- Hyderabad
Telangana HC questions Telugu-only SIR forms outside GHMC
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday, June 25, raised concern over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) forms being distributed only in Telugu in districts outside the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Hearing…
- India
EC announces Rajya Sabha polls for 24 seats on June 18
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday, May 22, announced polls for 24 Rajya Sabha seats on June 18 following retirement of incumbents, including former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and Congress…
- India
EC issues fresh post-poll guidelines for West Bengal assembly polls
Kolkata: The Election Commission issued a fresh set of post-poll guidelines for the West Bengal assembly elections, laying down strict protocols for handling surveillance cameras and video data after voting concludes, a…
- Elections
EC to deploy 2,407 central force companies for first phase of Bengal polls on Apr 23
Kolkata: The Election Commission will deploy 2,407 companies of central armed police forces for the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on April 23, with the highest number of personnel…
- India
SC refuses to entertain plea against deletion of names from Bengal voter list
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 13, declined to entertain a plea by a group of 13 people seeking its intervention in the deletion of their names from the voter…
- India
Kerala polls: Congress leader urges EC to release constituency-wise data
Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader V D Satheesan has written to the Election Commission urging it to immediately publish detailed polling data related to Kerala Assembly elections held on April 9. In a…
- India
ECI asks Bengal for report on bonus to civic volunteers
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Thursday, March 19, sought a report from the West Bengal government after it announced the grant of an ad hoc bonus to civic volunteers under both the…
- India
Over 70L forms for including names, 2.6L for deletion: UP SIR in a nutshell
Lucknow: Over 70.69 lakh Form 6 claims for inclusion in the electoral rolls and 2.68 lakh objections via Form 7, seeking deletion of names, were received in Uttar Pradesh between January 6…
- India
Maharashtra civic polls: Videos of ‘indelible’ ink getting wiped off go viral
Mumbai: Maharashtra State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare on Thursday, January 15, said viral videos showing people removing ink from their fingers after casting vote are under investigation, warning of action against attempts…
- India
Election Commission appoints 4 more SROs for SIR in West Bengal
The Election Commission appointed four more special roll observers (SROs) for West Bengal to strengthen supervision of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. Those named as…
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